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Dalit word unconstitutional: NCSC
Sources,
Jan
18:
The
National
Commission
for
Scheduled
Castes
(NCSC)
has
asked
the
state
governments
not
to
use
the
word
'Dalit'
in
official
documents,
saying
the
term
was
"unconstitutional".
The Commission has stated that sometimes the word 'Dalit' is used as a substitute for Scheduled Caste in official documents, sources in State Tribal Department said here today. After consultation with the legal department, the Commission said the 'Dalit' word is neither constitutional nor the word has been mentioned in the current laws.
Rather
'Scheduled
Caste'
is
the
appropriate
and
notified
word
as
per
the
Article
341
of
the
Constitution,
it
said
in
a
letter
sent
to
all
states.
Acting
upon
the
order,
the
Chhattisgarh
government
has
directed
District
Collectors
and
its
departments
not
to
use
'Dalit'
word
in
their
documents,
they
said.
Sources
