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Dalits seek quota in pvt sector, Army |
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Monday, 11 December 2000 |
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A large number of Dalits from different parts of the country under the aegis of the All-India Confederation of SC/ST Organisation assembled at the Ramlila Ground here today to demand reservation in the private sector, judiciary and the Army. Dr Udit Raj, confederation chairman, charged the UPA government with failing to fulfil its commitment to provide reservation in the private sector.  | He said the confederation had also submitted a memorandum to the US President seeking his help in ensuring reservation for the Dalits in US businesses in India. The Dalits are unhappy with the UPA government for not doing anything in the past one and half years, he said. Picture: Activists of the All-India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations burn an effigy of Indian industrialists to demand reservation in private sector units at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI | He alleged that the Scheduled Caste Commission and the Scheduled Tribe Commission were not able to further their cause because they lacked judicial, administrative and financial autonomy. He urged the government to ensure compulsory and equal education, time-bound promotion of safai karamcharis, ban on contract system and making caste certificate of one state valid in the other for the purposes of reservation. The inclusion of the Dalits in the Army would strengthen it and their representation in the judiciary would ensure that judgements had views of all sections of society, he said. Source:www.tribuneindia.com
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