Saturday, January 1, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Mayawati faces Congress ire on rape of Dalit by BSP MLA

 

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mayawati-faces-congress-ire-on-rape-of-dalit-by-bsp-mla/731578/

Mayawati faces Congress ire on rape of Dalit by BSP MLA

Agencies Posted online: Fri Dec 31 2010, 14:24 hrs
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Congress today asked Chief Minister Mayawati
to arrest a BSP MLA and his associates for allegedly raping a girl
belonging to the backward class and falsely implicating her in a theft
case.

"A most backward minor girl was raped by BSP MLA Purshottam Narain
Dwivedi and his associates in Banda and she was later lodged in the
jail on charges of stealing the legislator's licensed pistol and Rs
5000," Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi told reporters.

Joshi claimed that to save the ruling party MLA, local police has
framed the 17-year-old girl and sent her to jail where no one was
allowed to meet her.

"I demand from the Chief Minister to lodge an FIR on application of
girl's father against MLAs and others, constitute a medical board for
examination of the girl and order a high level judicial probe into the
matter," Joshi said.

Alleging that she was not allowed to meet the girl in Banda jail
yesterday, Joshi claimed that the Superintendent of Police remained in
the jail for six and a half hour on December 29 at the behest of
probing her.

"We also demand immediate suspension of the SP, who is a hurdle in the
probe against the MLA," Joshi said alleging that when she spoke to the
DGP, Karmveer Singh he expressed his ignorance over the issue.

Announcing a series of sit-ins and protests in Banda to ensure justice
to the girl, Joshi said from tomorrow local party workers of Banda
would gherao the District Magistrate.

"Workers of Youth Congress, NSUI and district committee will hold
agitations separately in Banda," she said alleging that the present
government was sheltering criminals.

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati birthday: BSP bans illegal collections

 

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mayawati-birthday-BSP-bans-illegal-collections/Article1-645228.aspx

Mayawati birthday: BSP bans illegal collections
Press Trust Of India
Faizabad, January 01, 2011
First Published: 15:35 IST(1/1/2011)

To check illegal collections of funds by BSP activists in the name of
celebrating party chief and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's
birthday, strict measures have been taken by the party leadership. The
BSP leadership has decided that measures would be taken so that no
trader or government
official is harassed and extorted for these celebrations.

Last year, cases of such collections had embarrassed the state government.

However, the chief minister's birthday (January 15) will be celebrated
in every district headquarters, but the collection of funds in the
name of donation to the party will be strictly prohibited.

According to sources in BSP, the administrative and police officers of
the districts have been directed to pass immediate information to
zonal BSP coordinators if they found any party activist or leader
involved in collecting or demanding money.

It has been also decided to put the cellphones of BSP leaders and
elected representatives on surveillance so that such cases are
promptly dealt, they said.

Those found involved in such corrupt practices will be immediately
terminated from the party and legal action would be taken, they added.

All the zonal coordinators, who are also in-charge of the celebrations
in their respective districts, have been instructed that they pass
this message to all BSP workers.

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[ZESTCaste] Teacher jailed for brutally caning student

 

http://www.sify.com/news/teacher-jailed-for-brutally-caning-student-news-national-km5tEjbfidg.html

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Teacher jailed for brutally caning student
2010-12-31 19:40:00

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Lucknow, Dec 31 (IANS) A school teacher in Bhavsi village of
Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh was Friday arrested and jailed
under the stringent Dalit Act for brutally caning an 11-year old boy
for his refusal to wash the school utensils.

According to an official, teacher Pradeep Sharma caned Deepak Dec 29
so badly on his knuckles that his finger got fractured.

The caning was for Deepak's refusal to wash the school utensils that
were used to serve the mid-day meal to schoolchildren.

The official said that a preliminary inquiry by a five-member team of
local government officials confirmed that the teacher used to force
the boy to wash used utensils every day.

Angry over Deepak's refusal, the teacher went on hitting his knuckles
until the little boy fell down crying.

Pradeep Sharma has been arrested and sent to jail, the official said.

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[ZESTCaste] Case registered for abusing Dalit boy

 

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article1021361.ece

Published: December 31, 2010 23:40 IST | Updated: December 31, 2010
23:40 IST KRISHNAGIRI, December 31, 2010
Case registered for abusing Dalit boy
Special Correspondent

Under the SC and ST Act, IPC

The Kaveripattinam Police have registered cases under the SC and ST
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Indian Penal Code against a
caste-Hindu, Annamalai, on charges of abusing and beating a Dalit boy,
C. Illavarasan (18), at Surilihalli village of Karadihalli panchayat
in Krishnagiri District on Thursday.

According to a complaint lodged with the police, Annamalai was upset
with Illavarasan for allegedly waving at his daughter while she was
travelling in a bus between Sappanipatti to Surulihalli, along with
the boy's cousin. The boy rejected the charge and claimed that he only
waved at his cousin. But, it was mistaken that he had waved at
Annamalai's daughter. The boy was admitted to the Kaveripattiam
Government Hospital for treatment.

Police said cases under Section 3(1) of the SC and ST (Prevention of
Atrocities Act) and Sections 294 B (resorting to obscene act in public
place) and 324 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) of the Indian Penal
Code were registered against Annamalai.

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[ZESTCaste] Untouchability Modernised!

http://pd.cpim.org/2011/0102_pd/01022011_17.html

TAMILNADU

Untouchability Modernised!

Ganesh

UNTOUCHABILITY practices are going "modern" now. This was evident from
the recent exposure in Nagarajapuram, a village that is there in the
outskirts of Coimbatore city. In the name of resettling the dalits,
they were driven to almost no man's land years ago. But the expansion
of the city and its sub-urban areas brought them near again. So the
profit minded real estate companies have resorted to a new strategy to
keep dalits away from their area. Blocking the way for dalits to have
access to the area, they expect the value of the land to remain high.

