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HYDERABAD: June 13, 2011. (By Abbas Kassar) The scheduled caste rights movement has expressed concern and indignation on kidnapping of Hindu girls and then their forced conversion after keeping them in fortresses of Jagirdars or seminaries. The movement members also asked for ending forced occupation on their places of worship including temples, Gaushalas, Mandirs, Masans, graveyards and their other religious
places and to restore their religious status. Addressing news conference at Hyderabad press club here on Sunday the leaders of newly formed Scheduled caste rights movement Ramesh Lal, Mangal Preetam, advocate Shewak Rathore, Lakshmi Bhatia, Mirchand Sajhani,Jawaherlal and others said that in 1967 the government of Pakistan had declared 41 castes as schedule castes and had kept their quota of 6% in services of Pakistan but in 1990s that quota was converted into minority quota. They said since then the government has never implemented on this quota of giving jobs to them. They said the upper caste Hindus who are Banyas are not their part as they also have declared them untouchables and get themselves elected on assembly seats. They said these very Banyas have opened the Gutas of wine in almost every town but the fact is that even in Hinduism taking wine is forbidden. These very upper class Banhyas never represent them and demanded reservation of assembly seats for schedule castes. They said that schedule caste Hindus form 6 % of total population of Pakistan and 10% in Sindh and demanded their representation in services and assemblies. They said that a Sindh minister Mohandas Kohistani runs chain of Gutas of wine be dismissed from cabinet. Among other demands they asked for law for registration of marriages of scheduled castes, legislation to end hatred against them, to insert word Hindu in place of scheduled caste in column of religion in census, to increase seats of minorities in assemblies and senate according to their population,
They said that since creation of Pakistan no increase in 10 reserved seats for minorities has been made. They said that schedule caste Hindus like Kolhi, Bheel, Bagri, Meghwar, Rawara and others have no permanent homes and were living in make shift places at mercy of landlords in rural areas and of municipalities in suburban areas. They asked for allotment of land and plots to them so they can make their
permanent homes. They demanded public holidays on their religious holidays, to restore 6% quota for them in government services. They demanded rehabilitation of peasants liberated from private jails of landlords and to help get their arrears of share cropping. They also demanded action against those involved in forced conversion of Hindu girls and that this stop should be stopped forthwith.
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