Can India progress only if it continues to follow a policy of reservations?

Mahajan said every Indian should think about how to take Indian society and civilisation ahead

Did she genuinely mean that?

It is possible she has been misquoted. She will certainly claim she has. But at a recent function at Jharkhand, Speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan said: “Can India progress only if it follows a continued policy of reservation and quota?” She said she was not opposed to reservations but it was worth thinking about. According to the Speaker, B R Ambedkar had spoken of giving reservations only for 10 years so that via affirmative action, the socially backward could stand on their own feet. At the same public function, Mahajan said every Indian