Vishwa Samvad Kendra, the media wing of the RSS, and the Gautam Buddha University (Noida) will maintain a two-day conclave (March 4-5) to talk about the query of extending reservations to these from the Scheduled Castes who’ve transformed to Islam or Christianity.
Pravesh Chowdhary, assistant professor at the Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory at Jawaharlal Nehru University and the coordinator of the occasion, stated the goal of the conclave was to discover out the prevailing opinion on whether or not reservation needs to be prolonged to those that had transformed to Islam or Christianity.
The Central Government has constituted a fee underneath the chairmanship of former decide Ok.G. Balakrishnan on granting SC standing to those that have traditionally belonged to the Scheduled Castes however have transformed to religions apart from Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
“We at Vishwa Samvad Kendra, as a social organisation, are planning fruitful discussions on this burning issue. The topic of our conclave is Conversion and reservation: With special reference to the K.G. Balakrishnan Commission,” the coordinator stated. The occasion will likely be attended by Sanjay Paswan, member of the Bihar Legislative Council and Narendra Jadhav, former Rajya Sabha MP and former member of the Planning Commission.
On day one of the occasion, the theme of dialogue will likely be historical past, evolution and improvement of the Scheduled Caste and reservation. The session will likely be headed by Umesh Ashok Kadam, Member Secretary, Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and Kishor Makwana, Director, Ambedkar Open University, Gujarat.
A dialogue on the Constitution and reservation will see the participation of Prakash Bartunia, Chancellor, B.R Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow and Bhimrao Panda Bhosale, head of the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad.
A dialogue on Abrahamic religions: caste and reservation will likely be initiated by senior advocate Alok Kumar, who can also be the worldwide working president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
The session on constitutional provisions for reservation will likely be chaired by Ok.P. Singh, Director of Gandhi Bhawan, University of Delhi. A dialogue on legislation, the Constitution and reservation in the context of the Ranganath Misra Commission and the Sachar Committee will likely be chaired by Justice (retd.) Lok Pal Singh.
On day two of the occasion, a session on the penalties of conversion will likely be chaired by Manroop Singh Meena, Pro Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU, New Delhi. The dialogue will likely be initiated by Arun Haldar, Vice Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
Kuldip Chand Agnihotri, former Vice Chancellor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, will chair a dialogue on the results of conversion on the social standing of the Scheduled Castes.
The concluding session will likely be chaired by Milind Kamble, Chairman, Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Justice (retd.) B. Siva Sankar Rao and Kaushal Panwar of IGNOU will provoke the dialogue.
