Some reservations
Organizer reproduces copies of the RSS resolutions on Ram Setu, and on reservation for SCs and STs converted to other religions, saying, "the Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal takes strong exception to the recommendation of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM) popularly known as Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission that the Scheduled Caste status must be 'completely delinked from religion' and 'all those groups and classes among the Muslims and Christians should also be covered by the Scheduled Castes net.' What is more intriguing is the commission's effort to project its recommendations as consistent with the 'letter and spirit of the constitutional provisions'".
It continues, "The ABKM is of the view that, in reality, these recommendations are against the basic spirit of the Constitution and in negation of all the efforts of B.R. Ambedkar who struggled relentlessly in his personal and public life to reform the Hindu society. Besides, these recommendations are also an aggression on the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and a major impediment to their upliftment... The ABKM appeals to the countrymen in general and the Scheduled Caste brethren in particular to resist any move by the vote-hungry politicians in that direction which is going to be detrimental to the welfare of the Scheduled Castes. The ABKM calls upon all the swayamsevaks to work shoulder-to-shoulder with our Scheduled Caste brethren in their efforts to safeguard the interests of the community."
November 15, 2007, The Indian Express |
