Primus wrote: ↑Thu Dec 27, 2018 4:10 pm
It would be a simple enough legislation to pass, making it impossible to obtain such benefits without filling out a form that declares your religion is still Hindu. There will be a lot of opposition to this and many will be brazen enough to pretend they are still Hindu, but then if there is enough awareness, such crooks can be outed by their own neighbors and friends that are Hindu - for such things cannot be kept secret from the community. There will still be problems for sure and a lot of resistance to boot, but at least there will be some semblance of justice done.
eh? That's already the case. You have to show your caste certificate for availing any of the benefits associated with that caste. The problem isn't legislation, the problem is that the converts are still "hindu" on paper. There's no way to "force them out" as such, even if the community knows. The point is that legally, unless they accept they are converted, nothing can be done. And they will not declare themselves to be converts legally. There is no law or rule that prevents a christian to visit a temple, or a hindu to visit a church, so there is no way to "fix" it.
The only way is to just implement reservations based on the current distributions, at least then 5% of anything will be reserved for 5% of a certain caste/religion.
Also, BTW, it isn't "an interesting angle", it is fact. I know several people who have converted but are still SC/ST on paper, and therefore get all the benefits for that group. In KA it's pretty common actually