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[ZESTCaste] Former BSP members form anti-Mayawati front

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Former BSP members form anti-Mayawati front

New Delhi, Dec 16: Close on the heels of expulsion of Shahid Siddiqui
from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), former members of the party have
opened an anti-Mayawati front called All India Leaders, Functionaries
and Activists to seek leadership change in the party.

The members of the newly-formed front claim that they were close to
BSP founder Kanshi Ram.

Manohar Atey, who contested the 1996 election on a BSP ticket from
Peddapalli in Andhra Pradesh, said the group has written to the
Election Commission about "un-democratic practices" in the BSP.

"Mayawati has hijacked Kanshi Ram's party. It was to represent poor
and deprived. It was formed for the cause of upliftment of poor and
downtrodden. But now see what is happening there.

"Money is the most important factor that will give you a membership in
the party," Atey told IANS, a day after the group of about 12-former
BSP members held a meeting at the Gandhi Peace Foundation in New
Delhi.

They have set up a committee and will meet again after the Election
Commission responds to their plea for Mayawati's removal.

"Yes, we are sure the Election Commission will reply," said Atey, who
claimed he was a founding general secretary of the BSP.

Atey said he had to leave the party after Mayawati "undemocratically"
declared herself as the BSP president even though a central committee
was suggested to be set up after Kanshi Ram's death to elect the party
chief.

Siddiqui, who is also editor of the Urdu daily Nai Dunya, was expelled
from the BSP hours after the publication of his interview in The
Indian Express Monday where he charged Mayawati - as other regional
party leaders - with being autocratic in her decision-making and not
taking her MPs along while making major policy decisions.

--IANS

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati wants to double the agricultural production in Uttar Pradesh

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Mayawati wants to double the agricultural production in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Dec 16 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today directed
the officers to formulate a strategy for doubling the agricultural
production of the State and present it before the State Cabinet within
a month.

She directed the officers to take punitive action against those who
had furnished wrong income certificates to avail various government
facilities. She also decided to replace Jal Nigam with some other
department for the installation of hand-pumps under the rural drinking
water programme, so that its resources could be fully utilised for the
large projects.

Ms Mayawati gave these directives when officials apprised her of the
feedback they received during the monthly review meeting of the
Principal Secretaries/Secretaries of all the Departments.

The Chief Minister said her government wanted to make the farmers of
the State prosperous and happy and keeping this in mind it had taken
several important decisions. She asked the officers of all the related
Departments to prepare a strategy for doubling agricultural production
and present it before the Cabinet within a span of one month.

She said a consolidated action plan should be formulated with the
coordination between agriculture and related activities, so that the
farmers got various agricultural inputs/facilities like fertilisers,
certified seeds, soil testing and irrigation in a timely and smooth
manner, so that the income of the farmers could be doubled in the next
three years. She said adequate quantity of fertilisers should be
stored before the start of the crop cycle, so that the farmers had no
difficulty in getting them.

She also directed the DMs to keep a check on the distribution of
fertilisers by private sellers. She said priority should be accorded
to such proposals which could be sent to the Government of India under
the Backward Area Grant Fund in the next fiscal, which would ensure
creation of enough agricultural infrastructure in the rural areas.

She said the number of Mandis should be increased, so that the farmers
got fair prices of their produce.

--UNI

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Re: [ZESTCaste] Mayawatiâ€™s games (Opinion)

