A Bill to change the record of scheduled castes in Tamil Nadu by grouping of seven castes which presently exist as separate castes was handed by Lok Sabha on Friday.
Moving the The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Minister for Social Justice Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot stated seven sub-castes can be encompassed below Devendrakula Vellalar with the exclusion of the Kadian group in sure listed districts. “No caste is being added or deleted. These seven castes would be regrouped,” he stated, including that the outdated caste certificates wouldn’t be eliminated.
He stated guide scavenging has decreased within the nation and the finances has allotted funds for serving to caste-based schemes.
BSP’s Girish Chandra stated the castes ought to have been added to OBC class relatively than the SC record and that the Bill ought to have gone to a choose committee. It needs to be understood why a group needs to be out of the SC class, he stated.
Amar Singh of the Congress stated this demand has been there for a very long time however has come up now due to elections in Tamil Nadu.
Imtiaz Jaleel from the AIMIM stated he wished to open the eyes of those that say the society is functioning higher. Citing NCRB knowledge, he stated greater than 35,000 circumstances of crimes in opposition to SC/STs have been registered in 2019 and added that the crimes have elevated since then. He additionally cited that 65.9 per cent of prisoners are from SC/ST and OBC communities.
He stated that the federal government in Gujarat is eradicating Adivasi villages to construct tourism initiatives and talked about the Narmada motion. He additionally cited a excessive proportion of vacancies in reservations in central ministries and universities.
“Why this society after 70 years we are still debating what Baba Saheb Ambedkar had told us that we shouldn’t do this in society. Is this not society’s responsibility?,” he requested.
Gurjeet Singh Aujila of the Congress stated the federal government should finish guide scavenging and mob lynching and improve share to scholarship schemes to assist defend SC/ST communities.
BJP’s Sunita Duggal from Haryana stated the Devendrakula Vellalar individuals have been a cultivator and warrior clan and have been talked about in Tamil Sangam literature. They provoke all temple automobile pullings and this group even owned land and voted through the British Raj, she stated. But, she added, they’ve been topic to “degradation and humiliation”.
BJP’s Umesh Jadhav from Karnataka stated: “This is not just a change in the name. There is evidence in history of their name … It has been a demand for 5-6 decades from Dalit movement to change the nomenclature of the caste … which would give them honour, dignity.”
G Madhavi of YSRCP stated the Bill addresses “a longstanding demand” and highlighted the Andhra Pradesh authorities’s programmes for the SC group.
Shiv Sena’s Rahul Shewale sought comparable beneficial motion in granting reservation to the Maratha group in Maharashtra.
