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Thursday, January 27, 2011

[ZESTCaste] BSP condemns administration for neglecting Ambedkar

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/BSP-condemns-administration-for-neglecting-Ambedkar/articleshow/7368112.cms

BSP condemns administration for neglecting Ambedkar
TNN, Jan 26, 2011, 10.18pm IST

MYSORE: The BSP on Wednesday celebrated Republic Day as the Constitution day.

The activists of the party took out a bike rally in the city even as
the party's state vice-president N Mahesh criticized the district
administration saying it has neglected to remember national leader B R
Ambedkar. A team led by Ambedkar drafted the Constitution. But neither
the district administration nor district minister S A Ramadas have
cared to pay their homage to the leader, he stated.

Meanwhile, Mysore division of South Western Railway celebrated 62nd
year of the Indian Republic at the railway sports ground, where B B
Verma, divisional railway manager, unfurled the tricolor and spoke
about the achievements to mark the occasion. While highlighting the
performance of the division till December, 2010, Verma said that the
division had shown significant improvement over the corresponding
period of the previous year, notwithstanding the fact that the ban on
export of iron ore by the state government had affected freight
earnings. The division has earned Rs 338.71 crore in freight revenue.
In the passenger segment, the division had recorded 14.6 per cent
growth over the corresponding period and earned Rs 105 crore from the
passenger traffic.

The Social Democratic Party of India unfurled a huge national flag
measuring 110 feet in length at the Tipu circle.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit women corner Minister

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article1126452.ece

ONGOLE, January 26, 2011
Dalit women corner Minister
Staff Reporter

Belt shops ruining our lives, they say at Rachabanda at Vasipallipadu

With worry writ large on their faces, dalit women brought to the fore
the persistent problem of belt shops ruining their lives as Municipal
Administration Minister M. Mahidhar Reddy descended on the remote
Vasipallipadu for an interaction with the commoners at the village
square on Tuesday.

"We will not allow you to go back till belt shops are banished from
our village," yelled a 25-year-old woman all of a sudden taking by
surprise revenue and police officials as also the Minister who was
accompanied by Ongole MP M. Srinivasulu Reddy and Congress MLA from
Kondepei G.V. Seshu during the second day Rachabanda programme.

Amid tight security, the Minister, after focusing on the listed
subjects, touched the issue raised by women and said: "It is not to
proper to project as if we are encouraging sale of liquor at the
village square everyday."

Action promised

"I will direct the officials concerned to take action," he added,
before winding up the interaction.

"The government has provided white ration cards, pensions, health
cards under Rajiv Arogyasri and also arranged for loans from banks
almost to all of us. But, its the belt shops which are ruining our
lives," 30-year-old P. Manoja said while talking to The Hindu as the
Minister's convoy left the hamlet motoring down the bumpy road leading
to the Chennai-Kolkata highway. Forty-five-year-old Arogyam, leader of
a SHG, said: "In our village, with a population of over 1000, each
couple works hard and, on an average, takes home Rs. 600 to Rs. 700
every day. Yet, they are unable to lead a peaceful life because of
addiction to liquor by their men." Members of five groups in the
village defaulted payment of dues to banks because of the vice among
men, she added.

Another woman Matta Yesuamma said: "Both my husband and son drink
together in the house as liquor is easily available through these belt
shops. We are left with little money to take care of education of our
children. It will be nice if liquor is banned altogether."

# It is not proper to project as if we are encouraging liquor sale: Minister
# Five SHGs defaulted payment because of the vice, says a group leader

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits leave village fearing Jat threat

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/haryana/Dalits-leave-village-fearing-Jat-threat/Article1-655145.aspx

Dalits leave village fearing Jat threat
Indo-Asian News Service
Mirchpur, January 27, 2011
First Published: 11:06 IST(27/1/2011)

Nearly a dozen Dalit families have left this village in the last 15
days as last year's violence in Mirchpur has come back to haunt them.
It was here that a 70-year-old and his physically-challenged daughter
were killed in an attack by the dominant Jat community. The fear of
violence from Jats, who
have over the past 12 days staged protests demanding the release of
those arrested for the incident in April 2010, looms over Dalit
families here despite repeated assurances from the state government
and police.

