Dalits told to mention their caste as Madiga during census
Staff Correspondent
The former MLA and Dalit leader H. Anjaneya has urged the Dalit
communities to mention their caste as Madiga during the caste-wise
census, which would soon be commencing in Karnataka.
Addressing presspersons here on Sunday, he said that Dalits should
necessarily mention their caste as Madiga to get themselves
differentiated from other Scheduled Caste communities.
"Since more than 100 communities have been categorised as Scheduled
Caste, the mentioning of caste as Madiga will help in knowing the
exact population of this community. This will further help the
Government frame specific policies for the welfare of this backward
community," he said.
Mr. Anjaneya, who is a Congress leader, said that the Union Government
had launched the caste-based census only for the purpose of framing
caste-specific reservation policy.
Owing to lack of specific data, many Scheduled Caste communities were
unable to take advantage of the reservation policy, he said, claiming
that under the present scenario, several communities had been included
in a singe category. "The completion of the census will help the
Government provide internal reservation, based on the socio-economic
conditions of each community," he said.
He alleged that some caste Hindu people were availing themselves of
the reservation benefits by producing false caste certificates. A few
of them had even become judges while a few others had become MLAs by
producing false certificates, he said.
Mr. Anjaneya alleged that K.G. Kumaraswamy, MLA from Shimoga Rural
constituency, was actually belonging to Vokkaliga community but had
contested in the election by claiming to be from Bhovi community "Some
people belonging to Scheduled Caste have complained against him in
this regard and the case is before the High Court," he said.
Mr. Anjaneya criticised about 12 MLAs belonging to Bhovi community for
not raising any objection against Mr. Kumaraswamy for producing a
false caste certificate.
At present, more than 100 communities have been identified as
Scheduled Castes: Dalit leader
'Several caste Hindus taking advantage of welfare schemes by producing
false certificates'
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