The Rise of Pacific Prime Minister Ku Mayawati
Now speaking about Mission 2012, BSP has still not lost touch with its voters. Hence Ku. Mayawati will not only be the first Scheduled Caste Prime Minister of Jambddvipa, that is, the Great Prabuddha Bharath, but also rise to be the first Pacific Prime Minister.
Politics and political matters are considered worldly concerns, yes. But Mayawati did not ignore such worldly concerns, because as a Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, still she is living in society. Food comes from vast numbers of people constituting society. So she is working to elevate society to evolve into a higher form, to be more effective and more just?
The Ministers, MLAs and BSP Cadres are also told by Mayawati to work for the good of many, for the benefit of all beings and for the betterment of society. The intent behind the founding of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was entirely for the benefit of the people.
In the life of Buddha, we find that the Buddha often discussed politics with the rulers of realms in his time, such as King Mala, King Kosala, King Licchavi and King Ajatasattu. The Buddha always preached the kings that they must rule their kingdoms with dasarajadhamma. The dasarajadamma in Pali is based on ten precepts, in order for the king to best rule the country. They are:
(1) be liberal and avoid selfishness,
(2) maintain a high moral character,
(3) Be prepared to sacrifice one's own pleasure for the well-being of the subjects,
(4) be honest and maintain absolute integrity,
(5) Be kind and gentle,
(6) lead a simple life for the subjects to emulate,
(7) Be free from hatred of any kind,
(8) exercise non-violence,
(9) Practice patience, and
(10) Respect public opinion to promote peace and harmony.
Ms Mayawati's government who wishes to peacefully rule her State effectively apply these 10 precepts even today; they haven't yet and never will "go out of date."
She follows non-violence and peace as a universal message. She did not approve of violence or the destruction of life, and aware that there is no such thing as a 'just' war. "The victor breeds hatred; the defeated lives in misery. He who renounces both victory and defeat is happy and peaceful."
She is also aware 'When the ruler of a country is just and good, the ministers become just and good; when the ministers are just and good, the higher officials become just and good; when the higher officials are just and good, the rank and file become just and good; when the rank and file become just and good, the people become just and good.'
Now Ms Mayawati is been described as one of the greatest leaders. The Leader as Visionary. Like the captain of a ship, he has a definite goal to chart her course and steer his ship in the right direction. She has one goal - to find the cause of suffering and a way out of suffering. Despite much hardship and setback, she never veered from her course but persevered till she gained awaken-ness after she got elected as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Guided by this vision, her mission is an all-embracing one. It is a mission founded on compassion and love for all beings, regardless of race, creed or status quo.
The Leader as Role Model
She has an exemplary figure, someone we can respect and emulate. She is extraordinary, virtuous and righteous in every thought, word and deed. She says as
She does and does as she says. Such integrity and consistency won her the trust of her followers. She is aware of the ten principles which a ruler ought to be possessed:
1.    Alms giving
2.    Morality
3.    Unselfishness
4.    Integrity
5.    Gentleness
6.    Self-restraint
7.    Non-anger
8.    Non-violence
9.    Patience
10.    Agreeability

No doubt Manyawar Kanshi Ram Ji, when he was alive itself nominated Ku Mayawati as the President of Bahujan Samaj Party and blessed her to become the Prime Minister of the Great Prabuddha Bharath.

Father of the Prabuddha Bharath Constitution
Ambedkar proved right

After resigning from Nehru's Cabinet as Law Minister over the controversial Hindu Code Bill in 1951, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar spent most of his time writing at his 26, Alipore Road residence in Delhi's Civil Lines. Fresh from drafting and the successful piloting of the Indian Constitution in the Constituent Assembly, he entered one of his most productive writing phases and left behind a great body of literature on a wide range of subjects.

Dr. Ambedkar, who remained a Rajya Sabha member till his death in December, 1956, made occasional appearances in the house of elders to express his views on contemporary issues that exercised him. Though reading and writing on Hinduism and Buddhism consumed most of his time, the everyday Indian political situation of the 1950s did not escape his attention. Two of those issues that need to be relooked today are the reorganisation of the states and his idea of the politics of majority and minority castes.

As the issue of reorganisation of Indian states on the basis of language raged in the 1950s Dr. Ambedkar compiled his opinions into a book, Thoughts on Linguistic States, which was published in 1955. The book is as relevant today as it was then. Dr. Ambedkar felt that creation of states should be based on equal distribution of population and their capitals should be centrally located in those states. Dr. Ambedkar criticised the confusion prevailing in the ruling camp in the 1950s on linguistic states.

He said that one language in a state can unite people and two languages are sure to divide them. "Culture is conserved by language", he said. He supported linguistic states for two reasons. One, to make the path to democracy easy and the other to remove racial and cultural tensions.
His opinions find reflection in today's situations in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam or even Maharashtra. The formula he put forth for division of states in his book now seems prophetic. He then had envisioned the division of Bihar into two: north Bihar with Patna as capital and Ranchi being the capital of south Bihar.

The division did happen, though it took almost fifty years. For him Andhra and Hyderabad (Telangana) were never one state. He always perceived them as two separate entities. The demand for a separate Telangana never really died down.

