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PIL - Reservation for neo dalits

PIL - Reservation for neo dalits DECCAN INQUIRER   e news  bi-weekly EDITOR: NAGARAJA.M.R .... VOL.22 ….ISSUE...60……26/07/2026 __________________________ Are Brahmins today’s Dalits in India? May 11  2007 French Journalist Francois Gautier, having spent nearly two decades in India, finds reservations for SC/ST and OBCs a prejudiced trend based on misconceptions. At a time when nearly all political parties are vying with each other to please Dalits or other backward classes advocating reservations for them, ignoring the Brahmins, French Journalist Francois Gautier, having spent nearly two decades in India, finds it a prejudiced trend based on misconceptions. In a write up “Are Brahmins the Dalits of today?” (May 26, 2006 ) posted on Rediffmail.com, Gautier has pointed out how much ill-found are the facts about the ‘prosperity’ of Hindus, especially, the Brahmins in today’s India. He lashes out at the UPA Government for following an appeasement policy, which appears to...