Sudhir Chaudhary's remarks on reservations in Indian Cricket Team triggers controversy
New Delhi: In a recent episode of his primetime show "Black and White" on Aaj Tak, controversial news anchor Sudhir Chaudhary stirred up a debate with his comments on the current Indian Cricket Team.
Following India's victory over New Zealand in the ICC ODI World Cup, Chaudhary declared India as the best cricket team globally, attributing this success to the absence of reservations in the team selection process.
Chaudhary asserted that the team's achievement could be attributed to the players being selected based on the merit of their game, without considerations of reservations based on caste, religion, or other factors.
He then posed the question, "Wouldn't it make our country great and help it achieve greater feats if reservations were taken down, and people were selected in all sectors through merit without reservations?"
The remarks made by Chaudhary triggered criticism on social media, with netizens accusing him of promoting divisive narratives against minorities and backward classes during his primetime show. Many called on him to research the historical context and purpose of reservations aimed at the upliftment of backward classes in the country before presenting such opinions on national television.
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Telangana first state to implement SC categorisation, issues orders
Hyderabad (PTI): Telangana on Monday issued a government order on the implementation of Scheduled Castes (SC) categorisation, making it the first state in the country to do so officially, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said.
Telangana government had earlier appointed a commission headed by retired High Court judge Justice Shameem Akther on SC categorisation, which made recommendations that the 59 Scheduled Caste (SC) communities be divided into three groups viz I, II, and III for the total reservations of 15 per cent in government jobs and education.
"The following Act of the Telangana Legislature received the assent of the Governor of Telangana on 8, April 2025 and the said assent is hereby first published on the 14th April 2025 in the Telangana Gazette for general information," the GO said.
The issuance of GO coincides with the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, architect of Indian Constitution.
According to the commission report, group-I one comprising 15 socially, economically and educationally disadvantaged SC communities, are given one per cent reservation.
Group-II, including 18 moderately benefited SC communities, are provided a nine per cent quota while the Group-III comprising 26 significantly benefited SC communities, are given five per cent reservation.
Addressing a press conference, Minister Reddy, who headed a sub-committee on SC Categorisation, said the first copy of the GO was given to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy this morning.
"From today, from this moment, SC categorisation will be implemented in Telangana in employment and education. We have issued a GO to that extent and gave the first copy to the CM," he told reporters.
"Telangana is the first state to implement the SC categorisation after the Supreme Court’s verdicts," Reddy said.
The minister alleged that earlier governments in Telangana confined themselves to pass resolutions for the categorisation and never took forward.
He further said all job vacancies in the state government now will be filled according to the sub-categorisation for SCs.
The Irrigation Minister further said the cabinet sub-committee did an extensive exercise in collecting the opinion of all the stakeholders.
He also said if the SC population goes up in 2026 census, the reservations for it would go up accordingly.
The Telangana Legislature in February accepted the recommendations of Justice Akther on SC categorisation, rejecting an advice that creamy layer should be exempted from reservations.
The Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservation) Bill, 2025 was passed last month. The Supreme Court gave a verdict last year in favour of categorisation.
