Pandora’s Box ?

Wikipedia defines it as follows :

In modern times an idiom has grown from it , meaning

·          “  Any source of great and unexpected troubles  ",^[2]   ,  or alternatively

·          "  A present which seems valuable but which in reality is a curse  "

Could Maharashtra Chief Minister, Shri Devendra Fadnavis have opened a Pandora’s Box by granting reservation quota of 16 % to the Maratha community ?

Could he have, possibly NOT EXPECTED the following  ?

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Maharashtra: Stand for Maratha reservation creates domino effect 

The state government's decision to grant reservations to Marathas has led to a domino effect. Similar demands have been made by other social groups like Brahmins, Dhangars, Banjaras, Bhoi, Ramoshis, Wadars seeking fresh categorisation as backwards or a change in their category

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Citing Marathas, Hardik Patel revives Patidar quota demand, corners Congress, BJP  

 

Patidar OBC quota stir leader Hardik Patel on Wednesday put the ball in the court of the opposition Congress to introduce a private member’s bill seeking reservations in the Gujarat assembly in the wake of the reservation granted to Maratha community in Maharashtra.

 “If the BJP in Maharashtra can grant reservations to Marathas through a bill, why can’t the same can be done by the same party in Gujarat? And like the Shiv Sena and the NCP supported the bill in Maharashtra, the BJP and Congress too should support each other over a similar bill for Gujarat,” Patel said.

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Both Dhanani and Patel said Gujarat should follow the example of the Maharashtra bill, which was based on a survey of non-reserved classes conducted by a backward class commission. Both the leaders also maintained that not just the Patidars, but all non-reserved communities should be included in the same.

For the first time in over two decades, the agitation left the BJP unsure about unflinching support of influential Patidar community, which comprise 12% of the six million population of Gujarat.

And with demand of private member bill from the Congress, just before the 2019 Lok Sabha election he has been trying to hit both the Congress and the BJP with one stone.

“If the Congress has love for us, it will support our demand. And, if the BJP will not support the Congress’s bill, it will make their intention clear,” Patel said.

After leading agitations which were frowned upon because of their violent nature, Hardik Patel’s latest argument based on the Maratha quotas in Maharashtra, is being seen as legal and legitimate.

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And today’s Hindustan Times carries following headline :

“  86 % Marathas literate, how can they be educationally backward ?

16 % QUOTA  /  OBC groups term findings in ATR , bill contradictory and unrealistic

Pleas against quota to be heard on Monday  “

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And , I am sure , none of the persons / parties mentioned in these news , have read :

Divide Quota ? To rule Raj ? 

Imagine the

·         great and unexpected troubles 

·         A present which is a curse  ,

when they get to read that  !

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06  Dec  2018

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