Monday, February 22, 2010

[ZESTCaste] BR Ambedkar 'forces' Dalit to quit

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_br-ambedkar-forces-dalit-to-quit_1350944


BR Ambedkar 'forces' Dalit to quit
Deepak Gidwani / DNA

Monday, February 22, 2010 0:18 IST


Lucknow: A Dalit government employee in Uttar Pradesh has resigned
from service after receiving death threats from fellow Dalit and BSP
legislator, BR Ambedkar.


The MLA denied the charges, calling them a conspiracy by the
opposition. However, chief minister Mayawati has taken the matter
seriously and ordered an inquiry by the principal secretary
(irrigation).

Meanwhile, the threatened engineer has gone missing. The latest
episode has reminded people of the killing of engineer Manoj Gupta in
Etawah on December 24 last year, allegedly by BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari
and his henchmen. Gupta had allegedly refused to donate to the party
fund.

The Dalit executive engineer, Shivdas Dohre, posted in the irrigation
department in Etawah district sent his resignation to the chief
minister, the irrigation minister and the principal secretary
(irrigation) saying he decided to quit because BSP legislator from
Lakhna (Etawah) BR Ambedkar threatened to kill him on Saturday. "I am
resigning to prevent any harm to my family and myself," he wrote.

The enginner has mentioned in his letter that Ambedkar had threatened
him a number of times earlier and on each occasion he had informed the
irrigation minister.

On Saturday, Ambedkar allegedly threatened to kill Dohre if he did not
listen to him. The MLA was upset as the engineer had refused to dig
tubewells at certain sites in his constituency as the water was found
to be salty and unfit for agriculture.

However, the MLA has denied all charges. "I had only asked him for a
list of thetubewell sites in my constituency… but he was quite rude
and refused, saying I had no business asking him these details. That
is all… I never threatened him… it's a conspiracy by my political
rivals," he told reporters in Etawah on Sunday.

Meanwhile, UP Engineers' Association (UPEA) president AA Farooqui has
alleged that the MLA was keeping the engineer under duress to prevent
him from approaching the media.

He said that the engineer had not been able to attend his son's
wedding due to the MLA's "terror tactics". Several engineers had been
similarly threatened by BSP MLAs and UPEA would take up the matter
with the government, Farooqui said.


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