Affirmative Action for Muslim Population

I am all for affirmative action for muslim population in India. When dalits can get quotas, why can't the muslims get it.

"Many Muslims are uncomfortable with job and political reservations — from the bitter colonial experience of communal reservations, or a likely Hindu backlash today. But some things are eminently do-able: establishing greater access for Muslim girls to education, improving public services, and recruiting more Muslims in government jobs.

OBC Muslims must be included in the overall OBC jobs quota of 27 per cent. And 15 per cent of all Plan expenditure must be set aside for the minorities, who constitute 18.4 per cent of the population. "

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