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2. PAGE 2
Terrorism & Kashmir Joginder Singh, IPS (Retd.)
A CRPF Inspector General trouble. Terrorism in valley cordance with the Newton‟s
was transferred from Srina- flourishes and thrives or law, which enunciates, that
gar, on 13th August, 2008 remains under check, in every action has an equal
after an uproar in the Kash- direct proportion, to the and opposite reaction. Oth-
mir valley, led by the terror- political will and strength to erwise, how hordes of peo-
ists and their supporters, deal with the same effec- ple led by the terrorists,
against alleged excesses by tively. could start a march towards
the central para-military Pakistan for crossing the
force. He was also allegedly It commenced, with the border. The Government
denied a Police medal, for kidnapping of the daughter should have come out, with
fear of controversy and of a former Home Minister, the statement, that those
likely protests in the valley. who is also a former Chief who cross illegally, would
Minister of Jammu and not be allowed, entry back
There is nothing new, in Kashmir. To get her re- into India, without the In-
this kind of approach, as the leased, the Government of dian Passports, as is appli-
decisions makers are safe in the day, released five cable to all Indians going
air conditioned atmosphere dreaded terrorists. It em- abroad and returning home.
somewhere else. The people boldened them, leading to A series of misconceived
―22 % of seats in facing dire situation of life their much applauded free- policies, or so called people
and death and standing be- dom, possibly with some to people contact, have
the lower house of tween chaos and order, are ransom, money, though brought about this situation.
Parliament & State on the spot. The former there is no confirmation of Otherwise, how could a
judge and some times pan- this report. It was enough, partner in coalition plead
legislatures are der to the local sentiments to start a series of chain for the Pakistan currency to
by sacrificing the people on reactions in valley from be allowed to be used in
reserved for the spot, hoping, that it will 1988. I am an eye witness J&K. Lack of clear policy
buy them peace and retrieve to that part of the history, as and molly coddling, has
Scheduled Castes the situation. It is, simple I was working at that time cause the present chaos.
application of band aid, as Inspector General of the
& Tribal groups‖
where a surgical operation Central Reserve Police It would be wrong to say
- Reuters is called for it. Force, in Srinagar. that transferring 39.88 hec-
tares of forest land to Amar-
(April 2008) A Former Governor of J&K The tendency to under nath shrine board and its
had lost his job, in 1990, for play, has led, to the terror- reaction in Jammu has led
taking a tough stand against ists to openly dictating the to the present situation.
the anti Indian and anti na- people , about using of Pur-
tional elements. Neither his daha by the women, closure The terrorists have been
transfer did, and nor the of beauty parlours and cine- going, all out, to create dis-
transfer of the IGP CRPF is mas houses, and raising pro turbances and problems as
going to normalise the Pakistan slogans. per the following report of
situation and convert the J& K Government which
anti national elements and The Prime Minister has says;
terrorists into normal citi- given a laudable call, from
zens. On the contrary, it the ramparts of red fort on “A total of 42,147 people,
will encourage, such ele- 15th August, 2008 to shed including 20,647 militants
ments, that they can do any- communalism. But unfortu- and 5,024 security person-
thing and get away. nately, the whole agitation, nel, were killed in the state
General in valley is based on the between Janu-ary 1990 and
Wherever the Government communal lines. However the middle of February
Category of the day, has fallen for and how much we may 2007… Violence left
appeasement and compro- wish, communalism of one 33,885 people, includ-ing
mise on the basic values, it community generates com- 12,124 security personnel
has invited more and more munalism in others, in ac- and 21,659 civilians, in-
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jured during the same period in The highest number of 613 se- it is impossible to get any kind
the state.. curity per-sonnel were killed in of evidence to prove anybody‟s
a single year in 2001.” anti national activities, as no
11,221 civilians were killed by witness would be willing to
militants and another 1,678 lost Now the question arises, as to come forth to depose, even if a
their lives in grenade and Im- what can be done. Also whether witness protection act, is there.
provised Ex-plosive Device what is being done is sufficient. Infact, at present there is no
explosions, while 173 civil-ians In 1990, the midnight protests witness protection act available.