More ominous seems to be his prescription for Uttar Pradesh. He sought to divide Uttar Pradesh, which was a six Crore population state in 1955 into three states of two crore population each. Western Uttar Pradesh with Meerut, Central Uttar Pradesh with Kanpur and Eastern Uttar Pradesh with Allahabad as capitals. He clearly conceptualised that smaller states were always better administered.

Dr. Ambedkar's recommendations for Maharashtra will be too startling for today's reader. He proposed the creation of a city state of Bombay (Mumbai) with a rider that the taxes collected from Bombay should be equally divided among the three states he proposed to carve out of rest of Maharashtra. His proposal was for a western Maharashtra, Marathwada or central Maharashtra and eastern Maharashtra comprising Vidharbha.

He had also wanted to split Madhya Pradesh into north and south, which eventually became Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh many decades later. While accepting the linguistic states as a matter of principle, he proposed further division of single language states for better administration, access to administration for people of various regions within the geographic entity and also their sentiments.

[   Excerpts from the Thoughts On Linguistics States, By Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar

SUMMARY OF PRICIPLES COVERING THE ISSUE

For the sake of the reader I summarise below the principles which should underly the creation of Linguistic States which are already enunciated In the foregoing pages but which lie about scattered. These principles may be staled as below :
(1) The idea of having a mixed State must be completely abandoned.
(2) Every State must be an unilingual State. One State, one language.
(3) The formula one State, one language must not be confused with the formula of one language, one State.
(4) The formula one language, one State means that all people speaking one language should be brought under one Government irrespective of area, population and dissimilarity of conditions among the people speaking the language. This is the idea that underlies the agitation for a united Maharashtra with Bombay. This is an absurd formula and has no precedent for it. It must be abandoned. A people speaking one language may be cut up into many States as is done in other parts of the world.
(5) Into how many States a people speaking one language should be cut up, should depend upon (1) the requirements of efficient administration, (2) the needs of the different areas, (3) the sentiments of the different areas, and (4) the proportion between the majority and minority.
(6) As the area of the State increases the proportion of the minority to the majority decreases and the position of the minority becomes precarious and the opportunities for the majority to practise tyranny over the minority become greater. The States must therefore be small.
(7) The minorities must be given protection to prevent the tyranny of the majority. To do this the Constitution must be amended and provisions must be made for a system on plural member constituencies (two or three) with cumulative voting ]

The most fascinating of Dr. Ambedkar's proposal was about making Hyderabad, the country's second capital for an obvious reason — this southern city is equidistant from various regions of the country. The second reason for mooting this idea was to ease the north-south tension.

[ Excerpts from the Thoughts On Linguistics States, By Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar

INDIA AND THE NECESSITY OF A SECOND CAPITAL
A WAY TO REMOVE TENSION BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH

Can India afford to have one Capital ? That India has now one capital does not close the question. If the Capital of India is not satisfactorily located, now is the time for considering the question.
Since the departure of the British, India has only one capital and that is Delhi. Before the British, India has always had two capitals. During the Moghal period, India had Delhi as one Capital and Shrinagar in Kashmir as another Capital. When the British came they too had two capitals, one was Calcutta and another was Simla. Even when they left Calcutta for Delhi, they retained Simla as their summer Capital. The two capitals maintained by the Moghuls and by the British were the results of climatic conditions. Neither the British nor the Moghuls were able to live in Delhi or in Calcutta continuously for 12 months. The summer months in Delhi were unbearable to the Moghuls. They made Shrinagar their second capital for summer months. The summer months in Calcutta were equally unbearable to the British. They, therefore, established a second capital. To these climatic conditions must now be added three other conditions. There was no popular Government when
the Moghuls ruled or when the British ruled. Now we have popular Government and the convenience of the people is an important factor. Delhi is most inconvenient to the people of the South. They suffer the most from cold as well as distance. Even the Northern people suffer in the summer months. They do not complain because they are nearer home and they are nearer the seat of power. Second is the feeling of the Southern people and the third is the consideration of Defence. The feeling of the Southern people is that the Capital of their Country is far away from them and that they are being ruled by the people of Northern India. The third consideration is of course more important. It is that Delhi is a vulnerable place. It is within bombing distance of the neighbouring countries. Although India is trying to live in peace with its neighbours it cannot be assumed that India will not have to face war sometime or other and if war comes, the Government of India
will have to leave Delhi and find another place for its location. Which is the place to which the Government of India can migrate ? A place that one can think of is Calcutta. But Calcutta is also within bombing distance from Tibet. Although India and China today are friends, how long the friendship would last no one can definitely say. The possibility of conflict between India and China remains. In that event Calcutta would be useless. The next town that could be considered as a refuge for the Central Government is Bombay. But Bombay is a port and our Indian Navy is too poor to protect the Central Government if it came down to Bombay. Is there a fourth place one could think of? I find Hyderabad to be such a place. Hyderabad Secunderabad and Bolarum should be constituted into a Chief Commissioner' s Province and made a second capital of India. Hyderabad fulfils all the requirements of a capital for India. Hyderabad is equidistant to all States. Anyone
who looks at the table of distances given below will realise it:

