Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national Scheduled Castes (SC) Morcha president Sanjay Paswan demanded the State government provide interest-free loans to Dalits to help them become entrepreneurs.
Speaking to presspersons after the inaugural session of a two-day executive committee meeting of the State BJP SC Morcha here on Saturday, Mr. Paswan suggested that the State government should encourage Dalit entrepreneurs to flourish in Bangalore, a city which has huge business potential.
Accusing the Congress government in the State of being “anti-Dalit”, he alleged that the conviction rate under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was very poor when compared with other States. He reiterated his demand for confining reservation benefits for Dalits to three generations.
Similarly, MPs and MLAs who have been elected from the reserved constituencies for three terms should not be allowed to contest from those constituencies again, Mr. Paswan said, adding that he had already discussed the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP State SC Morcha president A. Narayanaswamy said the morcha would launch a State-level protest to press for the demand.
