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The Scheduled Caste community has to actively push for the recognition and emancipation of their Abrahamic counterparts who still lag behind the opportunities.
'While humans have the right to follow the religion of their choice, they cannot do it in the case of caste. Caste is not just about the identity of two different persons. On the other hand, it treats one as higher and the other as lower. It is not horizontal, but vertical,' said chief minister M.K. Stalin.
The high court held that A. Raja was a Christian and thus not qualified to have been elected from a seat reserved for Scheduled Caste Hindus. Raja had disputed the claim that he was a Christian.
Dalits who have "ameliorated their social status" by converting to Christianity or Islam cannot claim to be backward since "backwardness based on untouchability is only prevalent in the Hindu society or its branches", the government said in an affidavit.