were killed when they were were sparked off, by the calls Margret Thatcher used to say
caught in clashes between mili- given by given 1100 Mosques, the publicity is the oxygen of
tants. A total of 3,404 civilians which had installed loud speak- terrorism. Any kind of publicity,
were killed in cross-firing inci- ers to call the faithful to prayers. which eulogizes terrorism,
dents between security forces Loudspeakers in mosques, then should be discouraged, if not
and even now are being em- exactly banned.
ployed, to give calls for anti
national activities and asking Terrorist leaders, their support-
the people to gather in the ers and sympathizers should be quot;CM of Uttar
streets or at a particular spot. immobilized by using the pre-
The then Governor had ordered sent laws and detained outside Pradesh
the disconnection of the loud J&K. The Government has an- tentatively
speakers, which itself led to nounced pension scheme for the
protests. families of the terrorists, on the extended lower
grounds that it is not their fault,
and mili­tants…The highest It is a fact that many if their children have become caste job quotas
number of 1,438 civilians were terrorists take shelter in the reli- terrorists. This approach is
killed in 1996, the year elections gious places of their respective fraught with danger and sooner into the private
were held after a gap of seven religion. During my recent visit it is given up, the better it is.
sector‖
year. While the highest number to the USA, I was told that the Why only Kashmiris should be
of 3,602 army and other para- police had installed CCTV cam- selected for this government - in Feb, 2008
military per-sonnel lost their eras in mosques to monitor any munificence. Such people in
lives fighting militants, Jammu such possible activity, with the Punjab, Chattisgarh, Assam and
and Kashmir police lost 537 per cooperation of the Muslim com- other North Eastern States, have
-sonnel since January 1990. As munity and their religious lead- similar claims. It should not
many as 438 Special Police Of- ers. This is to prevent any alle- become a scheme to help the
ficers engaged by police in the gation of forcible entry of the anti national and traitorous ele-
counter-insurgency operations Police, which may cause dese- ments.
were killed.127 Village Defense cration.
Committee members were killed Many so called intellec-
fighting militants in the state. In a situation like this, which tual talk about referendum in
has been highly communalized, valley. (Contd. next page)
EQUALITY RACE IN
DELHI
By YFE candidates
Contested for Delhi University
Student Union elections

4. Terrorism & Kashmir (continued....)
PAGE 4
With Pakistan having 576.24 in 1992-93 to Rs
hijacked the anti national 1,137 in 2000-1, that of the It is reported that the bene-
elements, any referendum Kashmiri spiralled from Rs fits of central funds have
or election will be irrelevant 3,197 to Rs 8,092. To get a remained confined only to
at present. The first priority perspective, translate the about 150 families in Kash-
is to drive the Pakistani numbers: this cash, man- mir and the rest of the
terrorists out of the valley aged by the state Govern- money has disappeared or
and send them to the coun- ment, were to be dispatched not spent or improperly
try of their origin. The Gov- by money order, each Kash- spent or drained off. The
ernment should stop all miri family (with five mem- benefits of Central aid have
talks of dialogue, with so bers on an average) would not reached the common
called militants, who are get Rs 40,460 every year. man, who has not devel-
nothing more than front oped a stake in India. The
men of Pakistan. Only a In 2001-2, the state spent Government priority num-
Civil Society tough approach will send Rs 7,516.6 crore of which ber one should be to root
Organizations —
the right signal that Govern- Rs 4,577 crore-or 60 paise out corruption. With these
ment means business. The of every rupee spent-came steps, it should be possible
Saviours
Government is spending from the Centre. The state's to send a right message both
much more on Kashmir non-development expendi- to Pakistan and its hench-
than on other States. ture was Rs 2,829 crore men and people in the val-
including a salary bill of Rs ley.
A Kashmiri gets eight 1,193 crore while its own
―Positively, my times more money from the revenues were barely Rs The Author is former Di-
Centre than citizens from 1,095 crore. The state could rector Central Bureau Of
social philosophy other states. While per cap- not have paid even the Investigation, INDIA
may be said to ita Central assistance to wages of its employees
other states moved from Rs without the Centre's help.
be enshrined in
three words: AMUL— The Taste & Voice of India !!
Liberty, Equality Civil Society Organizations like “Youth For Equality” are the „Voice of Hope‟ for millions
of citizens in India, who know that they are being discriminated against, but do not know
& Fraternity ‖
how to fight for their rights. YFE voices the concerns and plea of these people.
