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Islamabad, February 26 (KMS): Critics have described the February 17\u201318, 2026 decision by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Maharashtra government to formally scrap the 5 percent Muslim job and education quota as another step in a wider Hindutva consolidation.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the reservation, introduced in July 2014 for socially and educationally backward Muslim communities, remained stalled in courts and never fully implemented. Yet instead of updating socio-economic data or legislating a constitutionally robust framework, the government chose complete withdrawal.<\/p>\n

Opponents argue the symbolism outweighs the administrative explanation. In a political climate where minority safeguards are frequently portrayed as appeasement, cancelling even a dormant quota reinforces the perception that Muslim representation in state structures is unwelcome. Legal challenges now question the constitutional basis of the move.<\/p>\n

For many observers, this action aligns with a broader ideological narrative that redefines citizenship through majoritarian identity, feeding anxieties that India\u2019s secular framework is steadily yielding to the proposition that the nation belongs primarily to its Hindu majority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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