Dalit activists to distribute 5,000 rakhis to protest SC sub-quota judgment

On August 1, the top court had held that the Scheduled Castes can be sub-classified by the states.

Dalit activists to distribute 5K rakhis to protest SC sub-quota judgment

“We will buy 5,000 rakhis with Dr B R Ambedkar’s picture and distribute them along with a pamphlet while visiting women door-to-door,” activist and ABAS member Raju Solanki said.

A group of Dalit activists under the aegis of Anamat Bachao Andolan Samiti (ABAS) will distribute 5,000 rakhis among women to protest against the recent Supreme Court judgment on sub-classification of reservation within various Scheduled Caste communities, said a Samiti member on Monday.

On August 1, a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court had given a majority ruling (6:1) holding that the Scheduled Castes do not constitute a socially homogenous class and can be sub-classified by the states to provide reservation to the less privileged among them.

The ABAS has also announced a Maha Sammelan in Ahmedabad on August 18 against the SC ruling.

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Activist and ABAS member Raju Solanki said, “We are opposing this judgment. The sub-categorisation of reservation is unnecessary and can cause class struggle within Dalits. Reservation is the only lifeline of Dalits and tinkering with it can cause damage to the community. It has already been damaged by the 10% EWS reservation.”

“We are demanding to bring the reservation policy within the 9th Schedule of the Constitution and make it immune to judicial review,” Solanki said.

“We are going to distribute the rakhis ahead of Rakshabandhan among women as they are emotionally connected to the festival and we want them to join the protest by safeguarding their brothers to safeguard the reservation,” Solanki added.

“We will buy 5,000 rakhis with Dr B R Ambedkar’s picture and distribute them along with a pamphlet while visiting women door-to-door,” he added.

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