Rangnath Commission’s rejection of linguistic minorities is illogical and absurd
The issue of reservation for minorities, especially Muslims, has created an uproar after the recent observation of the Supreme Court on Muslim reservation in Andhra Pradesh. Things have been turbulent ever since the Rangnath Mishra Commission submitted its report in May, 2007. In this melee, while the issue of religious minorities has come to gather spotlight, the issue of the linguistic minorities has been completely sidelined. The fact is even the Justice Rangnath Mishra panel had grossly ignored the issue of linguistic minorities in its report by saying, “In our opinion the concept of ‘backwardness’ is to be confined in its application to religious minorities as it has no relevance for the linguistic minorities.”
The commission is of the view that “The latter may be facing some other problems like discrimination and denial of constitutional rights in practice but no linguistic group may be regarded as backward by itself.” Asha Das, Member Secretary of the Commission, defends this view. She said, “The term linguistic minority can determine the backwardness of a language and not backwardness of its people.” Therefore it further says, “We are not recommending any criterion for identifying ‘socially and economically backward classes’ among the linguistic minorities.”
“This is ridiculous,” says Uday Sinha, a senior journalist, who was a panel member during a seminar recently held to discuss the commission’s report. “The development of any community is directly linked to the language. The reason of backwardness is linguistic and not religious. Religion does not define the economic status of the community.” If a person is familiar with a developed language, he is exposed to the best education which is available in our country. An English-speaking person will have more opportunities than any other person. The literature and the technological education are imported only in English and not in other languages.’ The same can be seen even with a person who knows only Hindi and does not know English. “The Rangnath Mishra Commission forgot its limitations in its move to blindly support to provide reservations to linguistic minorities. This is unfortunate,” commented Prakash Javdekar, Spokesperson, BJP, while talking to B&E on the issue.
“This is absolutely wrong and far away from the ground realities,” says Neeraj Shekhar, MP from Baliya, UP. “The commission should have taken a view that the linguistic minorities are much more important to ascertain backwardness than the religious minorities as they comprise all religions, castes and creeds. For example, the Bhojpuri-speaking community of UP and Bihar are the most backward. This is why they are compelled to migrate to the various metro cities in search of jobs and livelihoods,” Neeraj added.
“The Rangnath Commission’s report is not the Bible, Quran or Geeta which can be accepted as it is. The report is incomplete and needs to be reconsidered and discussed,” said Sanjay Nirupam, Congress MP from Mumbai.
“The Rangnath Commission report is not different from the Sachhar Committee report. It is also on the lines of Pirpur Report, Sharif Report, Fazal Haq Report and Kamlayar Jung Report, prepared by Muslim League before partition. It will lead to communal polarisation of the country,” said Rakesh Sinha, Director at India Policy Foundation, New Delhi. “It has completely sidelined the linguistic minorities and only focused on religious minorities. It has tried to rewind the clock to the period before 1947,” Sinha added.
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The issue of reservation for minorities, especially Muslims, has created an uproar after the recent observation of the Supreme Court on Muslim reservation in Andhra Pradesh. Things have been turbulent ever since the Rangnath Mishra Commission submitted its report in May, 2007. In this melee, while the issue of religious minorities has come to gather spotlight, the issue of the linguistic minorities has been completely sidelined. The fact is even the Justice Rangnath Mishra panel had grossly ignored the issue of linguistic minorities in its report by saying, “In our opinion the concept of ‘backwardness’ is to be confined in its application to religious minorities as it has no relevance for the linguistic minorities.”
The commission is of the view that “The latter may be facing some other problems like discrimination and denial of constitutional rights in practice but no linguistic group may be regarded as backward by itself.” Asha Das, Member Secretary of the Commission, defends this view. She said, “The term linguistic minority can determine the backwardness of a language and not backwardness of its people.” Therefore it further says, “We are not recommending any criterion for identifying ‘socially and economically backward classes’ among the linguistic minorities.”
“This is ridiculous,” says Uday Sinha, a senior journalist, who was a panel member during a seminar recently held to discuss the commission’s report. “The development of any community is directly linked to the language. The reason of backwardness is linguistic and not religious. Religion does not define the economic status of the community.” If a person is familiar with a developed language, he is exposed to the best education which is available in our country. An English-speaking person will have more opportunities than any other person. The literature and the technological education are imported only in English and not in other languages.’ The same can be seen even with a person who knows only Hindi and does not know English. “The Rangnath Mishra Commission forgot its limitations in its move to blindly support to provide reservations to linguistic minorities. This is unfortunate,” commented Prakash Javdekar, Spokesperson, BJP, while talking to B&E on the issue.
“This is absolutely wrong and far away from the ground realities,” says Neeraj Shekhar, MP from Baliya, UP. “The commission should have taken a view that the linguistic minorities are much more important to ascertain backwardness than the religious minorities as they comprise all religions, castes and creeds. For example, the Bhojpuri-speaking community of UP and Bihar are the most backward. This is why they are compelled to migrate to the various metro cities in search of jobs and livelihoods,” Neeraj added.
“The Rangnath Commission’s report is not the Bible, Quran or Geeta which can be accepted as it is. The report is incomplete and needs to be reconsidered and discussed,” said Sanjay Nirupam, Congress MP from Mumbai.
“The Rangnath Commission report is not different from the Sachhar Committee report. It is also on the lines of Pirpur Report, Sharif Report, Fazal Haq Report and Kamlayar Jung Report, prepared by Muslim League before partition. It will lead to communal polarisation of the country,” said Rakesh Sinha, Director at India Policy Foundation, New Delhi. “It has completely sidelined the linguistic minorities and only focused on religious minorities. It has tried to rewind the clock to the period before 1947,” Sinha added.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2010.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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