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Dalit Christians plan stir for Scheduled Caste status

NEW DELHI: The National Council of Dalit Christians on Tuesday stepped up their demand for granting Scheduled Caste status to all dalits irrespective of religion, and deletion of Para 3 of the Presidential Order of 1950.

Constituents of the Council are also planning to resort to agitation to mount pressure on the Government.

In a representation prepared at the national executive of the Council, signatories criticised the non-committal attitude of the Congress to this long-pending demand of Dalit Christians from across the country. Also, the Council has sought to remind the Congress of its 1996 and 2004 election-eve promise to extend SC status to dalit converts to Christianity.

Along with the representation, the Council has attached a letter of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh supporting the demand.

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