Should there be reservations

Elected elite want to use vote bank politics, so they perpetuate the policy of reservations/ positive discrimination. For affirmative action, government had adopted a policy of reservations to protect the weaker sections of Indian society.Persons belonging to scheduled castes, tribes and other back ward classes were not able to perform well in academics and also in tests for employment. Job opportunities were not easy for them, till the policy of reservation was adopted. By this students from the weaker section of society have a "quota" reserved for them in academic institutions like engineering colleges/medical colleges. This can promote education amongst these weaker sections. But it had the adverse effect of demoralising the student population who felt that the deserving candidates do not get professional education which they should. Our meritocracy was lost as meritorious students got discouraged.This went on to getting government jobs, "quota system" of reservation was followed in selection of candidates. And this led to mediocrity. Persons without calibre occupied government organisations making our government organisations dull and dysfunctional.
Now the issue in our Parliament is that these persons who got jobs on the basis of "reservation" should get higher promotions on the basis of their lower position as the Scheduled Castes/Tribes. When it comes to making policies, our political elite believes in pleasing their people who vote for them..these persons from weaker castes. How did all this begin?
The British who had ruled India before India got Independence had realised that the Indians are not an united lot. Indians constantly divided themselves in an hierarchy..."I am higher and you are lower" in the caste system. So they got an idea..."we must keep the Indians divided and we can create fights within them" The Indians could not fight their common enemy(British) because they were divided among themselves.And the British divided on basis of caste and practised the policy of "divide and rule" The "caste" based inventories/registers were kept. And people became "caste conscious"
They kept reservations for lower castes.
In free India, "Protection of Civil Rights Act,1955 was made to give special attention to rights of the disadvantaged people.Untouchability (Offences) Act,1955 was passed, so that lower class people were kept safe from suppression by upper castes. Scheduled castes and tribes were protected by "Prevention of Atrocities,1989" also. All this was needed as it was social protection. Then Article 335 said that the Scheduled Castes and Tribes must be given positions in government offices so that it is balanced with efforts for administrative efficiency. Here definitions are blurred. How much administrative efficiency is sacrificed for keeping a "reservation policy".In 1992 this was not held good. Now the"efficiency" is redefined and amendment will be made to make it operational  The real solution is to find the reason for social backwardness. If the students from these backward communities need help they could be given special training to come up instead of a "reservation policy" that protects them. How far can a policy protect? There is discontentment among the student communities; there is lack of team spirit in government's offices; rewards for ability is sacrificed at the alter of reservation. When will we arise out of mediocrity caused by reservation policy?We cannot grow as a nation when we have regional affiliations to various castes and tribes which divide us. And a developing country like ours need able administrators, intelligent technocrats and top bureaucrats. That is possible when we have a meritocracy when we are aware for our abilities.When are we going to establish a meritocracy? There is general resentment among the non scheduled people and there is growing dislike for this policy. In UP state, government employees protested against all reservations two days ago.It will become our policy as soon it is passed in both Houses of the Indian Parliament.