     From Delhi – miles    From Hyderabad – miles
To Bombay    798    440
To Calcutta     868    715
To Madras    1198    330
To Karnul    957    275
To Trivandrum    1521    660
To Patiala    124    990
To Chandigarh    180    1045
To Lucknow    275    770

From the defence point of view it would give safety to the Central Government. It is equidistant from all parts of India. It would give satisfaction to the South Indian people that their Government is sometimes with them. The Government may remain in Delhi during winter months and during other months it can stay in Hyderabad. Hyderabad has all the amenities which Delhi has and it is a far better City than Delhi. It has all the grandeur which Delhi has. Buildings are going cheap and they are really beautiful buildings, far superior to those in Delhi. They are all on sale. The only thing that is wanting is a Parliament House which the Government of India can easily build. It is a place in which Parliament can sit all the year round and work, which it cannot do in Delhi. I do not see what objection there can be in making Hyderabad a second capital of India. It should be done right now while we are reorganising the States.
Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Bolarum should be constituted into a second capital of India. Fortunately, it can be very easily done with satisfaction to the whole of South India, to Maharashtra and to the Andhras.
This is another remedy for easing the tension between the North and the South ]

In Karnataka State the BBMP has created 198 wards from just less than 100 wards. Even though the number of seats reserved for SC/ ST is not proportionate to 198, the election is will be held in February. The BBMP has been bifurcated to 20000 and 30000 population. When such is the case why not States be bifurcated for every 2 crore population? Already number of States have been created after Independence. There is no problem. It is for easy administration.

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From: Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com>
Subject: [ZESTCaste] Mayawati's games (Opinion)
To: "zestcaste" <zestcaste@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, 15 December, 2009, 4:50 PM

http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/editorial_mayawati-s-games_1323757

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:15:00 AM

Mayawati's games

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[ZESTCaste] Telangana: Dalits root for bifurcation as they sense political clout

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Telangana: Dalits root for bifurcation as they sense political clout
TNN 17 December 2009, 03:20am IST

NEW DELHI: The acrimonious debate over Telangana saw a new voice jump
into the fray when dalits from coastal and Rayalaseema regions on
Wednesday said Andhra Pradesh should be bifurcated in the interest of
marginalised sections. They said dalits would soon launch `Jai Andhra'
agitation to mobilise anti-Telangana regions in favour of division of
state.

A strong section of SC leadership from the state slammed TDP, Praja
Rajyam Party and anti-Telangana leaders in Congress, saying, "They
come together in a tight embrace to divide SCs but are singing
different tunes when it comes to dividing the state."

The comment is significant as "dividing dalits" refers to
sub-categorisation which has turned Malas and Madigas into competing
groups for quota benefits. The AP assembly had passed a unanimous
resolution to demand that Centre amend the Constitution after courts
struck down sub-categorisation as illegal.

Karem Sivaji of Mala Mahanadu, Mallela Venkatrao of Mala Mahasabha and
Raja Sundar Babu of AP Dalit Sangharshan Samiti, addressing a press
conference in the Capital, said division of AP would turn the
marginalised SCs into key political players in both states.

He said bifurcation would make SCs a key social group in Andhra and
coastal regions alongside OBC Kapus while they would also become
numerically significant in Telangana. "The division will make SCs
strong contenders for CM's post in both states," they said.

At the same time, the dalit leaders said it would please both Malas
and Madigas, who have otherwise turned against each other over
sub-categorisation. "Malas will be happy in Andhra and coastal where
they are numerous while Madigas are in overwhelming numbers in
Telangana and will see their stock rise socially and politically,"
they said.

