The broader concern here is how some narratives, instead of advancing inclusive arguments for Muslim reservation, end up echoing dominant caste anxieties that delegitimize affirmative action itself. The need is not to pit communities against each other but to build solidarities rooted in historical evidence and social justice.
The reservation debate in India has long been reduced to political posturing rather than a meaningful pursuit of social justice. Yogendra Yadav’s recent article...
Jamia Millia Islamia, one of the country’s most prestigious universities with minority status, is facing strong criticism for violating its 50% reservation policy for Muslim students in PhD admissions for the academic year 2024-25.
A day after the BJP-led Karnataka government scrapped the 4 per cent reservation being given to Muslims, the Waqf board demanded the restoration of the reservation and claimed that the latest move by the government was an attempt to polarise votes in the poll-bound state.
Stepping up the demand for reservation for Muslims in Maharashtra, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi cited that while 83 percent of the community in Maharashtra were landless, only 8 percent of the Marathas were landless.
Senior Congress politician and Opposition Leader of Telangana Legislative Council, Mohammed Ali Shabbir has said that the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments must take immediate legal measures to protect the 4 per cent Muslim quota in jobs and education sector, warning of a threat to the continuance of the quota in the wake of the recent Supreme Court verdict.