*NATIONAL COUNCIL OF DALIT CHRISTIANS*
(With the collaboration of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India and
National Council of Churches in India )
Invites you to a
Rally that starts at 9.00 am from Kerala House, New Delhi and the
Dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi till 6.00 pm
On 18th November, 2009 (Wednesday) to express the Urgency and
Gravity of Christians' Muslims' and Secular-minded peoples'
Just Demand for
*SCHEDULED CASTE RIGHTS TO*
*DALIT CHRISTIANS AND DALIT MUSLIMS*
The Constitution Scheduled Caste Order 1950, restricted SC status only to
SCs professing Hinduism later on extended to SCs who embraced Sikhism and
Buddhism. Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims have been denied their right
for the last fifty nine years. National Commission for Religious and
Linguistic Minorities-NCRLM stated that non inclusion of SC Christians and
SC Muslims in the SC list is a discrimination based on religion and goes
against the articles 14, 15 and 25 of the Constitution of India. Religion
must be de-linked from caste. The discriminatory Para 3 of the Constitution
Scheduled Caste Order 1950 should be deleted by appropriate action. But, it
is very unfortunate that the Union Government has shelved this report and
makes millions of SC Christians and SC Muslims continue to suffer unjustly.
The Writ petition filed in the Supreme Court in 2004 is unduly delayed
because of the indifference of the Union Government to give a reply to the
Supreme Court. Meanwhile the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
has recommended that Scheduled Caste status must be extended to the
Scheduled Caste Christians and Scheduled Caste Muslims. The National
Commission for Minorities too has supported the demand.
Most of the political parties have supported the demand of Scheduled Caste
Christians and Muslims. Various *dhamas *and protest rallies have been
organized in the state and national level to assert our rights. Prime
Ministers including the present one and various Ministers have made
assurances that it would be done. So far they have been only empty promises.
*OUR DEMANDS*
.
· *Table the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic
Minorities in the Parliament with Action Taken Report and implement its
recommendations.*
* *
· *Give appropriate answer to the query of the Supreme Court to the
Writ Petitions demanding the deletion of the unjust para 3 of the
Constitution Scheduled Castes Order 1950 to extend Scheduled Caste Status to
Christians and Muslims of Scheduled Caste origin. *
* *
*For Further details, contact the following persons:*
*Prof. M. Mary John Mr. V. J. George Mr. Franklin Caesar
Thomas
Fr. A. x. J. Bosco*
Chairman National Convener National
Coordinator Convener
09444181037 09895555832
09818805668
09848408236
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Battula Karthik Navayan,
Advocate,
H.No. 21-7-761,
Opp.High Court Post Office,
Gansi Bazar, Hyderabad,
PIN-500002, AP.
Cell:09346677007,
email:[email protected] <email%[email protected]>
http://sites.google.com/site/karthiknavayan/home
http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=10379805095932756525
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