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News India Live, Digital Desk: Rural Affairs Minister of Bihar Government and considered close to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Ashok Chaudhary Has given a statement which may cause a new debate between NDA and the opposition in the coming days. Ashok Chaudhary has advocated that those Muslims should also Scheduled Caste (SC) Dalit status and reservation should be given to those who have originally converted from Dalit castes or are still living in the social status like Dalits.
Ashok Chaudhary’s argument: ‘The work is the same, so why is the identity different?’
During a private program, the Minister said that there are many Muslim communities in the society who have been doing the same work as the Scheduled Caste people do for centuries. he argued:
Those who were Dalits in Hinduism and later adopted Islam, their economic and social situation There has been no significant change.
If their lifestyle and occupation is still the same as that of the Dalit community, then it is not logical to deprive them of the benefits of reservation.
He raised this issue ‘Equal opportunity’ And presented it by linking it to ‘social justice’.
Next step of Nitish Kumar’s ‘social engineering’?
Political experts believe that this statement of Ashok Chaudhary could be an attempt to further strengthen Nitish Kumar’s ‘Pasmanda Muslim’ politics. After uniting Dalits, Backwards and Mahadalits in Bihar, JDU is now eyeing those Muslim sections who feel cut off from the mainstream.
opposition and challenges
However, this demand is not so easy. According to the Indian Constitution, at present Article 341 Under the Indian Constitution, Scheduled Caste status is restricted mainly to those following Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist religions. It will be interesting to see what is the stand of BJP on this demand of Ashok Chaudhary, because BJP has often opposed reservation on the basis of religion.
