Monday, February 21, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Uttar Pradesh school 'changes' national anthem

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Uttar-Pradesh-school-changes-national-anthem/articleshow/7540807.cms

Uttar Pradesh school 'changes' national anthem
IANS, Feb 21, 2011, 06.35pm IST

AMBEDKAR NAGAR (UTTAR PRADESH): A private school in this Uttar Pradesh
district has "altered" the national anthem, replacing several words,
and made its students sing it, as the management feels certain words
in the anthem do not have any "significance in a democracy".

The modifications have been made by the school's manager Ragunath
Singh and 400-odd students from Classes 1-5 of the Lord Buddha
Ambedkar Arjak Mission Public School in Tanda town are being made to
the sing the country's "new" national anthem.

Singh claims that he "modified" the national anthem after he felt that
"some words in it have no significance in a democracy".

"Let me first clarify that by introducing the modifications in the
national anthem I do not intend to hurt the sentiments of the
countrymen...I am also an Indian and even cannot think of hurting the
sentiments of the people of India," Singh told reporters in Ambedkar
Nagar, some 150 km from Lucknow.

"Just for an example, we have the word 'adhinayak' in the opening line
of the national anthem. Now, 'adhinayak' refers to monarchy...So, in a
democracy like ours how can we use the word adhinayak in the national
anthem?" he added.

Singh claims Rabindranath Tagore wrote the poem, which was later
adopted as the national anthem, in honour of the British king during
his visit to India.

"I am not the first one to claim that...the national anthem was sung
for the first time for the royal welcome of George V...In my opinion,
several lines in the anthem directly convey praises for the king. So,
I have changed them all," Singh said.

"Like 'Bharat Bhagya Vidhata' has been replaced by me as Swarnim
Bharat Nirmata... Likewise, there are several changes like this and
the students are made to sing the modified version of the anthem,"
said Singh.

On Singh's directives, the students sing the new anthem in the morning assembly.

"For the last few weeks, we have been singing the different version of
the anthem...instructions in this regard were earlier issued by our
teachers," a Class 4 student told reporters.

Rakesh Kumar, the district in-charge of primary education in Ambedkar
Nagar, told IANS: "Yes, the matter has come to our knowledge. Though
we are yet to complete an enquiry ordered in this regard, we are
planning to take action against the school manager under Section 2 of
the Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act, 1971."

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[ZESTCaste] After Husaipur, Chandupura Dalits attacked

http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/19/stories/2011021963060500.htm

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After Husaipur, Chandupura Dalits attacked

Mohammed Iqbal

Dalit houses stoned for two hours after a family's goat strays into a
Meo Muslim's farm

Police have not registered FIR, Dalits allegedly pressurised to
compromise with Meo community

Dalits offered meagre compensation of Rs.5,000 at a meeting in nearby
Pipalkhera village

JAIPUR: Hot on the heels of fierce violence against Dalits at Husaipur
village in Rajasthan's Alwar district, the dominant Meo Muslims have
allegedly attacked Dalit houses, leaving over a dozen people injured,
and damaged their property at Chandupura village in adjacent Bharatpur
district. Many Dalit families have fled the village after violence.

The houses of Dalits, belonging to the poor Jatav community, were
stoned for two hours by a violent mob on Wednesday after a goat
belonging to a Dalit family strayed into a Meo Muslim's farm. The Meo
community allegedly damaged Dalit houses and targeted the livestock. A
buffalo's eye was pierced, while the "culpable goat" was seriously
injured.

The police so far have not registered an FIR against the miscreants in
connection with the violence and are instead reportedly exerting
pressure on the Dalits to arrive at a compromise with the Meo
community. The Dalits were offered a meagre compensation of Rs.5,000
at a meeting in the nearby Pipalkhera village, situated 3 km away,
late on Wednesday night.

The small Chandupura village forms part of the Mewat region and falls
under the jurisdiction of the Gopalgarh police station. It is situated
in Kaman Assembly constituency which is represented by Congress MLA
Zahida, daughter of the legendary Meo leader Taiyab Hussain.

According to Bharatpur district administration sources, the Special
Task Force been deployed at Chandupura. The situation in the village
continues to be tense. Among the injured Dalits, the condition of at
least six persons was stated to be serious.

Dalit activists alleged here that stone-throwing happened in the
presence of police and civil officers. Instead of extending relief to
the victims, the administration reportedly is busy organising
compromise meetings, allegedly at the instance of influential Meo
political leaders.

The Jaipur-based Centre for Dalit Rights (CDR), which swung into
action soon after receiving the report of violence, said the police
refusal to register an FIR was "in blatant contravention" of the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)
Act, 1989, which mandates immediate distribution of relief and arrest
of the culprits.

CDR patron P. L. Mimroth said local Meo leaders shielding the
assailants and pressuring the Dalits to accept the "insulting
conditions" of compromise include Block Congress Committee president
Akhtar Hussain and Khedagaon panchayat samiti member Mobin Khan.

Surprisingly, the local unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad has extended
support to the Meo Muslims.

Mr. Mimroth affirmed that the attack on Dalit homes and injuring them
was a cognisable and non-compoundable offence under the 1989 Act, and
could not be subjected to compromise by any authority, individual,
group of people, or the police, under any circumstances.

According to information received by the CDR here, the seriously
injured victims are Maya Devi, Dharma Jatav, Tharpan, Jagmohan, Dayal
Jatav and Premvati.

While the CDR is planning to send its fact-finding mission to
Chandupura in a day or two, Mr. Mimroth says this was an obvious case
of the local police trying to hush up the matter "in collusion with
influential Meo leaders". He demanded that in addition to the
assailants, the guilty police officers also be booked under the Act.

The CDR has submitted memorandums to the National Human Rights
Commission, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Union
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik, seeking their
immediate intervention.

This is the second major incident of violence against Dalits in the
Mewat region within a month. The Meo community's alleged attack on
January 19 following a firing incident in which a youth was killed
drove out Dalits belonging to the Meghwal community in Husaipur
village. The Rajasthan Government has since distributed relief to the
Dalits and some accused have been arrested.

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[ZESTCaste] UPPCL staff protest against reservation in job promotions

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UPPCL-staff-protest-against-reservation-in-job-promotions/articleshow/7530831.cms

UPPCL staff protest against reservation in job promotions
TNN, Feb 20, 2011, 01.08am IST

LUCKNOW: Employees of UP Power Corporation, on Saturday, stepped up
public outcry against reservations for scheduled castes and scheduled
tribes in job promotions. Aggrieved UP government employees, headed by
Shailendra Dubey, also released a list of state government departments
where a large number of scheduled posts were lying vacant.

Dubey said: "The UP government did not promote any employees from the
SC and ST categories for the last three years because of the
litigation that is pending in court. But as a result of this callous
attitude, even the departmental development work has suffered. In
early January, the Allahabad High Court quashed the state government's
2007 order, but the government has still not acted on the fresh
orders.''

The trouble dates back to September 2007, when UP government issued
orders providing for SC and ST candidates to be promoted to unreserved
posts also, in case the numbers of reserved seats fell short. This, in
effect meant, that employees from other backward classes and general
categories would have to relinquish their hold over unreserved
vacancies in government departments as well.

Immediately after the order was issued in 2007, however, most
departments of the UP government sought stay orders from the High
Court in October 2007. Due to the pending litigation, UP government
was unable to promote any SC or ST candidates to higher posts.
However, on January 4, 2011, the Allahabad High Court quashed UP
government's orders. It said: "We declare the provisions of Section
3(7) of the Act, 1994 and that of Rule 8-A of the UP Government
Servants Seniority (third Amendment) Rules, 2007 as invalid, ultra
vires and unconstitutional. Consequently, the Government Orders dates
17.10.2007 is also hereby quashed.''

Following the court orders, nearly 12 lakh employees of UP government,
belonging to the general category and other backward classes are now
demanding that all state government employees be promoted in
accordance with the seniority standards with immediate effect. "We
also want that those junior officials who were promoted without making
the cut on the selection criteria should be removed immediately and
also that all those persons who retired from services without being
able to avail of the promotion benefits, be reinstated,'' Dubey added.

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[ZESTCaste] Mantri seeks vigilance probe into funds misuse

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Mantri-seeks-vigilance-probe-into-funds-misuse/articleshow/7530655.cms

Mantri seeks vigilance probe into funds misuse
TNN, Feb 20, 2011, 12.27am IST

HYDERABAD: Minister for handlooms and small scale industries P Shankar
Rao said on Saturday that funds issued by the SC/ST finance
corporation were misused to the extent of Rs 100 crore. The minister
has decided to write to the vigilance department to take up inquiry on
the issue.

Talking to reporters, Shankar Rao said that the subsidy meant to
benefit the SC/ST community was taken away by the upper caste people.
The minister said during the review with the officials, it had come to
his notice that funds to the tune of Rs 70 crore to Rs 100 crore were
misused. "I will write to the vigilance and enforcement department to
find out the officials responsible for misuse," said Shankar Rao. The
department would inquire the facts since the last ten years, he added.

Apart from the inquiry, the officials from now onwards will inspect
the small scale units once in every three months and would submit a
report to the government, said Shankar Rao.

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

[ZESTCaste] press release , a historic case for and against reservation in universities

Press Release

Hearing Date in Delhi High Court …… 21/2/2011 .court no . 10 item no . 67

Surender Kumar has filed the writ petition in Delhi high court against the bias, prejudiced and arbitrary attitude of Jamia Millia Islamia toward the Dalit Students .

Surender Kumar , who has been denied admission in Ph.d in AJK Mass Communication Research Admission three time even after the qualifying all India entrance examination .

Surender Kumar has been trying to take admission in Ph.D in the AJK Mass Communication research Centre Jamia Millia Islamia , and has made three attempt, but prejudices of Jamia has forced him to knock the door of Delhi High Court

It is a point to be noted that the Professors of the Centreof AJKMCRC has problem with his Research Topic he want to do research i.e Dalits Studies in Cinema

Every time the respective centre has cited very absurd reasons for denying him admission like, your topic has no scholarly importance or proposal is not properly designed

Surrender Kumar applied under the reserve Category for SC /ST but Jamia is not ready to fill the seats reserved for the SC ST candidates, even they have been following irrational and prejudiced tradition against Dalit Students for a very long time , it has come out when Surender Kumar took the record of admission of SC ST candidate of last three years , in which he has found that around 25-35 % SC/ ST students are not given admission on fake grounds.

You are kindly request to cover this news in your esteemed news papers

Surender Kumar

Ph.D Applicant

2/1 Jeewa Nagar

New Delhi 110014

Phone :- 9899591622

Through

Mr. pinaki addi , Advocate , Supreme Court

Chamber No. 414 , New Lawyers Chambers , Supreme Court

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(Surender Kumar)
Director- Cinematographer

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