Dehradun, March 22 -- Rahul Gandhi's remark in a podcast that the 'notion of merit is unfair and an upper caste narrative' sheds further light on his political strategy. He is pushing for 'proportional representation' in government jobs irrespective of whether those selected can do them. He overlooks that fact it is merit that counts everywhere in the world, even when space has been created for 'diversity, equity and inclusion'. In fact, at the present, there has been a powerful pushback in the United States against sidelining merit in favour of accommodating those 'left behind'. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that, despite being from a privileged background, he himself has not scored very high on the merit scale, particularly...