Muslims who have converted from other religions are losing out on the reservation for the Backward Class Muslims in Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) jobs as they are treated as belonging to the category of ‘Others’.
While those converting to Christianity are treated as belonging to the ‘Backward Classes’ (even if they belonged to the Scheduled Caste before conversion), in the case of converted Muslims, even if a person originally belonged to the Backward Class or Most Backward Class, they are only classified as ‘Others’.
The TNPSC, in its one-time registration portal, has a specific question whether a person is a Muslim by birth or has converted to the religion.
