Anglo-Indian leaders demand restoration of quota in Lok Sabha, Assemblies
A meeting of the leaders of Anglo Indian community, held here on Wednesday, urged the Centre to reinstate the quota for Anglo-Indians in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. They asked the Centre to conduct a caste census to ascertain the number of Anglo-Indians in the country.The leaders said the voice of Anglo-Indians is not heard in Parliament or Assemblies due to the denial of representation. They said the government did a big injustice to the Anglo-Indian community by quoting the 2011 Census figures, which was not a caste census. “By depending on a declaration by 296 Anglo-Indians, how can the government come to the conclusion that in India only 296 Anglo-Indians are there,” they asked. The leaders reasoned that there is a population of nearly four lakh Anglo-Indians in the country and it ...