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Orissa Dalits ask CM to allow self-immolation
PTI | 09:10 PM,Oct 05,2010
Bhubneswar, Oct 5 (PTI) Driven out of their homes by a Maoist-back
outfit and ignored by the government, several Dalits from Orissa's
Koraput district today demanded immediate rehabilitation or permission
for self-immolation.Representatives of the group, who launched a
sit-in and hunger strike here, met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and
told him that around 400 families of Narayanpatna and Bandhugaon areas
of Koraput have lost everything after their houses were forcibly
occupied by the Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangha (CMAS)."Like
nomads we have been staying outside villages for a long time fearing
physical attack by CMAS activists. We narrated our plight to the chief
minister," Bidyadhar Dehuri of the group told reporters."The
government should either rehabilitate us or allow us to commit self
immolation," he said.The Dalits had staged a sit-in at the state
capital last year and also met the chief minister, who had promised to
look into their demand for rehabilitation.But nothing has been done
since then, the Dalit leader said.They agreed to withdraw their hunger
strike following Patnaik's assurance later in the day.The chief
minister has promised to provide at least 300 houses under the state
government's "Mo Kudia" housing scheme meant for economically weaker
sections, for which site would be chosen within a week, he said.The
displaced families, who lost all their belongings, have been running
from pillar to post without food and shelter for support, he said
adding the affected people took to odd jobs and daily wage works,
while their children are unable to attend schools.
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