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Why reservation on the basis of Religion?...

"The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Andhra Pradesh to provide four per cent reservation in jobs and education for backward members of the Muslims..........." When we shall stop discrepancies and stop Indians - divided by religion?... Is the religion the criterion for identifying backwardness?.. Or is it merely a vote bank politics?... First of all, I am not for reservation and at the same time not against uplifting the backward. Why I say this is because reservation will not actually help uplifting the backward class; but reservation will actually retard the development and competitive spirit. On the other hand, some will take undue advantage of it and actual welfare of the target community will only be enjoyed by the face of it & not in actuality. Secondly, by identifying backwardness by religion itself is not called for. There are backward classes across religion. I would say Muslims as a community, they have very strong socio-economic set up compared to Hindus o