If Ambedkar was here today !!

 

If Ambedkar was here today ----!

I have often asked myself this question, what would have been Ambedkar's stand on reservation. Most of the Indians are presently divided on the basis of caste or religion and fight on their ideology and advocating for reservation? If Ambedkar was alive today, he would have been the enemy of all leaders of communities and politics . He was a great man who created countless enemies by telling things honestly and openly, isolated himself, contested election to protest and failed. He embraced Buddhism and that too as part of protest. His ability and knowledge that helped him to head the committee that prepared the constitution of India. He examined all the constitutions in the world without proper rest or sleep to carve out our Constitution. But in order to protect the interests of many leaders inside and outside the committee, he had to compromise on his ideology in many things that were included in the final draft of the Constitution

Ambedkar was a person who dreamed of a casteless and classless society. When reservation was introduced for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, it was mentioned that it’s for ten years only. Subhash Kashyap, a three-time secretary general in Parliament, said in 2021 that Ambedkar  wanted it not to go beyond forty years under any circumstances.He would not want the symbol of reservation to continue in Indian society forever.  He also insisted that reservation should not be given to any other community. The fact that reservation still continued and reached 60 per cent must have hurt Ambedkar.Those who have read Ambadkar will not deny Kashyap's words. Because Ambedkar was a person who analyzed things so deeply. He had such a tough stance on the formation of Pakistan too. He supported formation of Pakistan.

Now, the reason to remember all this is the new economic reservation. The limit of fifty percentages for reservation was broken and it reached sixty. It won't be long before it reaches ninety percent, because caste politics is spreading like poison in India. Even when reservation is given to the advanced, it is less likely to benefit the poor. The annual income for eligible candidate from EWS is fixed as eight lakh rupees, which will help the middle income group only. In fact, the creamy layer should be fixed at 2.5 lakhs for all kinds of reservations. If that is done, it is possible that at least in AD  3,000 reservations could be eliminated and Ambedkar's dream of a casteless and classless society might be created. It is sad that Ambedkar will not be born again to lead or fight for it!!