The Scheduled Scandal ; They Get Priority in Jobs, Benefits of Welfare Schemes and All the Related Perks of Belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. The Only Problem Is That They Are Not Tribals but Obc Kshatriyas Masquerading As Ones and Have for Years Been Denying the Rightful Beneficiaries of Their Due.

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Ever since the Constitution came into force in January 1950, it has been under pressure from political parties wanting to dilute some of its fundamental objectives in their blinkered pursuit of votes.

One constitutional weapon meant for social and economic uplift of backward classes that has been widely misused is caste-based reservation.

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The Scheduled Scandal ; They Get Priority in Jobs, Benefits of Welfare Schemes and All the Related Perks of Belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. The Only Problem Is That They Are Not Tribals but Obc Kshatriyas Masquerading As Ones and Have for Years Been Denying the Rightful Beneficiaries of Their Due.

Today, it has become a tool in the hands of vote-hungry politicians to stretch it as much as they can and satisfy numerically powerful and vocal caste groups. While much has been going on in the name of reservation all over the country, what has been happening in certain parts of central Gujarat over the past three decades really takes the cake.

An India Today investigation reveals that lakhs of low caste Kshatriyas who fall in the OBC category have been passing off as Scheduled Tribes (ST) and pocketing the benefits of reservation in Panc...

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