Modern Challenges
Since 1998, the greatest challenge to Dalit Christian rights and welfare in India has come from right-wing Hindu groups. Such groups, including The Poor Christian Liberation Movement, which are supported by right-wing Hindus, have claimed that Dalit Christians do not suffer in BJP run states, but instead claim that poor Dalit Christian’s religious sentiments are exploited by missionaries. The Poor Christian Liberation Movement has opposed government recognition of Dalit Christians as a Scheduled Caste
Justice Ranganath Mishra commission which was appointed by the government of India has also recommended SC status to Dalit Christians. AICF has been fighting for the welfare of Christian community for the last fifteen years and currently has petition (WP Civil# 579/2009) in the supreme court of India requesting SC status to Dalit Christians .
A petition from the All India Christian Federation (AICF) has been filed with the Supreme Court of India seeking reservations for all Dalits irrespective of their religious faith; on January 6, 2010, a Bench comprising Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan and Justice B. S. Chauhan issued a notice to the Ministry of Social Justice and Ministry of Minority Affairs seeking their responses to the petition.
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