National Union of Dalit Christians India
H.O: 55 T.B. Road, Madurai 10, Tamil Nadu Email: ismmdu@yahoo.co.
MEMORANDUM
New Delhi, 17 December 2009
To
The Prime Minister of India
And to
The Union Welfare Minister
The Union Law Minister
The Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
Sir,
Christians and Muslims of Dalit Origin have agitated now for 59 years urging the Government not to discriminate against them on grounds of their religion, but to once again extend to them the political, economic and development privileges accorded all Dalits by the Constitution of India when it was signed into law on 26th January 1950. These rights were taken away brutally by the Presidential Order of 1950 which strengthened the right wing fundamentalist religious lobby and which continues to constitute a slur on the Secular foundations of the Indian Nation.
The Government some years ago referred this issue to the Justice Misra National Commission. The Commission has since submitted its report to the Government of India and to our understanding, has recommended, inter alia, that Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin be given all benefits now accorded to Scheduled Castes professing the Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist faiths.
Hon’ble the Prime Minister of India and the Government are on record that the Justice Misra Commission report will be placed before Parliament in the current session.
We, the Dalit Christians together with our brothers and sisters in the Muslim faith, do hereby demand the following:
- The Government place the Justice Mishra report before Parliament, as promised.
- The Government inform the Supreme Court of its decision on the report, and
- The Government through Legislative action or by a Presidential Ordinance entirely scrap the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950.
Thank you
1. Adv Edward Arokio Doss
2. Adv A Arokioswamy
3. Adv Dinesh Ammalan
4. Adv Pattiyani
5. Mr. P Rajan
6. Dr John Dayal, Member, National Integration Council, Govt of India
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