Mandal Commission protests of 1990

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Mandal commission protests of 1990 were against reservation in government jobs based on caste in India.

Background

Mandal Commission

Main article: Mandal Commission

Mandal Commission was set up in 1979 January by Morarji Desai government to identify the socially or educationally backward classes to consider the question of seat reservations and quotas for people to redress caste discrimination, and used eleven social, economic, and educational indicators to determine backwardness. It was chaired by B. P. Mandal.[1] The commission submitted the report to the President on 30 December 1980. It recommended 27% reservation quota for OBC resulting in total 49.5% quota in government jobs and public universities.[2] V. P. Singh, the Prime Minister at the time, tried to implement its recommendations in August 1990 which led to protests.

Protests

These protests were against giving government jobs to certain castes to rectify historical injustices they faced. These protests closed roads, highways, transportation services, government services, schools, and businesses of

reservation for backwards classes
.

Between the failure to effectively control the political cost of the protests escalating enough to close parts of the nation, and an eleven-year-old human rights improvement project, were causes that ultimately led to accepting the resignation of the

V. P. Singh
.

Culturally unique features of the protests and riots were

BJP
.

Self immolations

Rajiv Goswami

Rajiv Goswami was the first student to attempt self-immolation while a student at

V.P. Singh's implementation of the Mandal Commission laws for Affirmative Action (reservation) recommendations. His action sparked a series of self-immolations by college students and led to a formidable movement against job reservations for backward classes, as recommended by the Mandal Commission.[4]
He was later elected as the President of Delhi University's Student Union, he died after about a decade of suffering because of the 70% burns he had suffered.

Popular culture

See also

References

  1. ^ "1990: Caste Cleft". India Today. July 2, 2007. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  2. ^ Ramaiah, A (6 June 1992). "Identifying Other Backward Classes" (PDF). Economic and Political Weekly. pp. 1203–1207. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2005. Retrieved 2006-05-27.
  3. The Tribune
    newspaper, 1 September 1990, Chandigarh, India.
  4. ^ "Pioneer of anti-Mandal stir Rajiv Goswami dead". The Tribune. PTI. February 24, 2004. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  5. ^ "New TV serial shows both sides of Mandal divide". NDTV. IANS. November 26, 2010. Retrieved 2013-04-08.


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