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NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) joint general secretary Krishna Gopal on Monday raised concerns over the use of the word ‘Dalit.'Endorsing the use of Scheduled Caste (SC) instead of Dalit, he said the latter was a term given by “outsiders” and “it meant a section of society was forcibly exploited by other sections.”The oppression did happen and there are no two ways about it. But it happened because of many factors, a lot of which has been and is being addressed,” said Gopal.Speaking at a book launch organised by Prabhat Prakashan, Gopal said, “The anger of people in the SC communities was justified because of the humiliation and oppression they faced for years.” He said from Jyotiba Phule to B R Ambedkar to KB Hedgewar to Mahatma Gandhi, each fought hard to get the justice they deserved. “Even Ambedkar believed animosity with other communities won’t solve anything,” he said.According to Gopal, the mass religious conversion in which hundreds of low caste Hindus converted to Islam in Meenakshipuram in 1981,occurred because of “caste discrimination” and the Hindus should be wary of that."A doctor couple that belongs to the SC community was humiliated for touching a water pot, and it led to such a big event. That should have never happened."He said Islamic aggression had pushed the Hindus to shrivel up and focus only on protecting oneself which led to many ills, including untouchability.The RSS leader also argued that authors of Ramayan and Mahabharata- Valmiki and Ved Vyasa, respectively, who are often referred to as “shudras” were not Dalits, and many Shudras in ancient times were part of the Kshatriya community."It was the work a person did, his karma that determined his caste, not birth, which changed later."Gopal said the Islamic invaders, unlike the Greek and others went after the "soul of the country" forcing the Hindu society to "give up many good values.""We lost a lot, yet we survived because of our civilisational strength. Today Maurya caste is backward, it used to be a higher caste, Pal were Kings earlier, they became backwards. Shakya the caste of Buddha has become OBC."