"The state government has failed to punish the culprits accused of an
arson attack on Dalit families in April last year. The government is
playing votebank politics and does not want to offend the Jat
community as they are in a majority in Haryana," Gulab Singh, a Dalit
resident of Mirchpur village, told IANS.

Around 300 Dalit families, among the most socio-economically
marginalised people, live in Mirchpur.

"We have lost all faith in the police and the government. Leave aside
the question of staying in Mirchpur, we do not want to live anywhere
in Haryana. We make an appeal before the government to rehabilitate us
somewhere outside this state," stated Singh.

Mirchpur village in Hisar district hit the headlines last year when
some people from the dominant upper caste Jat community set fire to a
row of houses belonging to Dalit families.

A 70-year-old man and his 18-year-old physically-challenged daughter
were killed in the April 21 arson attack and at least 18 houses were
destroyed. Around 150 Dalit families were driven out of the village,
about 300 km from Chandigarh, and their homes were torched.

"We are still getting threats from Jats. They are pressurising us to
take back our complaints," Sheela, another Dalit, who is camping
outside Mirchpur village with her family, told IANS.

"The government is not doing enough for our security and we have
decided to leave Hisar district. Our children are also afraid of
working in places where they have Jat colleagues."

"We are afraid caste violence will raise its head in our village
again," said Sheela.

In the Mirchpur violence case, 98 Jat youths were arrested and are in
jail in New Delhi. The trial of the case was shifted to New Delhi in
December following the directions of the Supreme Court.

Jat community members have staged widespread protests in various parts
of Haryana, demanding the release of the arrested youths and shifting
of the case back to Hisar.

"If the Jats claim they are innocent, then why are they demanding the
shifting of the case from New Delhi to Hisar. We want our government
to take a stern stand," asked Sheela.

Ved Pal Tanwar, a representative of the Non-Jat Association, Haryana,
told IANS, "So far the state government has failed to ensure the
safety of the Dalit families of Mirchpur. They have given only verbal
assurances of safety and jobs, but actually nothing has happened. They
are left with no option than to leave Mirchpur."

"We have made staying arrangements for nearly a score of Dalit
families outside Hisar district as they are afraid of the Jats. We are
planning to launch a widespread campaign to save the rights and
dignity of Haryana's Dalits," said Tanwar.

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[ZESTCaste] Four held in Dalit girl rape case

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/four-held-in-dalit-girl-rape-case/742601/

Four held in Dalit girl rape case
Agencies Posted online: Thu Jan 27 2011, 10:53 hrs
Lucknow : Four persons have been detained by the police in connection
with the rape and murder of a teenaged Dalit girl here on Tuesday.

The body of the girl, a native of Malhaur area, was found behind a brick kiln.

"A panel of three doctors have been constituted for the postmortem of
the victim", a senior police official said.

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Re: [ZESTCaste] Three Dalits paraded naked for stealing

Muzaffar nagar which state please tell me

From: Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com>
To: zestcaste <zestcaste@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, January 24, 2011 7:55:12 PM
Subject: [ZESTCaste] Three Dalits paraded naked for stealing

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Three Dalits paraded naked for stealing
Agencies Posted online: Mon Jan 24 2011, 16:26 hrs

Muzaffarnagar : Three Dalit youths were allegedly paraded naked by a
panchayat for stealing a grass cutting machine at Sonta village here.

Not just that, teh atrocities against Dalits also encompassed a fine
of Rs 3,000, which was imposed on Adesh, Ajit and Nitu, all aged
between 20 to 25 years, sources said today.

Anil, a farmer belonging to Jat community had approached the community
panchayat and complained against the three Dalit men, claiming that
they had stolen his machine, the sources said.

According to the trio, a compromise was reached between the two
parties yesterday after they confessed to their crime and the
panchayat ordered that they be paraded naked and pay the fine.

Police denied receiving any information about the incident.

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

[ZESTCaste] BSP condemns administration for neglecting Ambedkar

[ZESTCaste] Dalit women corner Minister

[ZESTCaste] Dalits leave village fearing Jat threat

[ZESTCaste] Four held in Dalit girl rape case

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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