The_Showstopper
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Yes just in OBC quota but that is limited to certain states. I found something interesting here...No bro. Please read all the posts. Its different in different states. Muslims do come under OBC quota.
Yesterday Owaisi was trying to ask for Muslim quota.
Cheers, Doc
Originally, the Scheduled Caste reservations were restricted to only Hindus. The Para 3 of the Constitution (SC ) Order 1950 clearly stated that nobody other than Hindus would be eligible for reservations. In 1956, it was extended to Sikhs after they protested; and in 1990 Buddhists were also included after they complained of discrimination.
A host of other groups --Muslims, Christians , Parsis and Jains-- still remain outside its purview and are agitating to be allowed entry into this charmed circle.
In 2007, the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities chaired by retired chief justice of India Ranganath Misra (also known as the Ranganath Misra Commission) recommended “deletion’’ of the contentious Para 3 so that all religious groups could qualify for SC status.
It specifically called for reservations to be "delinked" from religion and make them "religion neutral". A confirmation that, contrary to the widely accepted narrative, the current system is not religion neutral .
http://www.firstpost.com/india/the-bjp-argument-against-muslim-reservation-is-false-1601263.html
So basically the present reservation system is based on religion.