- B.R.Ambedkar
In this noble venture, we have been consistently supported by Voices from Corporate India,
who know what it takes to reach to the top. Industrialists like Rahul Bajaj & Narayana
Murthy have always been quite vocal about this. But no voice seems to match the VOICE
OF AMUL in terms of impacting the general public. Since 1967, Amul has been playing
the role of a social observer. It is indeed a great support for YFE initiatives when Amul
decides to talk about Quotas & Reservations !!
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Imagine the impact these Hoardings have on the general public. People love them and they become the favor-
ite topic of discussion for the whole of the week. They are almost a part of our culture. I have seen an old lady
make an album to amuse her grand children !! The right dose of social awareness laced with clean fun.
For 40 odd years the Utterly Butterly girl has managed
to keep her fanatic fan following intact. It is the long-
est and probably the most successful campaign in the
world. And it rightfully is vying for a place in the
Guinness Book Of World Records for being the long-
est ad campaign ever.
The establishment of Amul is known as the White
Revolution.
White Revolution is but a small part of the Amul
Legacy. A Social Revolution has been the mainstay of
the legend of Amul !!
Ravishankar Duvvuri, MBA-2nd Year,
Narsee Monjee Institute of Mgmt. Studies,
Mumbai
Hunger Strike
Maulana Azad Medical College
New Delhi

6. PAGE 6
Racism In The Classroom
The much hyped The current reser- cated theories about repres-
proposal of Shri Arjun vation policy aims only to sion and backwardness.
Singh's caste based reserva- increase the number of cer- They can not be treated as
tion system in higher educa- tain caste and communities honest and impartial think-
tion is not the correct and which are connected with ers and academicians. Ma-
proper approach to solve the numerically powerful jority of them are ABCD
the problem of socio- vote banks. Low represen- ( American Born Corrupt
economic inequality. All tation of groups in higher Desi ) category. This pol-
the right thinking nationalist education has no co-relation icy is socially and culturally
people have been very with any type of backward- divisive. This system has
strongly opposing this divi- ness. The real disadvan- destroyed the multicultural
sive idea of reserving quo- taged and backwards are fiber of our nationalism.
tas for OBCs in all the insti- those who cannot even
tutions of higher learning. dream to visit a primary or Moreover the con-
secondary school and they stitution guarantees the
After getting the belong to all caste because right to equality to all the
nod of the cabinet and the they cannot afford any type citizens under law. It is the
Supreme Court of India, of education. Hardly eight responsibility of the state to
Mr. Arjun Singh is now in percent of all Indian youth enact such policy that does
his full colours. No body go for higher education, not distinguish between its
has got the guts and courage Remaining ninety two per- citizens on the basis of caste
to tune the quotas on the cent belong to all caste and and religion. But in prac-
casteless and secular lines communities. Hence quotas tice, the country's governing
or to speak against the caste in higher education cannot system is the most racist
based quota system. Now era di ca t e th e soci o- system, which has con-
the Human Resource Devel- economic inequality. Quota verted the nation into an
opment Ministry can be system has only increased ethnic-state, where caste
renamed as Human Reser- the divisive trends in the and communal identities are
vation & Division Ministry. country. Caste and religion the most powerful tags. In
based reservation system is all walks of life our system
Need of the day is a fraud in the name of so- practice apartheid policy.
Mid-Day Cartoon to implement on alternative cial justice.
- Mid-Day is a affirmative action policy, Implementing af-
popular daily tabloid whose benefit must reach In the country no firmative action should not
in Mumbai
genuinely deprived sec- honest study has been con- compromise the institu-
tions. This policy should be ducted to decide and objec- tional excellence and im-
sensitive to the all type of tive case study of reserva- portance of merit in public
backwards and disadvanta- tion policy. The data used life, but now a days excel-
geous people whose base is by and cited, have got no lence or merit is a curse.
not limited to caste and scientific basis for such an The current reservation
communal considerations important policy. Moreover system does not clearly
alone. Another thing must most of our sociologists and adopt even the requirement
be kept in mind that the historians are also con- of any minimum standard
standard and excellence is nected and linked with the or entry criteria.
