Sometime back, our Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh initiated a committee. It was headed by Mr.Sacher. The purpose of that committee is to find out the status of representation of muslims in various governement departments.
The Sacher committee report was released five months back. It was a true revelation of the status of Muslim community in India.
The report threw light on how muslims are grossly under-represented in various departments. Even in states which proclaim to be minority-friendly don’t have enough representation of Muslims in various sectors (in proportion to the Muslim population)
After the report was released there were wide-spread talks about reservation for Muslims. But strangely after that I find no efforts being taken on it.
It has been left unattended like many proposed reforms.
Sadly, there is no political party which is considering this seriously. This is the fate of this country, if something is not in the politicians mind then it never becomes a reality.
There is no need for any statistical data for justifying the fact that Muslims are under-represented in all departments. If you are working in a IT industry, just get up from your seat and see how many Muslims are sitting around you. Hardly any.?
But go to a economically backward zone of the city, Its major share would be Islam population. Is this a classic example of a historic betrayal, which will be left untold ?
They are branded as 'fundamentalists' by the west because of the sheer passion that they show towards their religion. They are blamed of not sailing in the main-stream. Yes they should be brought to the main-stream.
The change should be initiated from the government side. We should give them opportunity. Through reservations.
