Thread by @ambedkariteIND

Citizenship Amendment Act (#CAA) by BJP govt plans to grant citizenship to minorities (except Muslims) from Afghanistan, Pakistan & Bangladesh. National Register of Citizens (#NRC) will identify illegal residents. Does this affect SC/ST/NT/OBC? #NRCAgainstReservation 1/N

How will the government separate “illegal residents”from“ genuine citizens”? All Indian residents, Atheist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jain, Buddhist, Anglo-Indian, Brahmin, Dalits, Baniya, OBC, Kshatriya, etc will have to show documents & prove they're *genuine citizens* #CAA 2/N

Those who cannot provide documents will be declared as *illegal residents*. A large majority of SC/ST/OBC/NT are poor & illiterate due to structural reasons & they do not have documents which the government will ask. #CAA #NRCAgainstReservation
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SC/ST/OBC/NT who *fail* to show documents will have to spend lots of money in the courts. If the court does not rule in their favour then *they will be* sent to the detention camps. We also know that courts have never ruled in favour of SC/ST/OBC/NT. #NRCAgainstReservation 4/N

CAA-NRC is not only against Indian Muslims but also against Dalits, Tribals, Other Backward Castes & Nomadic Tribes. Majority Bahujans are poor & they will not be included in NRC because they don’t have documents. #CAA #NRCAgainstReservation

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#Assam has 3.29 crore population. #NRC in Assam excluded more than 19 lakh people. About 12 lakh of them are Hindus and many of them are Dalits, OBC Hindus from north India. #CAA #NRCAgainstReservation 6/N

When majority of the excluded population in Assam is Hindu then in the rest of the country Dalits, Adivasis, OBCs and Nomadic Tribes will be excluded from the national NRC. #CAA #NRCAgainstReservation 7/N

SC/ST/OBC/NT not registered in NRC will be considered as *illegal residents*. Once SC/ST/OBC/NT are declared as *illegal residents* they cannot go avail reservation benefits in higher education, govt jobs. SC/ST atrocity act will not provide protection to *illegal resident 8/N

Once Dalits, OBCs and NTs are excluded from NRC, government will remove SC/ST/OBC/NT reservation in Parliament, Assembly, Municipal Corporation, Zilla Parishads and Panchayats. Secondly, government will remove reservation in jobs and higher education. 9/N #NRCAgainstReservation

2011 Caste Census is ready, but the govt is not publicising it. Why? The govt does not want to release the data because the population of SC/ST/OBC has increased. This means that the government will have to increase SC/ST budget & reservations in jobs, education, parliament. 10/N

Once the NRC comes in action, government will declare that 2011 caste census as invalid. #CAA #NRCAgainstReservation

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NRC is therefore against the SC/ST/OBC/NT communities. Most importantly, NRC will destroy the reservation policies. The special protection given to SC/ST communities under the Indian constitution will also be removed. #CAA #NRCAgainstReservation

Source- @dalitwomenfight