not compromised or diluted vested interest groups who
at any cost. have floated false and fabri-
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Provision of fixed quo- ciety. Need and demand for and thinkers who are not aligned
tas is also an attack on the merit based education is bound to any interest or pressure
autonomy of institutions to fix to grow as the nation enters into group, to look into the entire
the minimum efficiency stan- an increasingly knowledge issue of affirmative action. But
dard level which openly negates based world. It will be highly seeing the fact at the moment,
the overall working environ- unjust and discriminatory to fix nation is badly fragmented on
ment and classroom excellence. quotas for one group and deny caste, communal and regional
For example new and advanced equal right and opportunity to lines resulting in plethora of
syllabus may not be covered as another group of people who are political parties, who have no
these sections of the class may otherwise more deserving and other developmental issue ex-
not be able to cope. Very re- meritorious. cept this quota madness. If this
cently University Grant Com- suicidal policy is not mended,
mission abolished the require- Indian education sys- the coming days will be very
ment of NET for lectureship tem has won world wide recog- torturous for the nation. ―In the end anti-
because SC/ST category stu- nition because of brilliant and black, anti-
dents find it very difficult to meritorious students of all - Dr. Y.K. Sharma,
clear the NET. So national SC/ castes, religion, linguistic and female, and all
Delhi University
ST commission recommended t ethnic groups who are embed- forms of
abolish the NET. Similarly Na- ded to the high pursuit of
tional Minority Commission has knowledge. discrimination
asked the HRD to abolish Eng-
are equivalent to
lish at primary and secondary But the present UPA
level, because minority (read government which is highly the same thing–
Muslim) students are generally castist and communal in its ap-
Anti-humanism
very poor in their understanding proach is bent on dividing the
of English. society on caste and communal —Shirley
lines, only to consolidate the
This type of quota sys- vote bank. As a result of this Chisholm (the
tem damages the institutional greed of vote banks, all the po- first African –
excellence and a negative and litical parties are trying to beat
inferiority syndrome is devel- other in this quota madness, to American
oped in the psyche of reserved include newer and newer groups
woman to win a
category sections that without in this quota race. Now in some
quotas they cannot survive. states like Tamilnadu and Kar- seat in the
Disadvantage groups should be natka, nearly ninety percent of
United States
encouraged to raise their stan- the total population is in the grip
dard instead of being depend- of quota. One fail to understand Congress)
ence on the clutches of quotas. any sane logic for this quota
race.
Arbitrarily lowering
and favoring the admission stan- It is the duty of the
dard for one caste over other government in national interest
group of citizens as has been to preserve and respect the
done recently in IITs, is highly autonomy of institution. Gov-
unfair and it creates discrimina- ernment should constitute an
tory inequality and offends the impartial commission, consisted
idea of just and merit based so- of genuine and honest scholars

8. PAGE 8
To De-Essentialize The Caste
essentialise this orthodox caste based organizations.
It is support and
system which has often The population figure pro-
active participation of the
been a divisive factor. We jected by each of them
educated youth of India that
also uphold the point that if when added up, far ex-
enables YFE to continue its
further caste-based reserva- ceeded the total population
struggle against the discrep-
tion is allowed it will not of the state. During presi-
ancies of the caste-based
only be detrimental to the dent rule in the state in
reservation policies of the
society but will also be dis- 1988, the Vanniyars were
government. We are mak-
astrous for the integrity of excluded from the list of
ing attempts to explore the
the nation. most backward class. Later
issue from its width and
the Vanniyars gave ultima-
depth and to analyze differ-
Friends it is neces- tum to Karunanidhi who
ent aspects of reservation
sary to understand why it is came in power in 1989.
policies with the guidance
detrimental to organize on Finally Karunanidhi gov-
Lalbaug cha Raja— of sociologists and experts. ernment announced 20%
the basis of caste and how
Mumbai’s most caste based reservation poli- reservation for the most
popular Ganapati We always wel- backward castes, including
cies gives wrong incentives
come intellectual inputs, t h e V an ni y a r s. Ka -
idol in Mumbai to the society to perpetuate
suggestions and questions runanidhi‟s caste was also
the caste as an institution.
from all of you and we hope among the most backward
While the examples are
that all these discussions
pervasive, here we are cit- castes.
