{"id":492,"date":"2017-01-21T12:02:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T06:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2017-01-21T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T06:32:59","slug":"caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/","title":{"rendered":"Caste-based reservation should end: RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jaipur:<\/strong> Everyone was anticipating controversy at Jaipur Literature Festival \u2013 2017 (JLF). And, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) happily delivered.<\/p>\n<p>RSS\u2019s communication head Manmohan Vaidya said that caste-based reservation is against the best interests of the country and it should eventually come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The caste-based reservation should end at some point. A time must come when everyone should get more job opportunities,&#8221; said Vaidya.<\/p>\n<p>Vaidya said the reservation for the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SC\/ST) was meant to remedy the injustice meted out to them for centuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was our responsibility. So, reservation for them has been there since the inception (of the Constitution). But, even Ambedkar has said its continuance in perpetuity is not good. There should be a time limit to it,\u201d Vaidya said.<\/p>\n<p>The statement kicked up a raw as expected and it received widespread reactions, RSS\u2019s joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale sought to limit the damage. He called a press conference and said, \u201cwhat Manmohan Vaidya meant was that till there is discrimination against certain population groups, and equal opportunity is not provided to all, caste-based reservation should continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than 250 delegates including authors, journalists, human right activists, politicians, economists, scholars, filmmakers, poets, and famous TV personalities are participating in the event, touted as one of the biggest literature festivals in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Festival is a flagship event of Teamwork Arts, which produces over 25 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across more than 40 cities globally, and is produced by Sanjoy K. Roy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaipur: Everyone was anticipating controversy at Jaipur Literature Festival \u2013 2017 (JLF). And, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) happily delivered. RSS\u2019s communication head Manmohan Vaidya said that caste-based reservation is against the best interests of the country and it should eventually come to an end. &#8220;The caste-based reservation should end at some point. A time must [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Caste-based reservation should end: RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Caste-based reservation should end: RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jaipur: Everyone was anticipating controversy at Jaipur Literature Festival \u2013 2017 (JLF). And, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) happily delivered. RSS\u2019s communication head Manmohan Vaidya said that caste-based reservation is against the best interests of the country and it should eventually come to an end. &#8220;The caste-based reservation should end at some point. A time must [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The PinkCity Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinkcitypost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinkcitypost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-21T06:32:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caste-based-reservation-should-end-says-RSS-leader-Manmohan-Vaidya.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"981\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"532\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePinkCityPost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ThePinkCityPost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Caste-based reservation should end: RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Caste-based reservation should end: RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya","og_description":"Jaipur: Everyone was anticipating controversy at Jaipur Literature Festival \u2013 2017 (JLF). And, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) happily delivered. RSS\u2019s communication head Manmohan Vaidya said that caste-based reservation is against the best interests of the country and it should eventually come to an end. &#8220;The caste-based reservation should end at some point. A time must [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/","og_site_name":"The PinkCity Post","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinkcitypost\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinkcitypost\/","article_published_time":"2017-01-21T06:32:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":981,"height":532,"url":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caste-based-reservation-should-end-says-RSS-leader-Manmohan-Vaidya.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ThePinkCityPost","twitter_site":"@ThePinkCityPost","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Writer","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/"},"author":{"name":"Staff Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f954bc02b7b634cbfb6629a054db9657"},"headline":"Caste-based reservation should end: RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya","datePublished":"2017-01-21T06:32:59+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-21T06:32:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/"},"wordCount":260,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caste-based-reservation-should-end-says-RSS-leader-Manmohan-Vaidya.jpg","articleSection":["National News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/","name":"Caste-based reservation should end: RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caste-based-reservation-should-end-says-RSS-leader-Manmohan-Vaidya.jpg","datePublished":"2017-01-21T06:32:59+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-21T06:32:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caste-based-reservation-should-end-says-RSS-leader-Manmohan-Vaidya.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Caste-based-reservation-should-end-says-RSS-leader-Manmohan-Vaidya.jpg","width":981,"height":532,"caption":"Caste-based reservation should end, says RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya. Image credit: Post staff"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/caste-based-reservation-end-rss-leader-manmohan-vaidya\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"National News","item":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/category\/national-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Caste-based reservation should end: RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/","name":"The PinkCity Post","description":"Jaipur&#039;s First Digital Newspaper - Breaking News, Current Affairs","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#organization","name":"The PinkCity Post","url":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pinkcity-post.png1_.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pinkcity-post.png1_.png","width":500,"height":60,"caption":"The PinkCity Post"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinkcitypost\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ThePinkCityPost"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f954bc02b7b634cbfb6629a054db9657","name":"Staff Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pinkcitypost-author-img-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pinkcitypost-author-img-96x96.png","caption":"Staff Writer"},"description":"The PinkCity Post is Jaipur's only digital newspaper in English. We extensively cover local communities, Jaipur tourism, real estate, education, politics and much more. Email a story to The PinkCity Post: editor@pinkcitypost.com","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinkcitypost\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ThePinkCityPost"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/author\/niteshsharma13\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}