CM Devendra Fadnavis reacts to fraudulent use of SC Certificate for reservation benefits
CM Devendra Fadnavis reacts to fraudulent use of SC Certificate for reservation benefits
Amit Gorkhe (BJP) had claimed that freedom of religion was being misused by “crypto Christians”, and some people benefit from reservations under the SC category while professing other religions.
“Crypto Christians” was an apparent reference to people who discreetly follow Christianity while belonging to a different religion on paper.
Taking a serious note of it, CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that if a person belonging to a religion other than Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism has fraudulently obtained a Scheduled Caste certificate fraudulently, it will stand cancelled.
Adding that action will be initiated against such a person if he or she has secured reservation benefits, such as government jobs and If such a person has won an election using a fraudulently obtained SC certificate, their election will be declared null and void. This was revealed by CM Fadnavis in the legislative council.
Responding to a calling attention motion, he also stated that the state government intends to bring in strong provisions to deal with cases of religious conversion through coercion and cheating.
On the face of it, they belong to an SC community and get reservation benefits like government jobs, he had said.
CM Fadnavis also said that the Supreme Court, on November 26, 2024, pronounced a verdict in which it made it clear that the Scheduled Castes category reservation can be availed only by Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs, and not by those belonging to other religions.
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