Frank Pallone: “I just wanted to point out when we talk about the caste system, that…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997

I just wanted to point out when we talk about the caste system, that the caste system is illegal under the Indian Constitution. Twenty-five percent of the members of India's Parliament are so-called untouchables. The President of India, which is the Chief of State, is from the so-called untouchable class, and untouchables are constitutionally protected. Anyone can be prosecuted, and people are prosecuted, if they discriminate against those people of the so-called untouchable caste.

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Frank Pallone

Democratic · New Jersey

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govinfo.gov

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Discussing the legal status of the caste system in India.

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Frank Pallone: “I just wanted to point out when we talk about the caste system, that the caste system is illegal under the Indian…”

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