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Various SC/ST organisations to begin massive campaign KOCHI,OCT 3 (PTI) A campaign for safeguarding SC/ST reservation and also for comprehensive land reforms, organised by various organisations of SC and ST, will begin on October 7, top leaders of the organisations said today. Speaking to reporters here, M Geethanandan, General Secretary, Rashtreeya Mahasabha and C K Janu, President, Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha, demanded that reservation for SC and ST in medical and para-medical courses and engineering sectors,which was reduced to two percent, should be increased to 10 percent. Among other things, Geethanandan also demanded a legislation to guarantee reservation for SC and ST.The campaign will be organised after a convention which will be held at Thrissur on October 7, he said. Conventions and seminars will be organised in all the districts, he said. The convention will mainly discuss the uncertainty that existed in the self-financing education sector, Geethanandan said.
