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List two Fundamental Rights in the Constitution that Dalits can draw upon to insist that they be treated with dignity and as equals. Re-read the Fundamental Rights listed on page 14 of the textbook to help you answer this question.
Two Fundamental Rights are:
(i) Right to Equality
(ii) Right against Exploitation.
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Re-read the story on Rathnam as well as the provisions of the 1989 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Now list one reason why you think he used this law to file a complaint.
This law provides protection to Dalits and Adivasis against all form of exploitation and discrimination.
Why do Adivasi activists, including C.K. Janu, believe that Adivasis can also use this 1989 Act to fight against dispossession? Is there anything specific in the provisions of the Act that allows her to believe this?
The Act guarantees Adivasis not to be dispossessed from their traditional homelands.
The land belonging to Adivasis cannot be sold to or bought by non-tribal people. In cases where this has happened, the Constitution guarantees the right of tribal people to re-possess their land.
Which Article of the Constitution states that untouchability has been abolished?
Article 15
Article 17
Article 21
Article 27
B.
Article 17
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