[ZESTCaste] Digvijaya advises Centre on supply quota; Nitish pulls up Cong leader

 

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New Delhi/Patna, November 2, 2011 | UPDATED 14:25 IST
Digvijaya advises Centre on supply quota; Nitish pulls up Cong leader

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has advised Centre to
include scheduled tribes (STs) while giving reservation in government
supplies.

In his latest tweet on Wednesday, the Congress leader said:
"Congratulations to UPA govt for giving 4% reservation in govt
supplies to Dalits. Should include ST also. Part of Bhopal Declaration
2002!"

Singh's latest tweet came as a reaction to the Congress-led Centre
making it mandatory for all central bodies to make at least 4 per cent
of their annual purchases from small scale industries, owned by
scheduled caste (SC) people.

Of late, the Congress MP has made a habit of kicking up a storm every
time he takes to Twitter. So much is his love for the medium, that he
has been punctual with comments on almost all issues under the sun.

Be it attacks on anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and his team,
pieces of advice for the judiciary, attacks on the BJP and its
affiliates, or something else, Singh gives his remarks on everything.
In his latest tweet on Wednesday, he gave advice to his own party at
the Centre, with the issue being reservation in government supplies.

Singh did not lose the opportunity to pat himself on the back as well
while referring to his tenure as the Madhya Pradesh chief minister.

Nitish takes a dig at Digvijaya
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, reacting to the Congress leader's
frequent tweets over a host of issues, said that he was completely
surprised at Singh's changed image.

"Whatever he has said is his opinion, but there is a question as to
how much say he has in the party... How such a mild mannered person
can say such inflammatory things needs investigation. This is
different from the Diggy I used to know," the JD(U) leader said.

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/supply-quota-digvijaya-singh-nitish-kumar-congress/1/158327.html

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits agitate against upper castes

 

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Dalits agitate against upper castes

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[ZESTCaste] How dalits have actually fared in Uttar Pradesh

 

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How dalits have actually fared in Uttar Pradesh
Ashish Tripathi, TNN Nov 1, 2011, 05.58am IST

A giant statue in a Lucknow square made 12-year-old Rashi curious.
Whose statue is this, she asked her father. Although a BSP worker,
Jhanki Ram couldn't go beyond the name, Jyotiba Phule. But not wanting
to show his ignorance, he added, "He was a Mahatma who did a lot for
the dalit community".

Both had come from Etawah to take part in Kanshiram Parinirvan
functions this month. For them, the tour of dalit memorials raised by
Mayawati was empowering. "It shows that we also have a history," said
Ram, especially impressed by the massive memorial of dalit icon
Bhimrao Ambedkar.

The memorials, built at a cost of more than Rs 3,000 crore, are
described as places of dalit pilgrimage by the BSP, UP chief minister
Mayawati's party. Dalit aspirations and assertions have increased
manifold during her regime. They now have a 'history' to be proud of
and icons to follow. It's reflected not only in the statues of
Ambedkar installed in almost all villages with a dalit population but
also in the increase in dalit outfits such as Valmiki Samaj, Pasi
Mahasangh and Charmkar Parishad.

Vital parameters, too, have changed for the better in UP. The recent
Human Development Index report reveals that its Net State Domestic
Product (NSDP) grew by 76% in the last five years, almost at par with
Gujarat. The planning ministry revealed that UP was among five states
which had higher growth rates than their 11th Plan (2007-12 ) targets.
Its GDP grew to 7.28% as against a target of 6.10%. It was also
awarded "best performing state in agriculture" by the UPA this year.

But all this wasn't achieved in a jiffy. Political observer Sudhir
Panwar said the condition of dalits started changing only from the
'50s with land reforms, followed by loan waivers for schedule castes
by Indira Gandhi in the '70s, abolishing of bonded labour and
development of urban centres. This opened new avenues for landless
dalits who were dependent primarily on farm labour. Reservation in
government jobs added a much-needed impetus to dalit empowerment.

Mayawati, in a way, has taken forward this movement. In the last five
years, she has pumped over Rs one lakh crore into various schemes,
particularly for dalits and the marginalized. These include
development of Ambedkar villages, giving more than two lakh free
houses for the urban poor, Rs 400 monthly pension for those deprived
of the benefits of BPL, and scholarships and free bicycles for girls
in class XI and XII.

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[ZESTCaste] Judge alleges “caste discrimination”

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2592459.ece

NEW DELHI, November 3, 2011
Judge alleges "caste discrimination"
J Balaji

A Judge of the Madras High Court – Justice C.S. Karnan – has
complained to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
Chairman, P.L. Punia, that he was being "harassed" and "victimised" by
some 'brother Judges' just because he was a Dalit.

Mr. Justice Karnan has asked the NCSC to "constitute an enquiry" to go
into the "atrocities against me (Justice Karnan) by most of the
Honourable Judges". He claimed that he would present further
substantial evidence to the Commission during the enquiry.

The Judge has marked copies of his complaint to the President and the
Chief Justice of India (CJI).

Mr. Punia told The Hindu here on Wednesday that NCSC examined the case
and decided to refer it to CJI Justice S.H. Kapadia for appropriate
action "as the CJI is the ultimate authority in the judiciary". He
hoped that the CJI would give his "serious consideration".

Asked whether the NCSC was examining to take any other action other
than forwarding the complaint to the CJI, Mr. Punia said: "This is our
action. We felt that the CJI was the right person to look into the
issue and forwaded the complaint to his office about 10 days ago."

