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[ZESTCaste] Panel formed to set up Ambedkar centre, memorial in Delhi

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-117278.html

Panel formed to set up Ambedkar centre, memorial in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 30 : The central government Wednesday set up a
committee to develop Dr. Ambedkar National Centre for Social Justice
and a memorial in Delhi.

The 11-member committee, headed by Planning Commission Member Narendra
Jadhav, was formed after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directed Social
Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik to take urgent steps to
constitute a body to develop the memorial.

The report has to be submitted in three months' time.

According to a statement, the city's existing Ambedkar Memorial is at
present located at 26, Alipore Road in north Delhi. The memorial was
constructed at the spot where Ambedkar, who drafted India's
constitution, breathed his last Dec 6, 1956.

The memorial presently consists of a photo gallery and a library and
is housed in a bungalow. The property was acquired by the government
in 2003.

The government proposes to set up the proposed Dr. Ambedkar National
Centre for Social Justice at Janpath, in the heart of Delhi.

A national library will also be established in Janpath. Ambedkar was
honoured with the nation's highest honour Bharat Ratna, India's
highest civilian award, 1990.

--IANS

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[ZESTCaste] Congress move to ‘rediscover’ Ambedkar

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Congress move to 'rediscover' Ambedkar

Cithara Paul
Express News Service
Last Updated : 04 Dec 2011 11:20:05 AM IST

NEWDELHI: Just as the UP Assembly polls are round the corner, the
Congress-led UPA Government is busy "rediscovering" the relevance of
Dalit-icon Dr B R Ambedkar. In a hurry-burry move, the UPA Government
has decided to set up a National Memorial for Dr Ambedkar in the
capital.

The Government has also proposed to set up a Dr Ambedkar National
Centre for Social Justice and a high-level committee under the
Chairmanship of Dr Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, has
been appointed to prepare master plans for the development of the
same.

Both the institutions will be situated right at the heart of the
capital city. While the Ambedkar National Memorial will be set up at
26, Alipur Road, Delhi, where he breathed his last, the proposed Dr
Ambedkar National Centre for Social Justice will be located at
Janpath, close to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence.

Interestingly, it was the NDA Government which had acquired the
bungalow on 26, Alipur Road in 2003 and dedicated to the nation as Dr
Ambedkar National Memorial. But, there had been no forward movement on
this henceforth. Similarly, the recommendation for a Dr Ambedkar
National Public Library in Delhi was made back in 1991.

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[ZESTCaste] MRPS men climb AIR tower

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MRPS men climb AIR tower

Express News Service
Last Updated : 04 Dec 2011 11:28:51 AM IST

HYDERABAD: Two activists of Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS)
on Saturday climbed atop the tower on the All India Radio (AIR) office
premises and threatened to jump to death demanding introduction of a
bill on SC categorisation in the current session of Parliament.

The duo demanded that the Congress government send an all-party
delegation to Delhi to prevail upon the Central Government to
introduce the bill on SC categorisation in the winter session.

With the Assembly session going on nearby, the police who were on
tenterhooks, tried to persuade them to climb down, but in vain. The
duo are still on the tower when reports last came in.

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[ZESTCaste] Uttar Pradesh voters will end Mayawati `misrule', says BJP

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Uttar Pradesh voters will end Mayawati `misrule', says BJP
Press Trust Of India
Pune, December 03, 2011

The BJP on Saturday accused the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the
Samajwadi Party (SP) of bailing out the Congress-led UPA government at
the centre whenever their support was needed and said the voters in
Uttar Pradesh would end the Mayawati "misrule in the upcoming
Assemblyelections.

"BSP and SP have always bailed out the Congress government in Delhi
whenever it needed their support. UP is "mini-Bharat and the people's
anger against Congress on issues like price rise, black money and FDI
in retail is bound to reflect in the Assembly elections there which
will witness the ouster of Mayawati and rout of Congress", BJP
spokesman Shahanwaz Hussain told reporters in Pune.

"Whenever the Assembly elections are announced, Congress remembers
Muslims in UP and Mayawati remembers Brahmins. The Muslims are now
asking why we have remained poor despite prolonged Congress rule at
the Centre."

Hussain lambasted Mayawati for promoting a "personality cult" with
installations of statues and alleged that she had proposed four-way
division of UP to avoid focus on her five-year-long "misrule" during
the Assembly polls.

He said prime minster Manmohan Singh owed an explanation to the
country as to why he was persisting with FDI in retail despite all
round opposition to the move.

In reply to a question, the former Union Minister said his party would
never support reservations on the basis of religion.

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[ZESTCaste] 'Upper-caste groups lure Dalits into Madae Snana'

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'Upper-caste groups lure Dalits into Madae Snana'
Published: Saturday, Dec 3, 2011, 15:42 IST

By M Raghuram | Place: Managalore | Agency: DNA

In the backdrop of the row over Madae Snana, liberals are alleging
that it is yet another ploy by the upper-caste communities, at the
cost of the Dalits, to stay in power in the society.

KL Ashok, state secretary of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike, said
Madae Snana is a trick devised by the upper-caste Hindus, mainly
Brahmins, to keep caste-based superiority alive.

Ashok said the Dalits practice Madae Snana upon the instigation of
Brahmins. He said innocent Dalits and backward community people
believe that by rolling on the leftover food, their diseases and
dermatological disorders can be cured. He said the idea is "nothing
but a lie and a conspiracy" to depict upper-caste communities as the
God's chosen ones, creatures so supreme that even the food they leave
has curative powers. "I am yet to see one Brahmin or upper-class Hindu
person performing Madae Snana," he said.

Ashok said the Komu Souharda Vedike and 43 other organisations would
hold a protest at Freedom Park on Monday.

They will inform the populace that the ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party-government is giving protection to the people who force this
evil practice on the Dalits and backward classes.Vatal Nagaraj,
president of Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, rolls on banana leaves to
register his protest against the practice of Madae Snana, in Bangalore
on Friday.

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Panel formed to set up Ambedkar centre, memorial in Delhi

[ZESTCaste] Congress move to ‘rediscover’ Ambedkar

[ZESTCaste] MRPS men climb AIR tower

[ZESTCaste] Uttar Pradesh voters will end Mayawati `misrule', says BJP

[ZESTCaste] 'Upper-caste groups lure Dalits into Madae Snana'

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