Khairlanji Massacre

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>On Dalits, there was consensus before this on affirmative action. While there is periodic dissent about extending the ten-year Dalit reservations, there is simultaneously acknowledgement that their status hasn't improved. For the OBC feudals, a Dalit status change is undesirable and fundamentally unacceptable. They won't stand for change in the ground situation. The Khairlanji killings were meant to put the Dalit Buddhists in their place, outside the caste hierarchy. The Maharashtra government was complicit, until the court intervened.

There should be zero tolerance against violence to Dalits. While the courts have identified women and children as vulnerable sections, so should Dalits be. For their part, Dalit leaders should recognize some existential realities. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The OBCs are their caste enemies, and gratuitous Brahmin-bashing has no merit. Second, Dalits have become their own enemies, by not recognizing the creamy layer. The fruits of reservation won't bear with the creamy layer choking the Dalit underclass.</span> And for the Maharashtra government, the lesson is not to remain in denial about Dalit persecution. The Khairlanji killers must hang, and the Dalits must be reassured about a compassionate, pro-Dalit state</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Zero tolerance should be for any crime.