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By Express News Service
22 Dec 2009 07:12:31 AM IST
SC/ST Aikyavedi flays Misra panel proposal
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Aikyavedi
has flayed Ranganath Misra Commission report which recommended the
inclusion of Christians and Muslims in the reservation list of
Scheduled Castes/Tribes.
Addressing a news conference here, Aikyavedi chairman Aithiyur
Surendran said that they will organise strong protests against the
move to sabotage the special order issued by the President in 1950
which barred the inclusion of other religious groups in the
reservation list of Scheduled Castes. He said that Aikyavedi would not
support political parties which support the Ranganath Misra Commission
report in Parliament.
The Aikyavedi demanded a census to determine the number of Scheduled
Castes who adopted Christianity. They should be given special
reservation. The Aikyavedi also demanded that those who converted to
Islam should be included in the 27 percent reservation earmarked for
the OBCs.
The Aikyavedi demanded that the UPA Government is working to
propagate votebank politics. In 2007, five leaders of the Aikyavedi
had threatened to commit suicide in front of the Parliament when the
report was about to be discussed in the Administrative Reforms
Committee.
General Secretary D S Raj, vice-presidents Puravoor Raghhunathan,
Vellar Surendran, Kollam Viswabhran, Saravan Chandra, Nettayam
Divakaran and Ravi Vaidyar also attended the press meet.
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