This story is from November 23, 2014

Reservation policy failed to provide succor to dalits

Karnataka Dalit Vedike convenor Shivakumar Swamy on Sunday revealed that more than 60000 employees in the state's various departments have got employment by producing fake caste certificates and said SC and ST leaders have failed to tackle this menace .
Reservation policy failed to provide succor to dalits
MYSORE: Karnataka Dalit Vedike convenor Shivakumar Swamy on Sunday revealed that more than 60,000 employees in the state's various departments have got employment by producing fake caste certificates and said SC and ST leaders have failed to tackle this menace .
Speaking at an interaction sessions on "declining reservations" he said the new amendment brought to reservation policy on SC and ST is detrimental to the interests of the poor and the politicians and bureaucrats have failed to take note of it's anti-dalit intent.
Lack of awareness and determination on the part of SC and ST job seekers to get employment has diluted the reservation policy, besides denying jobs to these communities in government departments, he felt and said caste Hindus and their leaders are increasingly questioning the reservation facility. They have started questioning the reservation policy itself and seeking its end, he added.
Shivakumara Swamy said instead of questioning the reservations, one should think and analyze whether the purpose of providing reservations has yielded results and achieved goals. Meanwhile in contrast the people who have been benefitted by reservations should introspect on what they have given in return to the society by getting jobs through this facility, he said and stressed the need for relaunching an agitation on this issue.
Academician and rationalist K S Bhagwan in his speech said reservation benefits have failed to reach the large section of deserving people. Reservations in proportionate to the population should resolve the issue, he said.
Another academician from Krishna Devaraya University, Hampi J Somashekar said this is the time for planners and politicians to review the impact of reservations in these last 64 years and why the reservation facilities have been not extended to Judiciary and army. "No body is questioning why reservation facility has been not been extended to army and judiciary" he criticized questioning the sincerity of promises made by the politicians on the eve of election on extending reservation facility to private sector jobs. "Most surprising is that the government which extended a red carpet welcome to the private corporate bodies and alloted them lands have failed to give a piece of land to dalits for burying the dead" he said urging the dalit activists and leaders to work out an action plan on this issue and how to wage a war against the government to get the benefits.
End of Article
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA