The Delhi Government will form a Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the national Capital post municipal corporation elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said.
The move is being seen to woo the dalit community and sanitation workers ahead of the MCD polls on April 23. As per the figures published in the Delhi Statistical Handbook 2015, the total population of Scheduled Castes was 28,12,309 in 2011.
People from the SC and ST communities play a vital role in deciding the fate of any political party during elections.
Kejriwal’s promise comes a day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) received a humiliating defeat in the bypoll to the Rajouri Garden Assembly seat that had fallen vacant as its legislator had resigned to contest in the Punjab Assembly polls.
“In Delhi, there are several Commissions, but no dedicated body for the SC and ST communities. After MCD polls, we will bring a law to form a Commission for SC and ST in order to provide justice to the people of these communities,” he told reporters after paying tributes to the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar on his 126th birth anniversary in the premises of Delhi Assembly.
To bring the new law, the AAP Government will first have to table a proposal in Delhi Assembly and once it is passed by the House, the proposal will be sent to the Centre through the lieutenant Governor for approval.