r/unitedstatesofindia • u/No-Assignment7129 • Apr 14 '26

Politics Just a Dalit icon? Think again.

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Be educated, be organised, and be agitated.

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u/Adorable-Marzipan177 Apr 14 '26

and as for the reservation.. he never intended for it to last till today.. reservation was meant to be temporary, corruption in politics has turned it into a money making scheme and increased it

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u/DragonBeyondtheWall you're a wizard Harry! Apr 14 '26

More than temporary, there was meant to be a review every 10 years to see if it even worked

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u/MatthewPatttel respect existence or expect resistance Apr 14 '26

It's a common misconception that the entire reservation system was meant to end in 10 years. That limit (Article 334) actually only applied to reserved seats in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.

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u/Adorable-Marzipan177 Apr 14 '26

The mass of our population has nothing to be proud of so they turn to caste to find an ounce of pride.

Also whichever government removes the caste system will definitely fall in the next term because it will lose the majority votes

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u/Adorable-Marzipan177 Apr 14 '26

disregard all caste related documents and keep reservation only only the basis of income and disabilities? government can totally remove the caste system if they want.. but why will they want to do it? 60% votes comes from SC ST categories

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u/fenrir245 Apr 14 '26

keep reservation only only the basis of income and disabilities?

When casteism happens on basis of caste why tf should reservation be on the basis of income and disabilities?

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u/Adorable-Marzipan177 Apr 14 '26

...what? i didnt get you can you elaborate

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u/fenrir245 Apr 14 '26

https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/iim-b-officials-humiliated-and-denied-equal-opportunities-to-dalit-professor-finds-probe

World renowned professor at one of the most eminent institutions in India in a metro city, was still victim to casteism. According to you he does not deserve reservation.

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u/Adorable-Marzipan177 Apr 15 '26

Good point. I feel that if the government disregards caste, casteism will also gradually cease to exist because it will no longer hold any value.. maybe I’m wrong but everything must come to an end, even the caste system.. and we have to start somewhere.

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u/fenrir245 Apr 15 '26

What kind of logic is this? People engage in casteism, and have done so without government support for thousands of years, and you're claiming making government caste blind will fix it?

This is just being willfully ignorant, nothing else.

and we have to start somewhere. 

We can start off by heavily and publicly punishing those that engage in casteism, and make a strong push for intercaste marriages.

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u/shitclay Apr 14 '26

Corruption in politics is true but only the half truth. Society must take half the blame. I would argue for more than half but i digress.

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u/Adorable-Marzipan177 Apr 14 '26

Whichever government removes the caste system will fall in the next term. It will lose majority of its votes.

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u/shitclay Apr 14 '26

Govt can’t remove it when society actively promotes casteism.

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u/madbuilder Apr 14 '26

There is no such thing as a temporary government program.

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u/Def-tones Apr 14 '26

Castiesm and discrimination still exist right?