Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has announced that the government jobs will be reserved for the “children” of the state and legal provisions will be made for the same. This kind of parochialism encourages regionalism and threatens the unity of the nation.
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Key-Points
Reservation on the basis of domicile and residence would mean discrimination as even a minimal departure creates an irrational class depriving a meritorious candidate of his fundamental rights.
It is argued that giving preferential treatment to the residents of a state will help in rightful allocation of the resources of the state and would encourage people to work within the boundaries of their state.
This is also seen as a way to stop migration of people from backward states to metropolitans, thereby reducing the burden on such cities.
The move to give reservation to the candidates born in the state itself runs against the spirit of constitutional equality and fraternity. It is more likely that such politically motivated steps would be overturned by the judiciary as has been done several times in the past.
Also, the government is not an employment guaranteeing agency rather an authority which should create an environment through its policies which minimizes inequalities in income, status, facilities and opportunities.
