MUSLIM RESERVATION AND SAFEGUARDS: AN OVERVIEW

The minorities especially Muslims are the prime target of exclusion in the present era, therefore, they are continuously going upside down. Though constitutional provision are meant to safeguard the religious minorities from the exploitation and suppression of majority group yet they are still subjugated. Article 29 and 30 allowed preserving the culture, script and language. These provisions should ensure minorities’ equal share in resources thus they (minority group) are equal citizens of India only on paper and left to be treated as the second class citizens in reality. The government has promoted schemes and programmes for the development of less developed Muslim minorities and it is not showing the satisfactory result because of certain flaws at the part of planners, policy makers and at the levels of the people involved in its implementation as discussed in the paper in the light of constitutional provisions and the recommendations of Sachar committee report.