Jaya wants Centre to include SC Christians in quota list August 9, 2013 Shravan Shuklapaksha 3, Kaliyug Varsha 5115 Reservation Politics : This clearly shows how serious these politicians are about destroying the caste system. In order to wipe out the caste system, Hindus would need to first get rid of the selfish politicians ! CHENNAI: Noting that social tensions of unbalanced growth between Hindu scheduled castes and Christian converts have only "aggravated" over time, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Friday said the Centre should treat scheduled caste Christians on par with Hindus, Sikhs or Buddhists and include them in the SC list. Jayalalithaa has sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding this. Requesting Singh that the SC Christians be included in the list of Scheduled Castes annexed to the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, she said to enable this, as recommended by the Ranganath Mishra Commission, para 3 of the Order must be deleted. Prompt action should now be taken by the government to initiate the necessary statutory steps to include all Scheduled Castes irrespective of religion within the ambit of the status of SCs listed in the Order, and bring in necessary legislation in the current session of Parliament, she noted. She wanted the Centre to file counter affidavits supporting the request of SC Christians, for early disposal of pending pleas in Supreme Court challenging the validity of para 3. Holding that the Order was not "carved on stone", Jayalalithaa said it must be amended in tune with the socio-economic realities of modern day India. Source : TOI
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:40:45 +0000