Scores of Dalit Christians and Muslims on Wednesday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here demanding speedy implementation of the recommendations of Ranganath Misra Commission granting SC status to them.
Several demonstrators, including Archbishop Anil J T Couto and many other bishops and nuns, were detained and taken to Parliament Street police station but were released after some time.
Police also used water canon to control the demonstrators.
The protesters were demanding the governemnt to strike down the Presidential (SC) order of 1950 which denies equal rights to Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin, according to a statement released by Delhi Catholic Archdiocese.
‘The law itself is unconstitutional and while the government after government have been turning a deaf ear to the demand of Christians, now they are going to the extent of brutally beating up our priests and nuns and now arresting us too,’ Archbishop Anil J T Couto said.
Several demonstrators, including Archbishop Anil J T Couto and many other bishops and nuns, were detained and taken to Parliament Street police station but were released after some time.
Police also used water canon to control the demonstrators.
The protesters were demanding the governemnt to strike down the Presidential (SC) order of 1950 which denies equal rights to Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin, according to a statement released by Delhi Catholic Archdiocese.
‘The law itself is unconstitutional and while the government after government have been turning a deaf ear to the demand of Christians, now they are going to the extent of brutally beating up our priests and nuns and now arresting us too,’ Archbishop Anil J T Couto said.