PETITION AGAINST give reservations to Muslims and Christians from

SC/ST quota

Fwd: Folks,
A few Christian and Muslim groups have filed a PIL in Supreme Court to
give reservations to Muslims and Christians from SC/ST quota.

The URL for your petition AGAINST RESERVATIONS TO Muslims and

Christians from SC/ST quota is:

http://www.petitiononline.com/hindscst/petition.html
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acquaintances for wider support.

Petition against inclusion of Christians and 
Muslims in SC/ST quota
To: Govt of India and Supreme Court of India
Shri Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India.
Shri LK Advani, Leader of Opposition.
Shrimati Sonia Gandhi, Congress President
Shri Arjun Singh, HRD Minister
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Steel
Smt Maywati , Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Shri Prakash Karat, General Secretary, CPM
Shri Buta Singh, National Commission of SC.
Hon'ble Judges of Supreme Court of India.
Hon'ble Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies

Dear Sir/Madam,

This petition is against the inclusion of Christians and Muslims in SC/ST quota.

A few Christian and Muslim groups have filed a PIL in Supreme Court to give
reservations to Muslims and Christians from SC/ST quota. [1] [2]. Centre for Public
Interest Litigation and Akhil Maharashtra Muslim Khatik Samaj filed PIL to squash 1950
Presidential Order which gives benefit of SC/ST reservations to Hindu Shudras and has
sought to include Christians and Muslims as well. In response to the PIL, on January 23d
Supreme Court granted eight weeks time to the Centre to give its views on
recommendations of the Commission.[1]

We want to highlight that the reservation are serious public-policy issues. It requires
serious discussion among all stakeholders including those who are not part of any
reserved category. However, the PIL by Christian and Muslims amounts to introduction
of reservations through litigation. A reservation through litigation is undemocratic
because it bypasses democratic process and institutions and tries to bring reservations
through courts rather than consultation and consensus. We ask government of India to
take a stand against the litigation to reservation to Christians and Muslims into SC/ST
quota.

A reservation is a sensitive issue because it affects everyone - candidates from

UNRESERVED categories as well.

The reservations come at a huge cost to society. Reserving opportunities for a section of
population reduces the opportunities to the rest of the population. Reservations are also
perpetuating and institutionalizing caste further into Indian society so much so that the
Christians and the Muslims who condemn Hindu religion for its inhuman caste system
are very keen to inherit the caste. This has caused a lot of social tension. Recent riots in
Orissa are attributed to demand of Christian groups for reservation. [5] Any more
reservations will cause a backlash against reservations itself. If it exceeds 50%, it is likely
to cause backlash from upper caste Hindus, if it is comes from within 50%, then it has to
come from existing quota for OBCs or SC/STs, creating resentment from OBC or SC/ST
communities. Look at it anyway; the reservation is likely cause to more tensions if status
quo is not maintained.

The reservation to SC/ST was instituted as exception to social equality doctrine of

constitution of India. The reservation for Scheduled Caste/Tribe is not a poverty
alleviation program. The purpose of reservations is to equalize the inferior social potion
shudras in the Hindu society because of practice of untouchability in Hinduism. Since
this is a religious problem specific to Hinduism, it is only targeted to Hindu Shudras. The
Christina and Muslim scriptures do not have any notion of untouchability. Because the
untouchability is problem specific to Hindu Religion, THE CONSTITUTION
(SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER, 1950 granting reservations to SC/ST excludes
Christians and Muslims.

Christians and Muslims already enjoy reservations as OBC in most states. If Christians
and Muslims are given further reservations as SC/ST, it will have an adverse impact on
opportunities to Hindu SC/STs, OBC, and general candidates. Hindu dalits are no match
to Christians and Muslims in terms of education and general social advancement. If the
SC/ST quota is opened to Christians and Muslims, most reserved seats will fill up with
Christians and Muslims candidates reducing opportunities for Hindu dalits. This will
defeat the purpose for which reservations was given to scheduled castes and scheduled
tribes.
The demand of Christian and Muslims to be included in the SC/ST reservations is not
only against their religious scriptures, but also morally wrong. The intention of this
litigation appears not to be that of social justice but religious. It has been widely reported
that Christian Missionaries see the reservations to SC/ST as challenge to their conversion
program. They are trying to get Christians and Muslims included into SC/ST reservations
so that they have fewer resistance to conversions. The missionaries claim to be
converting low caste Hindus to liberate inhuman caste system, yet they perpetuate the
caste system. The Christina Missionaries are using secular constitution of India and
impartial court system to further their religious agenda.

Christians and Muslims enjoy reservations in many states as Other Backward

Classes(OBC) in addition to protection of running their educational institutes under
Article 30 of constitution. The irony is that Christian and Muslims demand reservations
from SC/ST quota but they themselves deny any reservation to SC/ST, OBC or other
socially and educationally backward class of people. THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-
THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005 NO. 93 OF 2005 excludes SC/ST and other socially
and educationally backward classes from reservations in any Minority institute, whether
aided or unaided [4].

Reservations to Christians and Muslims into SC/ST quota will hurt Hindu SC/ST. But,
the Christians would get best of both worlds. Christians and Muslims have reservations in
Missionary schools, and then further reservations in Non-Christian institutions. However,
a Hindu SC/ST will only be eligible for government institutions.

The Hindu SC/ST still face discrimination and need reservations to keep in path of
progress. It will be great injustice to Hindu SC/ST if they are asked to share their quota
with Christians and Muslims, particularly when Christian and Muslims are under no legal
or constitutional obligation to share their seats to SC/ST.

We request Government of India to fight agasint the petition filed to give reservations to
Christians and Muslims from SC/ST quota.

We request Supreme Court of India to keep the status quo in the matter of reservations
and direct government to institute program to alleviate poverty and social and education
backwardness in a non-discriminatory manner.

Sincerely,

The undersigned.

[1]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Quota_for_Dalit_Christians_Centre_seeks_eight
_weeks/articleshow/2726301.cms
[2]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/SC_Are_there_castes_among_Muslims/articlesh
ow/2732916.cms
[3] http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend93.htm
[4] http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1147181
[4]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/SC_Are_there_castes_among_Muslims/articlesh
ow/2732916.cms
[5] http://www.kalingatimes.com/orissa_news/news1/20071231-reservation-root-
cause.htm
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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