Rajya Sabha begins discussion on bill to remove Bhogta caste from SC list
India Today
Rajya Sabha began discussion on a bill which seeks to remove Bhogta caste from the list of Scheduled Castes (SC). The discussion on the bill will continue in the Upper House on Wednesday.
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday began discussion on a bill which seeks to remove Bhogta caste from the list of Scheduled Castes (SC) and include certain communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) for Jharkhand.
The bill was introduced in the Upper House on February 7.
Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda moved the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022, that also aims to help beneficiaries tap better into the provisions of reservation in education and government jobs, for discussion.
Initiating the debate, Congress member Naranbhai J Rathwa supported the bill and said that the BJP government has ignored the demand of adding Bhogta community in the list of Scheduled Tribes.
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He said that there are many tribal communities in the Other Backward Classes category among others and suggested that certain communities could be brought under the list of Scheduled Tribes.
The discussion on the bill will continue in the Upper House on Wednesday.
