BRS demands revocation of order against SC status to Dalit Christians

BRS general secretary R.S. Praveen Kumar speaking at a protest on SC status to Dalit Christians in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement HYDERABADThe representatives of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) who participated in a protest organised by the All India Dalit Christian Rights Protection Committee at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday, R.S. Praveen Kumar and M. Rajiv Sagar, have termed removal of the Scheduled Caste (SC) status to the Dalit Christians as uncivilised.Speaking at the protest, they demanded that the Centre revoke the Presidential Order on the cancellation of SC status to Dalit Christians and said it reflected discrimination against Dalit Christians even if they change their religion. They pointed out that it was in 1950 the Jawaharlal Nenru Government had got