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Muslims, Dalits should get equal rights: Ramdev
Saturday May 12, 2012 09:26:59 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Yoga guru
Baba Ramdev, slamming the government Saturday, said he supported
Muslims in their demand for amending Article 341 of the Indian
constitution that excludes them and Christian Dalits from
reservation.
"I did not know till recently that Article 341 does not cover
Muslims and Christian Dalits. This is not fair. A Dalit is a Dalit
-- whether he is a Hindu, Christian or a Muslim," Ramdev said
here.
He was speaking at a conference on 'Basic Issues' organised by
former parliamentarian Ilyas Azmi's All India United Muslim Morcha
at the India Islamic Cultural Centre.
"All Dalits should get equal rights. We will have to struggle to
achieve this. We will launch a struggle and stand along (with
them) in this fight," he said.
The yoga guru will launch June 3 a series of protests against the
government demanding that it back black money stashed away in
foreign countries.
Attacking the government for not caring about the basic rights of
Muslims, he said his orientation towards the minority community is
"nothing new".
"We are with our Muslim brothers and sisters. My ashram has more
than 3,000 Muslims. We have no religion there, nor any (political)
party, temple or mosque," he said.
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