Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu. (File photo)

NEW DELHI: Anyone, who discriminates against any other human being, cannot be called Hindu, Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu said on Tuesday after felicitating IAS topper Tina Dabi.

While deploring the the recent incidences of violence against Dalits in the name of cow protection, Naidu also said that Dalits getting converted would not end prejudices.

"If you respect cow it is great, but other human beings also have the right to live, right to do their work. If you want to respect a cow respect it. Nothing wrong in this, but that doesn't mean that you can kill anybody on that pretext. That is totally wrong," Naidu told reporters .

On the issue of conversion the minister said there have been cases where people came back saying they witnessed the same situation in other religions also.See, some converted, then they came back and said we are witnessing same situation there. Now they are complaining that they are not getting reservation as Constitution does not provide reservation on the basis of religion," he said.

Expressing her concern over the attacks on Dalits, Dabi said the society as as whole has to respond to this. On whether she gets upset of being called as "Dalit topper of IAS", Dabi said while she expects people to recognise her personal achievement. "I cannot ignore my root. But once I have joined service, my aim is to serve every section of society," she told TOI.

