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We Want More Reservations!!!

I am driving to Nanded from Aurangabad on SH177 and at Jalna I see a green coloured neon sign that reads Nanded 246 KMs. Some 100m down the line is another sign, Nanded 226 KMs. Then after 4 KMs, I read a sign that says Nanded 255 KMs. Now obviously, we have a problem here. No, it’s not the bed intruder. The problem is that there is not enough reservation in jobs! There is not enough representation in legal terms for certain people. And the solution is that at least a small fraction, perhaps 22.35% of all candidates, should be chosen upon merit. Mind you, this is not a one-off problem. I saw similar milestones on NH2 between Agra and Faridabad. Palwal was getting farther I more I drove towards it, if I were to believe the milestones! Now I am not against reservation for different classes and sects. No sir. Because if you choose people upon merit, then even candidates who compete within reserved quotas would be good. But I am against the informal, undisclosed reservation that c