Should Not
Hindu, Who Seek Justice, Give Justice? The
‘untouchables’ are Hindus. Therefore, the doors of temples should be open to
them. If the Hindus can touch the Christians and the Muslims, why should they not touch
the people who are themselves Hindus and who worship the Hindu Gods? This was
Ambedkar’s argument. He gave a call that people who practise and support
‘untouchability’ should be punished.
Some people argued that the ‘untouchables’ were not yet fit for equality. The
Hindus say that they want independence and democracy. How can a people who have temple
upon all the libertise of a backward group aspire to democracy? Ambedkar argued like this
and thundered that these people had no right to speak of justice and democracy.
In 1927 there was a big conference. It resolved that there should be no cast
differences in the Hindu Dharma and that people of all castes should be allowed to work as
priests in temples.
The Chowdar Tank dispute went to the court. The court decided that tanks are public
property.
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