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Dalit Christians to stage protest

NEW DELHI: The National Council of Dalit Christians on Saturday urged the members of the community to march to their district headquarters on December 10 to mount pressure on the government to grant them Scheduled Caste status.

According to a statement here, Dalit Christians will observe December 10 as ‘Black Day’ to protest the “delaying tactics” of the Union government.

“Even after the positive recommendations of the Justice Ranganath Misra Commission for conferment of SC status on all Dalits irrespective of religion and the deletion of Para 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order, 1950, and making reservation and SC status religion neutral, the government is silent and indifferent to the issue,” the statement said.

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