Read Arjun Singh's Interview Here.

This guy is India's HRD Minister and he doesnt have any idea about any studies done by his own government. People are protesting against his act for last 7 weeks and the shameless person is not even ready to talk about it. Although the whole interview is an eye opener but I'd like to quote first few lines here.

Karan Thapar: Do you personally also, as Minister of Human Resource Development , believe that reservations is the right and proper way to help the OBCs?

Arjun Singh: Certainly, that is one of the most important ways to do it.

Karan Thapar: The right way?

Arjun Singh: Also the right way.

Karan Thapar: In which case, lets ask a few basic questions; we are talking about the reservations for the OBCs in particular. Do you know what percentage of the Indian population is OBC? Mandal puts it at 52 per cent, the National Sample Survey Organisation at 32 per cent, the National Family and Health Survey at 29.8 per cent, which is the correct figure?

Arjun Singh: I think that should be decided by people who are more knowledgeable. But the point is that the OBCs form a fairly sizeable percentage of our population.

Karan Thapar: No doubt, but the reason why it is important to know 'what percentage' they form is that if you are going to have reservations for them, then you must know what percentage of the population they are, otherwise you don't know whether they are already adequately catered in higher educational institutions or not.

Arjun Singh: That is obvious - they are not.

Karan Thapar: Why is it obvious?

Arjun Singh: Obvious because it is something which we all see.

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Karan Thapar: I want very much to talk about that formula, but before we come to talk about how you are going to address concerns, let me point one other corollary - Reservations also gives preference and favour to caste over merit. Is that acceptable in a modern society?

Arjun Singh: I don't think the perceptions of modern society fit India entirely.

Karan Thapar: You mean India is not a modern society and therefore can't claim to be treated as one?
Arjun Singh: It is emerging as a modern society, but the parameters of a modern society do not apply to large sections of the people in this country.

If there is something called stupidity exists in this world then this is the best example of it. How can we be so stupid to vote someone like him...??? Well...I'm an OBC student. And I never felt need for reservation. From a very small village of Bihar, I managed to come to the best institute in country i.e. IIT and I never needed any sort of reservation. (My father is a farmer. So, dont apply wealthy or creamy funda.)

This is 2006 and there is still no electricity in my village. (can u imagine a life wihtout electricity...??) I face it everytime I go to my home. My parents still try to tune radio to listen news in this internet era. Don't you think that we need electricity in our villages, and education in our schools rather than this reservation crap...???