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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Rail Roko Cases Caste-Based: Ponnam

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Rail Roko Cases Caste-Based: Ponnam
Ponnam Prabhakar has alleged that the government has targeted leaders
from the SC, ST and Backward Classes, to dilute the statehood
agitation.

20th Oct, 2011: Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar on Thursday stated that
he would lodge a complaint with the Congress High Command against
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy for allegedly making attempts to
file cases against MPs during the Telangana rail roko.

Talking to media persons, Ponnam Prabhakar alleged that the state
government primarily targeted elected representatives who belonged to
SC, ST and Backward Classes, levelling baseless charges against them
to dilute the statehood agitation.

He said that 3 MPs - G Sukender, Rajaiah and himself - will complain
to the High Command against the Chief Minister's "attitude" towards
Telangana leaders.

The MP said that the elected representatives from Telangana in the
Congress would convene a meeting at Exhibition Grounds on 22 October
to chalk out the future course of action. He said that the leaders
have also decided to boycott the Andhra Pradesh State Formation Day
celebrations on 1 November.

Ponnam Prabhakar also condemned AICC official spokesperson Renuka
Chowdary for speaking on behalf of the Seemandhra region.

Hailing Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's statement that he was
confident of reaching a win-win situation for all concerned through
consultations over Telangana statehood, he appealed to the PM to
announce a roadmap for statehood.

Reacting sarcastically to the BJP's promise of Telangana by 2014, he
questioned why the BJP hadn't thought of Telangana during the NDA
regime.

He also condemned Medak MP Vijayashanti's statement that only the BJP
could give a Telangana state if it comes to power.

"Is she saying that the people of the region must wait till the next
election in 2014?" he asked.

MPs Gutta Sukender Reddy and S Rajaiah also attended the press conference. (INN)

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Monday, October 24, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Live report from Nuakhai rally of dalits in Nuapada, Odisha

Live report from Nuakhai rally of dalits in Nuapada, Odisha

Khuturam Sunani is reporting live from a Dalit rally in Nuapada
district of Odisha during the Nuakhai festival. More than 5000 dalits
are participating in the procession with their musical instruments. He
says though it is a cultural rally to show their tradition but it is
also a rally to assert their rights. For more Khuturam ji can be
reached at 09437657625

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[ZESTCaste] Raped woman gets help from villagers but not from Police...

Raped woman gets help from villagers but not from Police...

Uttam Gautam is telling us about a Dalit woman who was raped by a
driver and she somehow escaped and saved herself. The villagers from
nearby took her to police and helped file a complaint. But police has
not helped her and have made her sign on a blank paper. A complaint to
SC/ST commission and Women's commission has not helped. Her family has
also now disowned her. For more Mr Gautam cane be reached at
09721813108

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[ZESTCaste] National panel seeks quota for dalits, OBCs in Lokpal

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National panel seeks quota for dalits, OBCs in Lokpal
TNN Oct 22, 2011, 02.03AM IST

NEW DELHI: The National Commission for SCs made a strong pitch for
reservation for dalits, OBCs and minorities in the Lokpal set-up, a
demand in sync with concerns raised by activists.

Commission chairman P L Punia told the standing committee on law and
justice that reservation for marginalized classes was a must to ensure
justice for these segments in any anti-graft mechanism.

Sources said Punia, who appeared along with former government advisor
P S Krishnan, demanded that the proposed Lokpal should enlarge the
definition of corruption to include violation of safeguards for SCs
and OBCs and diversion of their welfare funds as malfeasance at par
with corruption as understood in general.

Punia said the Lokpal set-up should have reservation at all three
tiers - search committee, selection committee and Lokpal. He demanded
that SCs and OBCs should be represented in the search committee which
presently is proposed to include four judicial and four administrative
members besides the chair.

The dalit watchdog's stance is crucial, as it is a constitutional body
and a mandatory sounding board for decisions on dalit welfare. The
parliamentary panel and the government may find it difficult to ignore
NCSC's demand also because it echoes the call from activists and
intellectuals from these sections.

Punia said Lokpal was important for dalit interests. He said the
national panel that he heads has the power of civil court in a pending
issue but loses its clout after the inquiry and cannot get its
directions enforced. He said Lokpal would be a great help in securing
justice for dalits if their grievances were made part of the
definition of corruption.

Senior lawyer Rajiv Dhawan said the proposed Lokpal set-up was
unwieldy, arguing that the selection panel and the final tribunal
should not be large.

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[ZESTCaste] Will Meira Kumar be Congress' surprise choice?

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Will Meira Kumar be Congress' surprise choice?
IANS Oct 22, 2011, 10.53am IST

Does the Congress have an ace up its sleeve? If Mayawati's surmise is
to be believed, the Grand Old Party is planning to announce the
nomination of a Dalit prime minister just before next year's assembly
elections in Uttar Pradesh.

According to her, it can be either Meira Kumar or Sushil Kumar Shinde.
However, prima facie, the former appears to be a better choice. But,
whatever the relative merits, it is patent enough that any such
announcement will unnerve Mayawati more than anything else.

At one stroke, her principal adversary would have severely eroded her
only dependable base of support. If large sections of Dalits turn
away, there is nothing that can prop her up, not least because there
is little that she can show on the development front, other than
gradiose, extravagant projects.

How nervous she is about this supposedly captive vote bank of hers was
evident when she castigated Rahul Gandhi for spending time in Dalit
homes, alleging that he washed himself with a "special soap" on
returning to Delhi. That she could turn to whipping up the age-old
casteist sentiments despite her claims to be leading a rainbow
coalition showed that she banked on none other than the Dalits.

The announcement of a Dalit prime ministerial candidate will therefore
put her at a serious disadvantage if only because she can no longer
rouse the kind of ingrained animus among her core group of supporters
that she can against upper caste opponents.

But it isn't Mayawati alone who will be foxed. None of the other
parties will know how to react, for it is not easy to take up
political cudgels against someone who can be India's first Dalit prime
minister. The difficulty will be all the greater because Meira Kumar
will be fulfilling her father's ambition if she succeeds.

The highest position which her father Jagjivan Ram achieved in his
lifetime was to be the No.2 deputy prime minister after Charan Singh
in Morarji Desai's Janata Party government of 1977-79. Otherwise, he
never rose above the rank of a senior cabinet minister when in the
Congress despite his reputation as an able administrator.

Meira Kumar, of course, does not have her father's stature. In fact,
it is only as the Lok Sabha speaker that she seems to have come into
her own, creating a favourable impression about her dignity and an
aptitude for maintaining order in a generally unruly house. Her stint
in the Indian Foreign Service seems to have enhanced her sense of
decorum and restraint.