0Question
(a) What are Reserved Constituencies? Why do we have this system in our country?
(b) What values of our Constitution makers are highlighted in creating this policy?
Answer:
(a) Reserved Constituency It is a constituency especially reserved for dire weaker section i.e. Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes. Weaker sections that get reservation in elections were victims of discrimination for centuries. So, if the representatives among them had not been elected, our Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies would have been deprived of the voice of a significant section of our society.
This system of Reserved Constituencies ( 84 seats for the Scheduled Castes and 47 for the Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha) makes our democracy a real representative democracy.
(b) The values of our Constitution makers highlighted in creating this policy is their desire to bring everyone in the society on the same platform. Hence, they advocated the value ‘equality for all’.
