Atrocities against dalits going down, says study
October 3rd, 2010
DC Correspondent
Oct. 2: Incidents of communal atrocities against dalits by individual,
dominant communities in the southern districts of Tirunelveli and
Thoothukudi have come down drastically, according to a study by a
dalit organisation. However, the study alleges that the state
machinery is oppressive against dalits. According to the study carried
out by Meetchi Makkal Iyakkam, in some communally-sensitive pockets in
Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts, a positive trend towards a
social alliance between the dalits and backward castes is tangible.
"Though we received some complaints against the dominant castes from
the dalits, we see a positive note that the dalits themselves are
confident of solving them amicably without hurting the self-respect of
both sections," says Sudhakar of Meetchi Makkal Iyakkam. The study
observes that the working section of backward class and dalits in
these districts had the general opinion that they have been made to
fight all these years for political reasons, "especially after the
state politics went into the hands of Dravidian parties".
Issues like the Sri Lankan Tamils plight are uniting factors, said TN
BSP general secretary B. Jeevan Kumar, founder of the Meetchi Makkal
Iyakkam. As the wealth of backward communities grows, they do not want
to antagonise the dalits to safeguard that wealth, the study finds.
According to Tirunelveli SP Asra Garg, communal murders and atrocities
against dalits have come down and claims to be allowed to worship at
temples have been settled amicably with equal worshipping rights for
all communities. However, the state machinery is becoming more
oppressive towards dalits, says the study. Citing the cases of IAS
officer C. Umashankar, former vice-chancellor of Tirunelveli Anna
University Kaliappan and the recent death of civil supplies quality
control officer Murugan, the study blames the government machinery for
being unfair in its treatment of dalits. Mr Kumar also alleges SC/ST
funds are being diverted by the DMK government.
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