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[ZESTCaste] SC/ST Cong leaders seek KPCC chief post

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/83672/scst-cong-leaders-seek-kpcc.html

SC/ST Cong leaders seek KPCC chief post
Bangalore, July 24,dhns:

Congress leaders belogning to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
Tribes have demanded the party high command offer KPCC presidentship
to one among them.

The leaders, who held a meeting in a hotel in Bangalore on Saturday,
have resolved to appeal AICC president Sonia Gandhi to appoint a dalit
leader for the post.

The meeting was held under the leadership of former minister G
Parameshwar, who is also a contender for the post. Others who attended
the meeting are V Srinivas Prasad, H C Mahadevappa, N Y Hanumanthappa,
H Hanumanthappa, Prakash Rathod, L Hanumanthaiah and others attended
the meeting.

A couple of days ago Lingayat leaders of the Congress had held a
similar meeting.

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[ZESTCaste] 'Invoke SC/ST Act for anti-dalit crimes'

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Invoke-SC/ST-Act-for-anti-dalit-crimes/articleshow/6241849.cms

'Invoke SC/ST Act for anti-dalit crimes'

Subodh Ghildiyal, TNN, Aug 1, 2010, 01.03am IST

NEW DELHI: As the high court verdict in the Khairlanji rape-cum-murder
case invites criticism from activists and intellectuals, Lok Sabha
speaker Meira Kumar has underlined that heinous crimes against dalits
should be booked under the Prevention of Atrocities (SC/ST) Act.

Kumar said the Khairlanji massacre was a crime perpetrated by non-SCs
on SCs which should have automatically attracted the Act, but did not.
"Such instances should be booked under the PoA. That will take care of
everything," she told TOI.

The speaker was replying to queries in the backdrop of the Bombay High
Court ruling which has commuted the death sentence to the accused and
also ruled that the gruesome crime against Bhaiyyalal Bhootmange's
family was one of revenge and not of caste prejudice.

Kumar's concern that crimes against dalits by non-dalits should be
booked under PoA seems to nail the root cause behind the prosecution's
failure to convict the accused in such cases.

The Khairlanji FIR did not mention the PoA and it is believed to have
weakened the case. The lax probe triggered an agitation after which it
was transferred to CBI.

The HC verdict delivered recently has led to criticism as it not only
commuted the death sentence given by the Bhandara court to life
imprisonment but also reiterated the "no-caste-crime" view. Bhootmange
plans to appeal against it in the Supreme Court. But observers are
concerned that the court did not see caste as having played a role in
the murder of four persons including the gruesome rape of two women.

This has been a sticking point. Even when the Bhandara court's death
sentence in September 2008 was acclaimed as landmark in the history of
crimes against dalits, Kumar, as Union social justice minister, asked
the state government and the Union personnel ministry to appeal
against the verdict.

The post-high court order scene remains as grim with the issue even
finding mention in the meeting of the National Advisory Council headed
by UPA chairperson and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on July 14.
Narendra Jadhav brought the issue to the notice of the NAC chair and
said the case had been weakened by the police failure to book the
crime under the PoA.

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[ZESTCaste] 16 BSP MLAs face threat to their lives

http://expressbuzz.com/nation/16-bsp-mlas-face-threat-to-their-lives/194442.html

16 BSP MLAs face threat to their lives

Anand Raj Singh

Express News ServiceFirst Published : 01 Aug 2010 01:59:43 AM ISTLast
Updated : 01 Aug 2010 12:27:08 PM IST

LUCKNOW: The ruling BSP of Chief Minister Mayawati has allegedly
alerted 16 of its MLAs who face threat to their lives. Incidentally,
almost all of them have criminal records, according to sources.

The alert has been issued after a high-level review meeting in the
wake of attack on Nand Lal Gupta 'Nandi'on July 12 in Allahabad.

He is recovering in a hospital in Lucknow.

While none from the BSP or the government is willing to confirm the
alert, a senior BSP leader with a clean image and no criminal record
told Express that 16 is a small figure compared to the number of
people in the party with criminal history and interpersonal rivalry
and enmity.

He also did not rule out the threat perception from members of other parties.

But the Opposition parties have expressed no surprise, and they agree
that the threat must be from members of the same party and not from
any other party.

BJP leader and Lucknow MP Lalji Tandon told Express that Mayawati had
herself admitted in the past that there were criminal elements in the
BSP and "had been pushed into the party by the Opposition parties".

He said, Mayawati herself had declared a list saying they had been
thrown out of the party. But her promise of another list never
materialised, he added.

Some parties defend their leaders, when allegations are raised, but
Mayawati is the only politician who admits people with criminal
background into her party saying they had stopped criminal activities,
he said.

SP leader Rajendra Chaudhary said, even the attack on Nandi was
carried out by BSP members and that is why Mayawati immediately
accused SP leaders the same day, even as investigations had not
started.