Sivaji claimed the anti-statehood agitation was "sponsored" by big
business interests that had property and investments in Hyderabad. "It
has nothing to do with the concern of common man," he said.

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[ZESTCaste] No Dalit officer holding post of secy in Central govt: DoPT

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No Dalit officer holding post of secy in Central govt: DoPT
TNN 17 December 2009, 04:03am IST

NEW DELHI: Out of 88 posts of secretary in central government, there
is no officer from Scheduled Caste category serving in the high
position while one SC officer is posted as additional secretary.

The revelation comes from the DoPT which informed Parliament on
Wednesday about the total posts of secretary, additional secretary,
joint secretary and director at the Centre and the share of SC
officers in them.

While there are 13 SCs serving as joint secretary out of total of 249,
there are 31 directors from SC category out of a total of 471 posts.

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[ZESTCaste] Government anti-dalit, anti-tribal: Opposition

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By Express News Service
17 Dec 2009 04:42:00 AM IST

Government anti-dalit, anti-tribal: Opposition

BHUBANESWAR: The Opposition today brought fresh charges against the
State Government, accusing it of ignoring the interests of the
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes by not ratifying the
Constitution (109th Amendment) Bill, 2009 which proposed to extend
reservation for them in the State legislatures and Parliament for
another 10 years.
This has exposed the anti-dalit and anti-tribal face of Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik, Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh told
mediapersons here today. The deadline for the ratification is January
24, Singh said, adding that the provision of reservation will cease to
have effect unless ratified by then.
Congress Chief Whip Prasad Harichandan said 51 per cent of the State
assemblies need to ratify the bill before the deadline for it to come
into force. As a state with more than 40 per cent SC and ST
population, Orissa should have been the leading state to ratify the
bill, he said.
This was raised twice in the business advisory committee (BAC) of the
Assembly during the last session, Prasad said, adding that the
Assembly was adjourned abruptly 11 days before it despite having this
serious business before it.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat had informed the Assembly about this
constitutional necessity on August 20 and the Assembly in turn had
written to the State Government on September 23. However, the State
Government slept over the matter, he said.
Prasad alleged that lapse of such a serious nature has made the
anti-dalit and anti-tribal nature of the State Government clear. He
alleged that during the last nine years 21 tribals have died in police
firing at various places. Besides, the chairman of Scheduled Caste
Commission Buta Singh had also exposed the anti-dalit nature of the
government openly, he said.
As the State Cabinet recommended the Assembly to be prorogued, the
House cannot be reconvened by it during the 2009 calendar year. There
will also be no time left before the government to reconvene the House
and ratify the bill in January as more than one month will be required
for the entire process, he said.
Karendra Majhi (BJP) alleged that the Government had betrayed the
SC/ST people by not ratifying the bill. An adjournment motion notice
was discussed in the Assembly run by the Opposition today and
admitted.

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[ZESTCaste] Abolish casteism to integrate Hindus: RSS

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Abolish casteism to integrate Hindus: RSS

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First Published : 15 Dec 2009 01:53:17 PM IST
Last Updated : 15 Dec 2009 06:26:21 PM IST

AGRA: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has called
for the demolition of caste barriers which he said have obstructed the
growth of Hinduism and shackled Hindu society for hundreds of years.

Bhagwat was interacting with intellectuals in the Taj city Monday
night after a two-day jamboree of the organisation in Agra.

He said the RSS was in no dilemma or confusion over its ideological posturing.

"We are for change in Hindu society and this can be done only when all
of us launch an all out assault on casteism. RSS activists are way
ahead in this campaign. A recent survey has indicated that the number
of intercaste marriages was the highest in the RSS," he said.

Bhagwat's focus was on attacking casteism, which he said should be
abolished and RSS workers should spearhead the movement for bringing
down caste barriers to integrate Hindu society.

The RSS chief Bhagwat interacted with office bearers and senior
leaders of the organisation to evolve a strategy for future action
programmes.

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[ZESTCaste] Should converts be included in SC/ST category? Meet sparks off reservation debate

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Should converts be included in SC/ST category? Meet sparks off
reservation debate
Express News Service Posted online: Thursday , Dec 17, 2009 at 0251 hrs

Chandigarh : Speakers at a discussion organised by the Anusuchit Jati
Arakshan Bachao Manch opposed the 'dilution' of the Scheduled Caste
and Tribe reservation share by the inclusion of those who converted to
Islam or Christianity.
According to the speakers drawn from a varied political and
bureaucratic spectrum, the report of the National Commission on
Religious and Linguistic Minorities headed by Justice Ranganath Mishra
submitted to the government in May 2007 has recommended an additional
15 per cent reservation for religious minorities.