will contribute towards clar-
ing a few:
ity of concept and realiza-
The above exam-
tion of our cause of building
1) In Karnataka, the ples explicitly indicate that
an Equal Nation and a bet-
Havanur Commission re- the incentive of caste based
ter tomorrow. As has been
moved Lingayats from the reservation how often has
described in our pamphlets
list of backward-classes. drawn the ugly figure of
of 18 & 19th June 2006,
Venkataswami Commission division on the face of soci-
there is need to take af-
removed the Vokkalingas ety using caste lines. Ironi-
firmative actions to uplift
too. Violence followed. The cally it was muscle power
the deprived sections of the
government restored both to and not the deprivation that
society. has been the real determi-
the list. Ironically these two
castes are among the most nant of the backwardness.
But at the same Whichever caste has got
powerful, always holding
time the proposed Multiple organized, whichever has
political power in the state.
Deprivation System (MDS) gained clout has got itself
has clearly noted that one
2) In Tamil Nadu, anointed „backward‟.
should not incorporate
the Vanniyar Sangham
caste. All the possible dep-
claimed that they constitute Secondly the num-
rivations that can be associ-
fifth of the state‟s popula­ ber of backward castes thus
ated with caste and which
Visarjan –Immersion tion and hence deserved anointed has continued to
can hold back an individual
exclusive reservation of swell. Studies, records that
of the idol from social, educational and
20%.They launched violent the list of backward castes
economic progress have
agitation in 1987. This trig- in Tamil Nadu grew from
In full Pomp and been accounted for in MDS.
gered off a fresh wave of 11 in 1883, to 39 in 1893, to
Simultaneously efforts
Splendor !! similar demands from other 46 in 1903, to 122 in1913,
should be made to de-
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9. ISSUE1I, SEPTEMBER 2008 PAGE 9
recommendations. But we are Friends we believe that being
to 122 in 1913, to 131 in 1923,
not surprised that it did not ex- the common citizen of India we
to 182 in 1933, to 238 in 1943,
clude those relatively forward have all right to question the
to 270 in 1953. The Mandal
castes/tribes. The Bill was re- wisdom of the highest authori-
commission listed 288 for that
ferred to joint parliamentary ties of the Nation who have au-
state. The Mandal Commission
committee and afterwards the thored and sanctified the present
itself shows that castes have
Bill was passed during 1976 policy of caste based reservation
gone on being added to lists of
with many changes but NO EX- and the consequent fissiparous
OBCs not because successive
CLUSION as recommended by incentive structure it generates
surveys have chanced upon
the Commission or JPC. in the society.
castes whose backwardness was ―The doctrine
hitherto unknown. New castes
Unfortunately as the country is - Article by
have had to be included because of equality !
progressing as proclaimed by
they have acquired power and
successive governments, more Jagadamba Prasad, Ph.D. There exists no
clout
and more castes keep becoming Environmental Science,
backward and there is little hope JNU, more
Similarly, examples can be cited
that the same would ever be-
as how deeply the caste-based poisonous
come forward if the existing Prabhu Prasad Mishra,
incentives perpetuate in the po-
incentive structure continues, Ph.D. Internacional Trade
litical system that it can hardly poison; for it
however on the other side there and Development, JNU
be revised or excluded. In 1965
is every possibility and indica- and seems to be
B N Lakur Commission was
tions that the system is moving
formed to review the list of SC/
from protective discrimination Narendra Sahoo, Ph.D. preached by
STs, and it was decided that 28
to reverse discrimination. It is Environmental Science,
Scheduled castes and 14 tribes justice itself,
true that caste system has been a JNU
have achieved relatively for-
reality with unpleasant conse-
ward status and they should be while it is the
quences but it is hypocrisy to
removed from the list. A hue
say that this can be removed by end of justice‖
and cry followed. In 1967 a Bill
using the same (caste based
was introduced to amend the list
reservation) as instrument.
according to the Commission‟s
- Friedrich
Nietzsche
PROTEST MODE
Human Chain
Chennai

10. PAGE 10
Has Education Made Us More Self-Centered?
