Raman Singh wrote a letter to Union Minister Amit Shah

Raipur. Former CM Raman Singh has written a letter to Union Minister Amit Shah urging him to replace the Mahar/Mehra/Mehar caste of Chhattisgarh, which has been deprived of reservation since 1992, in the list of Chhattisgarh State Scheduled Castes.

Raman Singh has written in the letter – State of Chhattisgarh has submitted memorandum to replace it with Mahar/Mehra/Mehar in Chhattisgarh State Scheduled Castes list. It has been mentioned that the population of Mahara community in Bastar division of Chhattisgarh state is more than 6 lakhs, who have been deprived of reservation since 1992.

Government of Chhattisgarh recommended inclusion of Mahara, Mahara, community in the list of Scheduled Castes of Chhattisgarh as synonyms of Mahar, Mehra, Mehar as per its proposal dated 07.12.2021, 23.12.2021, 10.01.2022 and 28.01.2022 And according to the procedure, the Registrar General of India and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes have examined the proposal and agreed. It is noteworthy that the Government of India Gazette dated 18.12. According to 2002, the previous Madhya Pradesh government has given recognition to keep Mahar, Mehra, Mehar, Mahara in the category of Scheduled Castes. Therefore, after the above recommendation, in view of Article 341 (2) of the Constitution of India, the proposal is to be processed in the form of a bill for the consideration and passing of the Parliament.