| | The conflict between two dalit communities of Andhra Pradesh –
the malas, who have had the lion’s share of the scheduled caste
quotas of jobs and educational opportunities and the madigas, who
have agitated for castewise division of the quotas – could perhaps
have been resolved socially. But thanks to the recourse taken to
executive fiat and legislation a tangled web, involving not only the
two communities and the state government but also the higher
judiciary, the central government and the national commission for
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, has been woven.
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