| Sabal Bharat (Strong India) is a group of activists | | | | many occasions that caste cannot be the only |
| who have come together to oppose the | | | | criterion to decide social and educational |
| categorization of Indians by their caste in Census | | | | backwardness. |
| - 2011. The Movement is gearing up online to | | | | |
| collect support from Indians all over the world. | | | | Dr. Vaidik said that our movement is spreading to |
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| Despite of the fact that racial discrimination has | | | | Core Group : Mr. Arif Mohammad Khan (Former |
| infected the growth prospects of India as an evil | | | | Minister), Mr. Jagdish Chandra Sharma (Former |
| in its grassroots, the Indian government is | | | | Secretary, External Affairs), Mr.Viresh Pratap |
| supporting ethnic diversity by categorizing Indian | | | | Chaudhry (Senior Advocate), Dr. J .S. Yadav |
| nationals by their cast, among other parameters | | | | (Media Expert), Dr. G.S. Yadav (Engineers India), |
| in its census for 2011. A group of social activists, | | | | Dr. Subhash Kashyap (Former Secretary General- |
| thinkers and veteran citizens have come ahead to | | | | Lok Sabha ), Mr. Sanjay Dalmia (Industrialist), Dr. |
| prevent this deficiency of Indian politics by | | | | Ramprakash Arya (MP), Mr. R.L. Francis ( Leader |
| launching a movement 'Meri Jaati Hindustani' which | | | | of Poor Christians), Mr. Naushad Ali (Writer), Mr. |
| means 'My Caste is Indian' against this Racial | | | | Rambahadur Rai (Journalist), Dr. Bhanu Pratap |
| Discrimination in India. | | | | Mehta (Sociologist), Dr. Dilip Padgaonkar |
| | | | | (Journalist), Mr. Bal Anand (Former Ambassador), |
| Mr. Vasant Sathe opined that India was perhaps | | | | Mr. V.S. Verma (Former Ambassador), Mr. |
| the only country where society was divided by | | | | Rudrasen Arya (Philanthropist), Mr. H. S Grover |
| caste and such moves by the government would | | | | (Social Activist), Dr. J. K. Jain (Former M.P), Mr. |
| give recognition and respect for caste identities. | | | | Rajat Sharma (TV Journalist), Dr. Lavlin Thadani |
| | | | | (Film Maker), Smt. Alaka Madhok (Social Activist), |
| Mr. Arif Mohammed Khan said the citizen was | | | | Smt. Jalbala Vaidya (Theatre), Mr. Gopal Sharman |
| being forgotten in the rush to identify people along | | | | (Film Director), Mr. Harsh (Software Engineer), Ms |
| caste and community lines. Ms. sonal Mansingh | | | | Uma Sharma (Artist), Ms Sonal Mansingh (Artist), |
| expressed her anguish on counting of citizens as | | | | Mr. Amzad Ali Khan (Artist), Ms. Uma Vasudev |
| the members of animals herds. She opined that | | | | (Writer), Mr. Shyam Benegal (Film Maker), Mr. H.K. |
| caste in census will divide the Indian society more | | | | Dua (Journalist), Mr. V. Bhansali (Banker), Mr. |
| dangerously than religion. | | | | Siddharth Kasyap (Industrialist). |
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| Mr. Subhash Kashyap noted that both Jawaharlal | | | | Support : Acharya Satyanarayan Goenka |
| Nehru and B.R. Ambedkar dreamt of a casteless | | | | (Vipasana), Baba Ramdev (Patanjali Yogpeeth), Dr. |
| society. Caste has been referred in the | | | | Pranav Pandya (Vishva Gayatri Parivar), Mr. Ram |
| Constitution only in the context of its abolition. He | | | | Naresh acharya (Ramanuj Sanpraday), Swami |
| added that the Supreme Court had noted on | | | | Pragyanand. |