This has happened in many places and Nagarajapuram was no different.
In this place, hundreds of dalit families are living since 1976. The
real estate promoters have built a wall that was measuring 10 feet in
height and 2 feet in width and the length is close to a kilometre. To
have direct access to the main road, therefore, most of the people had
to take many extra steps. The building of the wall did not happen
overnight. But the landowners of the other side did it clandestinely.
It was carried out during the last two years. Dalit people on the
other side woke up only when the last 30 metres length of the path was
closed.

A team led by U K Sivagnanam, district convenor of the Tamilnadu
Untouchability Eradication Front (THUEF) recently visited the spot.
When the team was convinced that this is an untouchability wall
indeed, TNUEF decided to take up the issue. Next day, Tamil daily
Theekkathir prominently published the news and that created tremors in
the administration. At the very first sight, the officials were
convinced that the wall was unlawful. The sketch for the plots also
showed a 30 metres path. The people also complained to the officials
that the closure of the path had made them feel like imprisoned. The
only hitch was that the wall itself was on the border of not only for
two panchayats but of two taluks as well. This did not deter the TNUEF
to press for the demolition of the wall. A series of agitations was
planned.

Expecting a backlash, the district administration acted fast lest
there was some mass action. On December 25, revenue officials
demolished two portions of the untouchability wall. These two
stretches of 30 feet and 23 feet now provide the dalit people direct
access to the main road. Though the structure has remained largely
intact, the purpose of the land promoter has been defeated. Just after
the demolition, one could find joyful women and children walking
through the newly restored path.

Uthapuram was just a beginning in of exposing the untouchability walls
in Tamilnadu. Somebody sought to belittle its impact by saying that
villages are yet to be radicalised. Another wall in Periyar Nagar,
that is in the heart of "South India's Manchester," i.e. Coimbatore
city, exposed that too. One more wall was found in the municipal
limits of Trichy. Now in the news is Udumalpet, a small town in
Tirupur district. A wall has been raised by a realtor to block the way
for dalits.

The world is getting modernised. Yet the caste oriented society
somehow finds space to land its feet. The landing is atrocious. The
TNUEF, through its well oiled machinery, has conducted many surveys.
In its first state conference, a list of atrocities was released. But
the recent problems have brought new varieties of atrocities. In
another village near Coimbatore, a Dalit cannot talk on his cellphone
in front of a caste Hindu. He has to switch off his phone or cut the
call. When this came up, A Raja of the "spectrum" notoriety was the
union telecom minister. This village falls in his constituency.

"SOFTWARE" FOR

UNTOUCHABILITY

Another incident of untouchability has crossed all the limits. One Mr
Jayan had registered himself with tamilmatrimony.com in order to find
a life partner. He is a Christian and was registered in that category.
When a few proposals came for him, he surfed some of the profiles. In
one profile, "caste no bar" was mentioned. He was happy to see that.
But his happiness did not last for more than a moment. The very next
column said "SC/ST excuse." Jayan was furious to see that. He did not
stop there.

He called up the contact number and blasted them. His argument was:
people may prefer one or another particular caste in the matrimony
ads, but how come these people could say, "we do not want these and
these castes." He rang up a few newspaper offices to give vent to his
anger. He said, "This is untouchability modernised. In fact, the
website that offers this service should pull up its socks. The
software that serves the purpose of casteist requirements should be
thrown away by the tamilmatrimony.com."

The TNUEF had listed around 85 types of atrocities committed upon
dalits in Tamilnadu. In the states where the survey has been done,
Gujarat stands first. As many as 99 types of atrocities have been
listed by the Navsarjan, a non-profit voluntary organisation. It seems
that Tamilnadu is now poised to take Gujarat over by creating new,
"modern" types of atrocities.

The impact of the agitations run by the TNUEF is being felt. The
people have started looking up to the TNUEF for solving their problems
concerning social issues. Uthapuram is leading from the front.
Wherever an untouchability wall is found, people take inspiration from
Uthapuram. The unsolved problems in Uthapuram make the people more
steely. The TNUEF has announced a series of programmes for the next
year. The year 2011 is going to be an eventful year for the TNUEF.

VENMANI

LAUNCHED

CPI(M) state secretary G Ramakrishnan released the quarterly magazine
of TNUEF, Venmani, at Venmani village on December 25, 2010. The
quarterly is named so in the memory of Venmani martyrs. It was in the
fitness of things that the magazine was launched on the day of their
martyrdom. In less than a month of the announcement that such a
magazine is going to be launched, insurance employees belonging to the
All India Insurance Employees Association mobilised 1,500 yearly
subscriptions for Venmani. The first issue of Venmani has come out
with the draft charter of demands including the incorporation of a
dalit sub-plan in the state budget.


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[ZESTCaste] Cong to Mobilise Dalits Against Maya Govt: Punia

 

http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?706922

Cong to Mobilise Dalits Against Maya Govt: Punia
Faizabad | Dec 31, 2010

Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes P L Punia today
alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government was conspiring to frame him
in false cases and said he would launch a mass mobilisation of Dalits
against Chief Minister Mayawati.

The former bureaucrat and Congress MP from Barabanki said he was
taking up with great force the issues like performance of Mayawati
government in curbing atrocities on Dalits and utilisation of funds
meant for SCs among others.

While interacting with Congress activists here, Punia accused the BSP
government of giving shelters to those legislators who were involved
in committing atrocities on Dalits.

Congress will launch a drive to awake the Dalit community about their
rights and the grants issued by the Union government, he said.
Filed On: Dec 31, 2010 22:41 IST , Ed

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