They Do Not Want to Be In SC List
Devendrakula Vellalars Wants To Be Taken Out Of The SC List. The Devendrakula Vellalars - this community in Tamil Nadu wants to be taken out of the SC list. They have broken the vicious cycle of victim hood and have emerged as representatives of what Dr. Ambedkar envisioned for Indian society. The community members, led by leader Dr K Krishnasamy wants to be taken from SC list. The reason is because he considers declaring their community as dalit is insulting. The community also believes that the SC tag denies them the "upward mobility as a whole." He also added that "Economic development and social status for a caste will never improve with social stigmatisation. Mere reservation might improve the lives of a handful, but schedule caste stigma denies upward mobility as a whole." They believe it is a mistake to add a farming community in SC. And thus to get away with the "stigma", the community wants to be delisted from SC. Devendra Kula Vella