It is your claim to equality which hurts them. They want to maintain the status quo. If you continue to accept your lowly status ungrudgingly, continue to remain dirty, filthy, backward, ignorant, poor and disunited, they will allow you to live in peace. The moment you start to raise your level, the conflict starts. Untouchability is not transitory or temporary feature; it is eternal, it is lasting. Frankly it can be said that the struggle between the Hindus and the Untouchables is a never-ending conflict. It is eternal because the religion which assigns you the lowest status in society is itself divine and eternal according to the belief of the so-called high caste Hindus. No change warranted by change of time and circumstances is possible.
Babasheb Dr.B.R.Ambedkar.
Source: The Financial Express dt 4.10.10
SC/STs should boycott the products and services of these companies. Government should contemplate to withdraw concession extended to these companies in allotting land ,water ,power and subsides etc. The government of India should bring legislation for compulsory reservation and banning of recruitment of companies by their own caste people. Political Parties working for the upliftment of SC/STs should urge the Government of India to bring legislation not for 5% reservation in private sector but in proportion to their population .
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