Union minister to move SC against ban on 'Dalit' word usage
September 06, 2018  09:18
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Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale  said the Republican Party of India would move the Supreme Court to challenge the ministry of information and broadcast's directive advising the media to refrain from using the word 'Dalit'.

The RPI chief said, "On behalf of the Republican Party, we will go to the Supreme Court and challenge the Bombay high court's decision to ban the usage of the word 'Dalit' because it isn't offensive. It is wrong to ban its usage."

"We respect the court, even our ministry had issued a directive to use the word 'Scheduled Caste' instead of 'Dalit' in official documents, but it is not right to stop the media from using the word," Athawale added.

He further stated that the 'Dalit' community had objections with the word 'Harijan', which was coined by Mahatma Gandhi, but the word was not banned.

-- ANI
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