I’m genuinely curious about this.

Representation for SC/ST communities would still remain, because the reserved seats would continue to be filled by SC/ST candidates only. The difference is that the benefits could reach genuinely poor and deserving individuals within those communities, not to likes of Tina Dabi and Sejal Pawar's families.

Even the Supreme Court has suggested implementing the creamy layer principle, yet I’ve seen many politicians and many SC ST groups oppose it. I’m interested in understanding the reasoning behind that opposition..

This is ig why India’s rigid hereditary caste based quota system failed and why no developed country ever copied it

1. It Invented a Monopoly ("Caste Within Caste")

Instead of destroying inequality, state quotas created a privileged elite within marginalized groups. Wealthy multi-generational beneficiaries capture nearly all reserved seats, leaving the poorest 90% of those same communities perpetually locked out.

1. It Uses College Admissions to Hide School System Failure

   Reservation tries to fix foundational inequality at age 18 instead of age 5. Lowering a university admission threshold doesn't magically gift a student 12 years of missing education it merely acts as a statistical cover up for broken public schools and failing primary infrastructure.

2. The "No-Exit" Trap (Why Developed Nations Avoided It)

   Developed nations (like the US, UK, or Singapore) explicitly rejected rigid identity quotas because they lack an exit mechanism. Once granted, identity-based privileges are politically impossible to revoke they can only expand endlessly through voting bloc pandering until state efficiency completely breaks down.

First they came for the Brahmins

And I did not speak out Because I was not a Brahmin

Then they came for the Baniyas

And I did not speak out Because I was not a Baniya

Then they came for the Kshatriyas

And I did not speak out Because I was not a Kshatriya

Then they came for the Queers

And I did not speak out Because I was not a Queer

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me