When Reservation Becomes Inheritance: Why #OneFamilyOneReservation is the Need of the Hour
Reservation was meant as a ladder for the disadvantaged. But today, it’s become a family privilege passed down like property. When the children of IAS officers—already at the top of power and privilege—still claim seats under reserved quotas, it is no longer social justice. It’s plain injustice. Here’s how the system is being gamed:
1. Privilege on Privilege
Father IAS. Mother IAS. Sister IAS. Yet still claiming “disadvantage” to snatch a reserved seat. This isn’t upliftment—it’s exploitation.
2. The Death of Merit
Thousands of general-category students, who scored higher, are rejected. Why? To hand over seats to families already sitting in power and luxury.
3. One Family, Unlimited Benefits
A reservation was never meant to be an unlimited buffet for the same family. Once a household has already risen to high posts, their kids should not hoard opportunities meant for those still struggling.
4. The meena Monopoly
Almost 75% of st reservations are eaten up by the meena community—a group that is socially, politically, and economically powerful. Meanwhile, genuinely backward tribes are left to rot.
5. Social Justice or Social Loot?
If the privileged continue to claim benefits, reservation stops being about leveling the field—it becomes a way to entrench dynasties.
6. The Real Victims
The truly marginalized communities—remote tribes, poor Dalit families, lower OBC castes—never get a chance. Their quota is stolen before it even reaches them.
7. Time for Reform
Reservations must be linked to family upliftment, not eternal entitlement. The principle should be simple: #OneFamilyOneReservation.
🔥 Bottom Line: Reservation was meant as a rocket to launch disadvantaged families upward—not as a throne to be inherited forever. Until the rules change, india will keep producing dynasties of “privileged reserved” while millions of deserving candidates remain crushed.
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