THE DICTIONARY reaucracy for everything, which is emerging from the
defines 'education' as the act but does not vote. Why? economic liberalisation and
or process of imparting or globalisation is that money
acquiring general knowl- What was your reaction has replaced every little
edge, developing the pow- when you saw a blind man thing today. You study
ers of reasoning and judge- on the roadside waiting for cases of depression in the
ment, and generally prepar- someone to let him cross country and you will notice
ing oneself or others intel- the road. You were in your that in majority of the cases
lectually for adult life. The car with your friends and money is the main factor.
definition sounds very good you thought of helping him Education has made us
but seems to have lost its out but something stopped more animal friendly and
meaning today. What I have you, isn't it? What was that environment friendly, but
observed and felt in the last thing? You might have has taken us away from the
few years of my life is that thought that getting out of human values and from
most of us have become the car just to help the blind acting for something which
Blast from the past indifferent towards the soci- man will not suit you. And we believe is correct.
ety and nation as a whole. you told yourself that some-
As I tried to find the rea- one will definitely help the There is so much furore
sons behind it, one thing blind man. when a pug is made to run
“You have taken the
was for sure that the prime after a bus but we turn a
country to the edge of
reason is 'education'. There was a protest/ blind eye when a group of
caste wars ..
strike in the wake of some people parade a woman
It is true that education wrong policy of the govern- naked in a village.
We have problems if
is of great importance and ment. The group heading
caste is defined to
we cannot move ahead in the protest requested you to - Rishabh Srivastava,
enshrine
this highly competitive come down and join hands
casteism in our
world without education, for the cause, which was
Mumbai
country.
but when this education definitely not their cause
makes people indifferent, alone. But you relaxed in
We have problems if
the meaning of education your drawing room watch-
the weakest amongst
ceases to exist. When a per- ing television and told your-
the classes are not
son starts his education, he self that I am getting my
helped and if the
is more affected by the hap- bread and butter, I can af-
weakest among the
penings in the society and ford the education of my
minority religions are
tries to resist the wrong children abroad and this
not helped.
things. Eventually, educa- issue is not going to have its
tion makes him analytical. impact on me.
The Congress cannot
He analyses all the prob-
stand by and watch
lems and takes action only So let it be! Why to
this nation being
when something bothers sweat out for others?
divided for the
him. Unless that matter
political convenience
concerns him, he is happy. Many of us don't want
of one individual.”
to join defence forces, gov-
- Rajiv Gandhi, How many educated ernment jobs, civil services.
people vote today? Not Why? The reason we tell
Lok Sabha, 6th of enough and that is why this ourselves is that there is
section of people does not hardly any money, politics,
September 1990 feature in the list of strate- lack of opportunity (though
gies of political parties. I doubt it) etc.
This group blames the gov-
ernment/organisation/ bu- One dangerous trend,
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It‟s indeed a matter of immense fight against caste based reser- The editor can be reached at
pleasure to introduce you to the vation. editor@yfemovement.com
second issue of YFE Crusader. I
am delighted to share the re- As a part of our awareness cam-
sponse of our readers, which paign against ill effects of pre-
motivates me to increase the sent reservation policy we have
frequency and dimension of this taken this initiative, where we
paper and I am confident that, welcome the scholarly contribu-
this initiative will lead YFE to tions from all the well meaning
achieve the Goal of making citizens who oppose caste based
India a true knowledge based reservation. This e-paper will be
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I appeal all like minded citizens
of this nation to join hands to Ganesh
Chaturti‖
concession tracing back to the geneal- are willing to instigate the students of
Voice from Chennai ogy of some unknown deprived forefa- BHU Varanasi.
- Meenakshi thers.
We realize that YFE is a very subtle
CREAMY LAYER OBC STU- force in this region and we wish to
DENT GETS THROUGH IIM-A infuse new life to this movement, by
UNDER OBC QUOTA involving an immensely capable and
educated youth brigade of Benaras
Sir, Voice from Varanasi Hindu University
- Sudhanshu Thakore
If an annual income of Rs.7 lakhs is LETS BE THE CHANGE !!
the upper limit to fix the criteria for Wish to instigate this movement in
reservation, then who would be ex- BHU
cluded from availing these benefits?
Sir,
What is more surprising is that a
student with both parents in high Myself Sudhanshu Thakore, and my
income white collared posts availing friends, students of IT-BHU Varanasi,
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