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[ZESTCaste] 'Dalits should refrain from any violence'

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-13/madurai/30149177_1_dalit-villages-dalit-community-police-custody

'Dalits should refrain from any violence'
TNN Sep 13, 2011, 06.12am IST

MADURAI: The arrest of John Pandian, president of Tamizhaga Makkal
Munnetra Kazhagam, ahead of the Immanuel Sekaran anniversary led to
the stand-off between dalits and the police resulting in the firing
that took seven lives. TOI's K Ramanujam spoke to John Pandian, who is
in police custody at Vallanad near Tirunelveli, over phone:

Are you aware of the Paramakudi situation?

Tomorrow, I expect to be released from police custody. I plan to talk
to all the leaders of the dalit villages. Tuticorin district collector
has issued orders preventing me from entering Ramanathapuram district.
I plan to file a case in high court against the order and seek
permission to visit victims' families.

What do you have to say about the violence?

I don't have a clear picture of how the violence started. All I have
is information given to me by the police. I need to talk to my people
to get the real picture of the incidents. I will talk in detail after
I speak to them.

There are complaints that the compensation paid to victims of the
police firing is inadequate.

I still don't have a clear picture about the scale of violence and the
loss of life and property. So, I'll get the details and then comment
on the issue.

Do you wish to say anything to your followers?

I request all members of the dalit community to refrain from violence.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit leader released, seeks probe by SC judge into firing

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Dalit-leader-released-seeks-probe-by-SC-judge-into-firing/articleshow/9975379.cms

Dalit leader released, seeks probe by SC judge into firing
TNN | Sep 14, 2011, 05.20AM IST

TIRUNELVELI: As sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some
parts of southern Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, police released Tamizhaga
Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam founder P John Pandian, whose detention on
Sunday sparked violence at Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram district
leading to police firing in which seven people were killed.

Soon after his release, Pandian told reporters at Vallanadu in
Tuticorin district that the probe into the firing should be conducted
by a sitting Supreme Court judge. He alleged that the clashes were
instigated by certain officials with vested interests.

The Madras high court on Tuesday admitted a habeas corpus petition
alleging unauthorized detention of Pandian and issued notice to the
government. In Rajapalayam, an attempt was made to derail a train
while more than half a dozen buses were damaged by miscreants who
hurled kerosene and petrol-filled bottles at the vehicles in
Ramanathapuram and Theni districts. A concrete sleeper was found
placed across the railway track in the Murambu-Paraipatti section near
Rajapalayam. The presence of the sleeper was noticed only after the
Podhigai Express heading to Sankarankoil from Rajapalayam station
rammed into it around 8am and came to a screeching halt.

Fortunately, none was injured.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits at the receiving end in Ramnad village

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2452448.ece

PACHERY (Ramnad district), September 14, 2011
Dalits at the receiving end in Ramnad village
Special Correspondent

Denial of access to Pachery hamlet from Mandalamanickam, dominated by
caste Hindus, is one of the grievances of Dalits belonging to the
village of the murdered Dalit schoolboy.

Palanikumar, son of Thangavel of Pachery, a Dalit, was murdered by a
gang on Saturday, a day before the Immanuel Sekaran Memorial Day. It
was alleged that a gang of caste Hindus murdered him when he was
returning to the village after watching a drama in
Muthuramalingapuram. The immediate provocation for the murder was said
to be the objectionable wall graffiti against a leader of the rival
caste. Claiming that they were not responsible for the objectionable
writing, the Dalits of Pachery village said the denial of access to a
road via Mandalamanickam, the inaction of the official machinery and
the successive governments to form an alternative route to the village
(Pachery) from Kamudhi were the main reasons for the hostile relations
between caste Hindus of Mandalamanickam and Pachery village for more
than 30 years.

A. Marimuthu (65), leader of the village, told The Hindu that from
Pachery to Mandalamanickam, which was about 500 to 700 meters, was the
only motorable road to Kamudhi or Virudhunagar district.

No Dalit could cross the road without being humiliated by caste Hindus
M. Sekar, another resident, said the petition presented to the
successive Collectors and Ministers during the last 30 years went in
vain. More than 50 students of the village were enrolled in a school
at Anaikulam village in Virudhunagar district from Kamudhi due to the
difficulty in reaching the school via Mandalamanickam.

The villagers also complained that a drinking well was poisoned by
caste Hindus. When contacted V. Arun Roy, Collector, said the
complaint of denial of access to road by the Mandalamanickam village
was being probed. Steps would be taken to remove the bottleneck over
laying a new road. Water supply was maintained to the village by
tanker lorries and the Cauvery drinking water scheme. Meanwhile, an
investigation revealed that the well was not poisoned.
Normality returning

Two days after the police firing that claimed the lives of six Dalits
at Paramakudi, normality returned to most parts of the district on
Tuesday except for stray incidents of buses being pelted with stones.

More than half the shops and business establishments remained open at
Paramakudi. Bus services to most of the routes were resumed. However,
there was no movement of buses to interior and sensitive locations in
and around Paramakudi, Mudukulathur and Kamudhi. Similarly, bus
service on NH 49 from Rameswaram to Madurai was also resumed with a
small number of services.

According to a police report, more than 80 percent of the buses were
operated on Tuesday. However, schools and colleges remained closed in
and around Paramakudi. Some schools in other parts of the district
resumed their operations on Tuesday. Superintendent of Police Kaliraj
S. Mahesh Kumar told The Hindu that more than 4000 policemen had been
deployed at various places in the district.

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati Has Ignored Dalits: BJP

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Sep 14, 2011
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Mayawati Has Ignored Dalits: BJP
PTI | Lucknow | Sep 13, 2011

Accusing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of ignoring dalits, a
senior BJP leader today said incidents of atrocities against Dalits
and rapes have increased in the state.

"BSP which came to power by promising uplift of scheduled castes in
the state has continuously ignored them during its four-and-a-half
year rule," BJP national spokesperson Ramnath Kovind told reporters
here.

Kovind, who is also the in-charge of BJP SC/ST Morcha, said, "No major
work was done for the betterment of the community in education and
employment sectors."
Filed On: Sep 13, 2011 21:46 IST