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 Vellalar, or Pallar, is a part of the Scheduled Caste
List in the state of Tamil Nadu.