Should discuss why goals of reservations not achieved: Speaker

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said that it is necessary to debate why the country had not achieved the desired obectives of the reservations.
"I am not against reservations. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar had put the cap on reservation for ten years thinking that by that time we will be able to create such a society in independent India that everybody will come on the same level," she said here.
However, after every ten years Parliament extends the reservations for another ten years.
"This means we have not achieved Ambedkar's wish of bringing all at the same level. After every ten years all the parties just say yes to increasing the time limit of reservation.

"I am not against giving reservations. But you have to think why we have not been able to achieve same level for all as per the wish of Ambedkar. And that is the reality. What I am saying is why should we not discuss this thing in the Parliament," Mahajan said, in a reply to a question.
She said she made this point earlier in the day too, at a seminar on smart city, stating that concept of smart cities should be discussed and then implemented instead of what the country does in the case of reservations.
Mahajan was speaking with reporters after attending two-day presiding officers conference here.