He said when Judge Karnan met him here on September 26, 2011, he
mentioned that he was being discriminated against by some
colleague-judges just because he was a Dalit. He also gave a written
complaint to him, Mr. Punia said.

Mr. Justice Karnan, who was appointed Judge on March 30, 2009, in his
complaint, said: "After duly assuming responsibilities as a Judge and
taking on litigation in an independent way, I found that this was not
to the liking of a few judges, who were expecting a type of groupage
or coordinated consultation, which I consider unfounded and not
conforming to decorum which are the principles of the courts."

"The obvious intention is to reduce the role to subjugation and make a
scapegoat which I vehemently abhor".

He alleged that on two occasions he had been deprived of a chance to
participate in functions in his native district, Cuddalore, as a
special guest. He added that he was not given an opportunity, except
once, to participate in programmes at the National Judicial Academy.

Mr. Justice Karnan alleged that at a marriage function in Chennai, a
judge "who was seated to the right side of me crossed his leg
deliberately touching mine.." and "at the Republic Day celebration,
the same judge again seated next to me slyly removed the name slip
which was attached to the arm of my chair with a string and stuck it
to the bottom of his right leg, where it got crumpled."

On another public celebration "one of the brother judges behind the
row of mine kept on shaking my chair repeatedly with the intention to
annoy [me]".

The judge's allegations that he was subjected to humiliation and
victimisation by his "brother judges" caused a stir among lawyers on
Wednesday. A group of agitated lawyers met Chief Justice M.Y.Eqbal and
raised the issue. They wanted to know what action would be taken
against judges who had humiliated Justice C.S. Karnan.

Two senior judges and office-bearers of the Madras High Court
Advocates' Association and Tamil Nadu Advocates' Association were
present at the meeting. The association office-bearers were of the
view that nothing should be done to impair the dignity and decorum of
the judiciary.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit dose to treat ‘ailing’ Cong in state

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Dalit dose to treat 'ailing' Cong in state
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Chhedi Paswan and (above) Ram Vilas Paswan. Telegraph picture

Patna, Nov. 2: Senior JD(U) MLA Chhedi Paswan's "revolt" against chief
minister Nitish Kumar and growing affinity with the Congress is,
apparently, a part of the Sonia Gandhi-led party's silent but
well-planned operation to rope in Bihar's Dalit leaders and target the
space of a credible opposition that is in tatters in the state.

Chhedi, a Dalit leader of some muscle in central Bihar who represented
Sasaram seat twice in the Lok Sabha, also organised a Dalit convention
in September, bashing Nitish for his "anti-Dalit" policies. Since then
Chhedi has been speaking against the chief minister at a time when the
JD(U) is the "hot destination" of the RJD and LJP rebels.

The grapevine in the Congress interprets Chhedi's revolt as the
initial success of the party's "long-term plan" to make a dent in
Nitish's Dalit support base. Sources in the Congress revealed that the
party's newly appointed in-charge of Bihar affairs, Sanjay Nirupam, an
MP from Maharashtra but a Bihar resident, has put in place a long-term
mechanism to revive the party's state unit.

When contacted, Nirupam told The Telegraph: "At this stage, I can only
say that we have worked out political programmes to revive the party
in the state. Occupying the main Opposition's space is the first
target, which according to our assessment will take at least two
years. But we are not in a hurry."

The Congress sources also revealed that the party high command had
instructed Nirupam to work on regaining the confidence of the Dalits,
Muslims and Brahmins, who were the nucleus of the party's power for 40
years till 1990 in the state. "This too has to be done bit by bit. But
we are, right now, working on the Dalits," a senior party leader
confided.

Sources also disclosed that the party had offered LJP chief Ram Vilas
Paswan — totally marginalised after his party's successive drubbing in
the polls — to join it. But Paswan, in alliance with Lalu Prasad's
RJD, is still believed to have "reservations" about joining the
Congress though he has always favoured an alliance.

The Congress, however, appears to be very clear about its strategy in
the state. The party, in no way, wishes to have a truck with Lalu
Prasad's RJD. "Our primary aim is to occupy the main Opposition's
space in the state," Nirupam said, hinting at Lalu's RJD has fast been
losing its image as a credible opposition.

Asked about the possibility of Paswan joining the party, Nirupam said:
"It is always good if a leader of his (Paswan's) stature accepts the
Congress's policies and joins it."

"We should be practical in our approach. As of now, there is vacancy
for the opposition for there is no opposition in the state with the
Nitish Kumar-led alliance winning 206 of 243 seats and still staying
strong. In such a situation, we should work on our own rather than
siding with Lalu's outfit, which hardly looks equipped to take on the
Nitish dispensation," said a senior leader.

It is not for nothing that Chhedi has, of late, been showing affinity
towards the Congress.

He had invited a Congressman and chairman of the National Commission
for Scheduled Castes P.L. Punia at the Dalit convention to launch his
diatribe on Nitish.

Sources in the Congress revealed that the party might offer some
senior constitutional position (read presidential) position to Meira
Kumar, who represents Sasaram in the Lok Sabha, and offer that seat
(her father Jagjivan Ram had represented for whole of his life) to
Chhedi.

Asked to comment on these moves, Nirupam refused to discuss the names
and other specifics, saying: "I can only say that we have a long-term
plan to revive the party and we are at work. We will feel like
succeeding if we get in a position to emerge as the main opposition at
the grassroots-level even in the next two years."

As of now, it is hard to predict about the success of the Congress's
new moves. What looks apparent is the fact that the country's oldest
party is, at least, trying something rather than slipping into
oblivion in the wake of its worst-ever debacle in the last Assembly
elections.

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