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Church to demand inclusion of Dalit Christians in SC list
Why it is in news?
- The Catholic Church in Tamil Nadu will be organising a conference in Tiruchi to highlight the long pending demand of inclusion of Dalit Christians in the Scheduled Caste list.
- Single demand of the conference will be the removal of third paragraph of the Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order of 1950 commonly referred as the Presidential Order.
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- That states that any person professing a religion other than Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism cannot be considered a member of a Scheduled Caste.
- In a society structured based on caste hierarchy, the order was an injustice to the Dalits who converted to Christianity.
- The National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, led by former Chief Justice of India Ranganath Misra, that recommended the de-linking of Scheduled Caste status from religion.
Source
The Hindu