In secular India it is unfortunate that discrimination prevails in granting admissions to Muslims in government-aided colleges and professional colleges including medical, engineering etc. The private institutions aided by the Govt. are also not free from the blame.
In the normal course the entire student population of India vis-a-vis the Muslims should be 7:1. Or 12 1⁄2% of the student population should be Muslim. My point could be very well proved if statistics are obtained about the total number of Muslims that appeared for any of these examinations, SSLC, PUC, B.A ., B.Com ., B.Sc. MBBS, B.E. etc. Unfortunately these figures are not available to prove this point. The Govt. could do well to publish these figures. Unfortunately Urdu is also not taught in various institutions even if sufficient number of students are willing to come forward to learn Urdu. The Islamic culture is basically connected to Urdu literature and minus Urdu language in education, the Musiims would lose their attachment and connections to their heritage. There seems to be a calculated attempt to deprive the Muslims of the opportunity to learn Urdu. Other wise I do not see why the Karnataka Govt. cannot pass orders directing all educational institutions to teach Urdu where Muslims have agitated for teaching Urdu. In this connection, there have been several cases of persecution a so. Unfortunately, the loss is also national since Urdu, a great language, would be lost to posterity. Due to consequent lack of educational opportunities the Muslims have suffered economically by not getting employment opportunities. Besides lack of suitable Muslim candidates seeking employment, there is a positive effort of communal forces to deprive the Muslims of their share in the Govt. jobs. Otherwise, how one could explain that there is not a single Muslim High Court judge and similarly in all important government jobs ? Even considering that Muslims are not brilliant enough, I fail to understand why they are not able to get jobs in proportion to their population at least as class IV employees. No Govt. could be considered secular unless it creates perfect balance and provides opportunities to minority communities in the matter of providing suitable jobs. A memorandum was submitted to the Karnataka Govt, signed by 80 legislators including Muslims and non- Muslims seeking corrective action on the part of the Govt. but unfortunately no action so far. The Havanur Commission that went into this question gave only 6% reservation to the Muslims which is not in proportion to the Muslim population (Vol. 1, Part 1 Chapter XIX Page 186). Even the justice that was sought to be done by the Karnataka Govt. by classifying the Darvesu tribe as a “backward tribe” thereby trying to undo a little injustice to Muslims is being sabotaged by not less a person than the Director of Medical Services, Dr. Y. P. Rudrappa, who seems to be working handing love with A. K. Subblah, president of the State BJP. If the majority community sincerely believes in secularism and has faith in the Constitution, which is supposed to be secular, it should ensure that in the educational and employment field injustice’ and ambiance meted out to Muslims is eradicated. This is the only proof that they could give to their secularism to the world. If this is not done the Muslims are bound to be looked upon as a menace to the society and regarded as a source of trouble in the same manner as coloured people in America.
