Via PTI
NEW DELHI: Delhi will quickly factor a notification to exchange the phrase ‘Harijan’ with ‘Dr Ambedkar’ within the names of streets and colonies within the nationwide capital, Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Buddy Gautam stated on Thursday.
Delhi can be one of the most first states within the nation to curb the usage of the phrase which many of us declare is “offensive and derogatory”, Gautam advised PTI.
He stated a parliamentary committee had really helpful that the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment factor recent pointers to all departments and the state governments, asking them not to use the time period.
In April 2018, the ministry wrote to all states and Union territories to keep away from the usage of the phrases ‘Dalit’ and ‘Harijan’ when relating to folks belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) communities.
It requested them to make use of ‘Scheduled Caste’ and its translation in different languages for legit conversation.
“We have now been running on this path since 2019.
The Delhi SC/ST/OBC Welfare Division wrote to the City Building Division, emphasising that this is a derogatory phrase and folks belonging to Scheduled Castes don’t find it irresistible,” Gautam stated.
“We proposed that the phrase ‘Harjian’ get replaced with ‘Dr Ambedkar’ within the names of colonies and streets within the nationwide capital.
On the other hand, the method were given not on time because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” he stated.
The minister stated he has suggested officers of the regulation division to finish the method inside 10 days and then a notification can be issued.
There are a number of ‘Harijan Bastis’, together with in Vikaspuri, Palam and Kondili.
Harijan Colony is a boulevard in south Delhi’s Kalkaji locality.