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[ZESTCaste] MRPS leader consumes poison, ends life

http://hindu.com/2010/08/01/stories/2010080154840200.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Anantapur

MRPS leader consumes poison, ends life

Staff Reporter

'Humiliation' by Gorantla SI allegedly drove him to take the drastic step

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Enraged MRPS activists stage 'rasta roko' and paralyse traffic outside
the government hospital

Narasimhulu misbehaved with Sub-Inspector when summoned for
questioning: Anantapur DSP

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Anantapur: MRPS district secretary V.C. Narasimhulu (40) committed
suicide by consuming poison in public for the humiliation meted out to
him allegedly by the Gorantla Sub-Inspector G. Rajendranath Yadav on
Saturday evening.

The Gorantla Sub-Inspector had allegedly humiliated him by thrashing
him in public at Gorantla town when the deceased met him to represent
a local problem.

Narasimhulu, who felt terribly humiliated, came to Anantapur town and
met MRPS activists at the ZP office where they were staging a 'dharna'
for a different cause and apprised them of the rude behaviour of the
Sub-Inspector.

He consumed poison from a bottle without the knowledge of the MRPS
leaders and fell unconscious.

Rasta roko

He was immediately rushed to the government hospital where he died
while under treatment.

Enraged MRPS activists who heard of their colleague's suicidal death
rushed to the hospital and staged a 'rasta roko' for about one hour
and paralysed traffic outside the government hospital.

The police rushed to the place and brought the situation under control.

The body has been sent for post-mortem examination and the police are
investigating.

Misbehaviour

Meanwhile Anantapur DSP Harshavardhana Raju told The Hindu that the
deceased Narasimhulu had misbehaved with the Sub-Inspector when he was
summoned by the later for questioning in relation to a complaint
lodged against him in a different case.

After an argument with the SI he came to Anantapur and met his MRPS
colleagues at the ZP office.

The deceased had already consumed poison before he met MRPS activists.
He fell down unconscious and was admitted to the government general
hospital where he succumbed to the effects of the poison consumed by
him.

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[ZESTCaste] Opposition slams govt for breakdown of law and order

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Opposition slams govt for breakdown of law and order
TNN, Aug 1, 2010, 12.56am IST

LUCKNOW: Murder of BJP leader Hukum Singh's wife in Muzaffarnagar
within 20 days of attack on BSP minister Nand Gopal Gupta has provided
Opposition yet another opportunity for Maya-bashing. Alleging total
collapse of the law and order in in the state, Opposition leaders said
while public representatives and their families being attacked, the
common man is living under constant fear. Chief minister Mayawati
expressed grief over the incident but refrained from making a
political statement in response to the onslaught unleashed by the
Opposition.

BJP state president Surya Pratap Shahi said that Hukum Singh was no
ordinary leader. Besides being popular leader in his constituency, he
was also deputy leader of the BJP legislature party in the state
assembly, he said. "Murder of his wife shows that criminals have no
fear of law enforcement agencies," he said. Shahi slammed additional
director general of police law and order for issuing statement that
the murder could have been done by an insider. "How can he pass the
blame on an `insider' without conducting an inquiry," he added.

Senior BJP leader and Lucknow MP Lalji Tandon said "first a cabinet
minister is attacked, then 16 BSP MLAs apprehend threat to their life
and now murder of a senior BJP leader's wife -- all this indicates
that law and order has touched its lowest ebb in the state." Congress
legislature party chief Pramod Tiwari in his statement, while
expressing grief over the brutal murder of Singh's wife and offering
his condolences, said that the incidents happening in the state for
last few months shows how that the spirits of the criminals are high
in UP.

SP legislature party leader Shivpal Singh while addressing
media-persons said that the anarchy is prevailing in the state and
demanded resignation of the chief minister Mayawati. "BSP government
has appointed corrupt officers in key position in the state
administration whose main work is to extort money. BSP leaders have
provided shelter to the criminals," he said. As a result, he added,
crime graph in UP is on the rise ever since the Maya government came
to power. "The aam aadmi has been left at the mercy of the criminals,"
he alleged.

BSP leaders defended chief minister by describing Opposition criticism
as a misinformation campaign. While the BSP did not release any
official statement on the murder till late evening, a senior BSP
leaders said that police could prevent crime only at public places and
not those taking place within the family. He pointed out that the
police investigations had proved that SP leaders were behind the
attack on Nandi. In the murder of BJP leader's wife, circumstantial
evidences point out that it was an handiwork of an insider, he added.

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Monday, August 2, 2010

[ZESTCaste] SC/ST Cong leaders seek KPCC chief post

[ZESTCaste] 'Invoke SC/ST Act for anti-dalit crimes'

[ZESTCaste] 16 BSP MLAs face threat to their lives

[ZESTCaste] MRPS leader consumes poison, ends life

[ZESTCaste] Opposition slams govt for breakdown of law and order

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