‘Mention Your Caste as Indian”
MENTION ‘Hindustani’ as your caste. This was the consensus arrived at a symposium on Caste-based census by prominent people like former Union Minister for Civil Aviation Arif Mohamed Khan.
Amid demands for Caste-based census the symposium, which was held here on Saturday evening, announced the launch of a movement ‘Meri Jaati Hindustani’ (My caste is Indian). Khan, former MEA Secretary J.C.Sharma and others also decided to set up a committee to transform their initiative into a mass movement. It is aimed at motivating people to write “Indian” as their caste in the census form.
“Even if only 4 crore to 5 crore people write their caste as “Indian” or whatever they call it in their mother tongue, this will be a huge success and will help more and more citizens to follow the suit”, Khan said.
He said the number of people believing their caste as ‘Indian’ was not less, but they were unorganised and not instituted.
The movement is bringing in those people to motivate others. The demand for a caste-based step is a conspiracy to divide the country, the participants said, adding they did not oppose if someone mentioned his or her caste.
Senior journalist Ved Prathap Vaidik said people need a new caste – Indian. It is caste not by birth but by choice, he said.
No class no caste
The goal of Indian Constitution is to create a casteless and classless society, but the caste census is disgrace to Ambedker’s dream, Sharma said.
( The New Indian Express,
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