Caste based politics-India's Cancer

I don't know what would have been Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's reaction had he been alive today. But I can definitely say that caste based politics wasn't something which Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar espoused for. The so-called messiah's of the backward castes have made these castes a permanent vote bank for themselves. I can say with assurance that this is not something which Dr. Ambedkar liked. The inital reservation for SCs & STs for a period of 10 years was something logical & understandable.
Our constitution makes it abundantly clear that the people will not be discriminated on the caste lines. But under the garb of backwardness, these messiah's have been fooling the people for petty political gains.
If the people are backward then it is due to economic reasons & not because of their caste. Even if reservations are necessary then it has to be done on economic grounds. Why are the economically challenged upper caste people not given reservation? Why are the financially rich lower caste people still given undue benefits? Why caste is the parameter for measuring backwardness?
I believe these politicians have got to do nothing with the backwardness. They have reduced the so-called backward castes to a mere voting generating machine for themselves. If there has been a historical injustice to lower castes then counter-injustice to upper caste can't be the solution. Mandal politics has seriously reduced the importance of meritocracy. If everything were to be determined by caste then no need to worry for business because you can follow only your traditional caste business.
It's high time that we turn our blind eye to this gross injustice. The messiah's of backwardness have disturbed the social cycle & made injustice a commonly accepted phenomenon.
It's time to think as one nation, one people. I don't understand why we are still driven by the century old caste based diktats.
It's the time for new india to rise above such illegitimate discrimination.