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CBCI hails commission's support for Dalit Christian quota |
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Written by Correspondent
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 |
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 New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has hailed the recommendation made by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes to include Christians and Muslims of Scheduled Castes origin in the reserved category of Scheduled Castes.
The CBCI which is the apex body of the Catholic Church in India has been supporting this legitimate demand for a long time. “The opinion given by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes to include Christian and Muslims of Scheduled Castes origin is truly wise and praiseworthy,” CBCI spokesperson Fr Babu Joseph says. “The Bishops’ Conference strongly believes that it is only just and fair that Christians and Muslims of Scheduled Castes origin should get the legal protection and other educational and employment benefits given to their counterparts in other religions,” Fr Jospeh says.
“The CBCI has stated over and over again that just by changing their faith, their status, social and economic backwardness and the burden of being downtrodden for centuries does not alter overnight. Since our Dalit Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs are already included in the list of Scheduled Castes, it is in the fitness of things that the situation of Muslim and Christian Dalits be also recognized and they be granted their just demand,” the spokesperson adds.
“We earnestly hope that the rightful and timely recommendation of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes will hasten the process of granting the Scheduled Caste Status to Christians and Muslims of Scheduled Castes Origin,” Fr Babu Joseph says. (Source: Indian Catholic, 18 October 2007) |
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