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Literally national bureau of economics research stuff has proven this.
But you saw a rich Dalit once so it has to all be a lie no? Y’all need to read more.
Now that that's out of the way.
Everything exists in a context. There are two types of context, usually:
1. The context of the issue itself. Affirmative action in the US and reservations in India are VERY different.
2. The broader socio-political and legal context of the jurisdictions. US and India contexts for both of these are very different.
Please stop trying to apply developments, positive or negative, in other parts of the world to India.
Also - how do you even define merit? What is merit?