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Friday, August 13, 2010

Day of Protest on 10th August 2010, denouncing Indian Constitution’s Scheduled Caste Order 1950,

"Building Solidarity for Dalits: Inspiring and Instilling Hope for Justice

Rev. Raj Bharath Patta,Executive Secretary,NCCI -Commission on Dalits
  reports:
The observance of the Day of Protest on 10th August 2010, denouncing paragraph 3 of the Constitution’s Scheduled Caste Order 1950, which discriminates, justice to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims, has been successfully observed across the country by the different Churches, organizations and Dalit movements. It was on 10th August 1950 the then President of India issued the ‘Constitution (Scheduled Caste Order 1950)’ specifying that caste be recognized as Scheduled Caste. The third paragraph of the Order however qualifies that ‘not withstanding anything contained in Para 2, no person who professes a religion different from Hinduism shall be a Dalit to be a member of the Scheduled Caste’."

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