He
demanded that fishermen community should be included in the ST category as
marine tribes.
DMK President M Karunanidhi on
Sunday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include Dalit Christians and
fishermen community in Scheduled Tribes list.
Thanking Modi for the recent
Cabinet's decision to include Narikuravars in the list of Scheduled Tribes, he
said it was a demand made by DMK for a very long time and expressed
satisfaction that it had been fulfilled.
On his demand for including Dalit
Christians in the SC/ST category, Karunanidhi said, "when SC/STs convert
themselves to Christianity, they are deprived of all the privileges and
concessions hitherto enjoyed by them. "DMK has been demanding that the
SC/STs after conversion to Christianity should be treated as SC/STs and allowed
all concessions and privileges," he said, adding there were precedents
such as recognition of Sikh Christians and Buddhist Christians.
He
also said the fishermen community should be included in the ST category as
marine tribes. "The fishermen community, by their very geographical
nature, is socially and educationally akin to the Scheduled Tribes." Their
inclusion in ST list, which they "deserve in all respects", would
enable them to climb up the ladder of life, Karunanidhi said.
Karunanidhi requested Modi to
"consider the two demands and sought an early action by the
government." Last week, the Union Cabinet gave its approval for inclusion
of three communities, including Narikuravar, from the state under the Scheduled
Tribes category.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-include-dalit-christians-fishermen-in-scst-karunanidhi-to-modi-2217811
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