India: Dalit Christians demand 'benefits of affirmative action'
(Jul-2012)
Demanding deletion of Paragraph 3 of Indian Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order 1950 which renders Christians and Muslims ineligible for enjoying the benefits of affirmative action (reservation), Christians from all over the country will hold a protest march to parliament at New Delhi on August 1, 2012. The protest march and sit-in, organized by Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) and National Council of Dalit Christians (NCDC) will be held at Ramlila grounds, New Delhi, to protest the six decades of discrimination against Schedule Caste Christians by the Indian State. Read more...
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