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Killing Two Birds

uess who’s sharing his ‘mann ki baat’ with school children said, “No person is superior because of their caste, creed, language or gender…. Indira Gandhi became prime minister without any reservation. In this ‘game of backwardness’, everyone wants to prove that they are backward.” Now that’s a dual dig. It’s the Narendra Modi-led central government that passed the Women’s Reservation Bill, and Opposition parties are demanding a caste census and higher reservations.

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