gujjar problem

66 dead, more are ready to die.
for what?
to get the title of backward class.
where in the world you would find people ready to die for a backward tag? I think our politicians have perfected the art of East India company - Divide and rule. they have created artificial differences where there were none. This is exactly what was done just after 1857 when Muslims were discriminated and had to suffer the repercussions which were far more than what Hindus and others had to face . this led to isolation of Muslims. while the Hindu intelligentsia took up western education and thereby found government jobs(only jobs other than agriculture that were available those days). This is one of the major reason you do not find any Muslim leader of any gr8 significance during those days. in early 1900's the situation started to change. Hindus had started asking for more freedom while many Muslim intelligentsia thought the only way to uplift there community was by being on the right side of the British. Britishers, worried of Hindu activism were too pleased to form this new alliance. this lead to the infamous partition of Bengal and reservation for Muslims and separate and weighted electorates were given to Muslims. This did not do anything to uplift the conditions of Muslims. They remained more backward but it became the foundation of ultimate partition of India. for the leaders thus chosen were not leaders of India or of any region but of a particular community. Remember it took 40-50 more years for the actual partition and anyone would have laughed at any person who would have suggested formation of Pakistan at that time.
Today conditions in India are exactly what were there 100 yrs ago. Unlike the last time when there was two ways divide today the divide is many ways. We are Meenas or Gujjars or Brahmins, aur Rajputs or Maratha or this or that but not India. Today our leaders are dalit leaders or Muslim leader or fundamentalist leader or this or that.
I am not suggesting that another partition is imminent. what I am saying is by dividing our society in grps and sub-grps we are creating the conditions that could lead to another partition. we have to discourage these tendencies to form grps. one way of doing it is to replace the current system of election. Instead of declaring a candidate who has the maximum no of vote we shd elect the person who has more than 50% of votes. Elections can take place in two rounds. In first round (if no one gets 50% of votes, in which case the person will get elected) all the candidates except two will get eliminated. In the next round the election will take place b/w top twoand whoever wins will get elected. this practice will help to prevent patronization of few caste or grps by political parties and candidates.