Wednesday, November 18, 2009

[ZESTCaste] Dalit organizations threaten protest

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Dalit-organizations-threaten-protest/articleshow/5237079.cms

Dalit organizations threaten protest
TNN 17 November 2009, 09:56pm IST

MYSORE: The delay in construction of Ambedkar Bhavan in the city
threatens to snowball into a controversy with Dalit organizations
threatening an

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agitation.

The Karnataka State Dalitha Sangharsha Samithi on Monday accused the
government of adopting anti-Dalit stance. The social welfare
department got the plot behind the Chamundi guesthouse in June 2002,
but it is yet to start the work. The district administration is not
responding, Samithi district convener Ningaraj Malladi told reporters.

The civic bodies wanted to use the plot off the busy D Devaraj Urs
Road for parking to ease traffic, but it was opposed by Dalit groups
who pitched a board proclaiming the land was reserved for Ambedkar
Bhavan. The official machinery failed to work out a negotiation with
the Dalit leaders. Now, the Dalit organizations are upset that the
construciton of the bhavan has been delayed and the land could be
misused.

Malladi said CM B S Yeddyurappa has promised to get funds for the Rs
18-crore project. The DC has stated that Rs 8 crore has been mobilized
locally while Rs 10 crore is sought from the government. But neither
the elected representaitves nor the officers are serious, he said.

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