Withdraw minority specific reservations at Minority institutions, funded by tax payers money, to bring parity in education system
Minority institutions across India receive grants from government and channelize a large percentage of these funds for the welfare and benefits of minorities such as Christians, Muslims, Jains, Parasis etc. Such inconsistencies rip-off the right of hard-working and meritorious hindu students to receive benefits of better education from these institutes.
Despite having a meritorious record, majority Hindu students are left out from these educational institutions only because of their religious background. With 50% of the seats reserved for minorities, general category Hindu students have to fight for remaining seats. This is the prevalent trend among so called prestigious minority colleges such as St Stephens, St Xaviers, Jesus & Mary College, Loyola College etc.
In a recent tweet, Dr Swamy highlighted St Stephens case to prove the disparities in the system. The tweet calls for a re-look at the existing education system with the purpose of introducing further reforms.
Minority institutions, especially the aided Christian & Muslim universities are not even bound by government rules on caste based reservation. As these institutions don't comply with such reservations, the entire burden of uplifting students from backward classes is borne by state and Hindu administered private universities.
Hindus account for max percentage of tax revenues, yet their hard earned money is channelized into minority institutions which practice open discrimination against the same majority. These discrepancies have resulted in the spread of Madrasas and Christian education institutions.
Minority institutions are also responsible for building up the anti-India narrative (eg: anti-CAA protests by Jamia Milia, AMU and St Stephens), which is an irritant within the country. They need continuous monitoring with multiple checks to prevent spread of anti-India sentiment. Negligence in this regard can create unnecessary divide, tensions and instability in the country. Therefore, a carrot and stick policy will be more suitable while handling such institutions.
India's prevailing governance system and existing political setup don't seem to care about bringing the desired changes. Forget domination, majority Hindus are not even provided a level playing field in their own homeland. Such blatant digression of secularism won't be found in any other secular country.
I agree with Dr Swami ji. This is gross injustice. File an FIR immediately. What about the land given by the British rulers to Christians for lease. The govt should get those land back. The lease for 95 years has expired.
ReplyDeleteFully agreed and support Sri Swami ji initiative, it should have been done long ago!!!
ReplyDeleteYes what Mr.Samy said is correct. I am totally in favour of Mr.Swamys statement
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely agree with Dr Swamy sir. I also feel that a significant portion of our Constitution should be revised based on the current and futuristic country scenario, especially in terms of providing equal opportunities to everyone. In the late 1980s when I completed my state board HSC, many of my class mates just took the "effort to study and score better marks" way too easy, just because they were sure to an Engineering or Medical seat based on the caste based seat reservation system with significantly lower cut offs. Though I strived to get into IITM for my Bachelor's and managed to do well in my career, several capable bright friends of mine (Hindus) just lost the drive to go for higher studies as they got demoralised by the caste based selection at all levels of society, starting with education. 🙏
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