Opening the discussion held at the ICSSR Seminar Hall at Panjab
University on Wednesday, Ram Nath Kovind, former Rajya Sabha member,
said the government has not tabled the report in Parliament as it was
yet undecided about its consequences.

K S Raju, retired IAS officer, however, found no problem with the
recommendation as long as the current proportion was maintained.

Retired bureaucrat S C Tulsi said implementing the Mishra Commission
recommendations was a complex and exhaustive process and would take
years for implementation.

T R Sarangal, a senior IAS officer, however, welcomed any proposal to
include "our brethren from other religions". He said: "We have no
religion, we are all converts."

Retracing the history of reservation, a retired IPS officer of
Haryana, H R Swan, said untouchability was only a tradition of Hindus
and Muslims while Christians could not come under the Scheduled Castes
under any criteria.

Opposing the move, retired IAS officer Som Prakash said it has become
a political issue and Muslims and Christians have in the past opposed
their inclusion in the reservation list on the ground that they do not
believe in untouchability.

IAS officer R K S Pawar supported reservation for converts but also
called for increasing the quota based on proportional representation
in the population.

Manch convener Vijay Sampla argued that the members of Scheduled
Castes, who converted to Christianity or Islam, did so for getting
more facilities, especially better education for their children.

Winding up the discussion, Niranjan Singh, chairman, Punjab Scheduled
Caste Commission, suggested that there was a need to institutionalise
the forum and meet more regularly.

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[ZESTCaste] SC empowerment still a long way to go

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/SC-empowerment-still-a-long-way-to-go/articleshow/5345952.cms

SC empowerment still a long way to go

17 Dec 2009, 0449 hrs IST, ET Bureau

NEW DELHI: Dalit empowerment has yet not reached top echelons of the
Delhi's bureauratic structure. The government on Wednesday told the
Lok Sabha
that not a single officer from Scheduled Caste category is posted as
secretary at the Centre. Scheduled caste account for 16% of the
population.

There are 88 secretaries, 66 additional secretaries, 249 joint
secretaries and 471 directors at the Centre. The data presented by
minister of personnel and training Prithviraj Chavan shows that from
scheduled caste category, there is only one additional secretary, 13
joint secretaries and 31 directors. STs account for 8% of the
population.

The condition is marginally better for the Scheduled Tribes as four
secretaries, one additional secretary, nine joint secretaries and nine
directors are from the category. In terms of terms of percentage,

"Officers, on the above posts, are appointed on deputation basis from
various cadres. Therefore, the percentage of SC/ST officers on these
posts need not be same as in their respective cadres," Mr Chavan said.

He also said the posts of secretary, additional secretary and joint
secretary in the ministries and departments are not promotion posts,
with the exception of posts in the ministry of external affairs, where
the posts of these designations are cadre posts.

"Under the central staffing schemes, the posts of secretary,
additional secretary and joint secretary in other ministries and
departments are mostly filled by appointment of officers, borrowed
from various cadres, including the state cadres, who are empanelled to
hold such posts and who give their option for deputation under the
Central staffing scheme," the minister said.

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[ZESTCaste] We swear by the Buddha, not Yuddha: Limbale

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By Anil S
17 Dec 2009 07:31:41 AM IST

We swear by the Buddha, not Yuddha: Limbale

KOCHI: "The Dalit Movement has an ideology of Buddha, not of Yuddha.
We don't support violence, even if it's from our own people. We
believe in democratic and human values, not in weapons. Weapons bring
only short-term solutions, while humanity and brotherhood are the
long-term solutions."
This was Dalit writer and activist Sharankumar Limbale talking to
'Express' about the recent attacks on Dalits and related issues of the
Dalit Human Rights Movement (DHRM) in Varkala.
Limbale is a familiar figure among Malayalam readers after
'Akkarmashi', his autobiographical work, was serialised in a magazine.
The regional director of Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open
University, Pune, was here to attend a seminar on Dalit writing at the
Cochin University of Science and Technology.
Limbale said he was not in touch with the DHRM. "I came to know of the
atrocities against Dalits at Varkala from the media. It's shocking
when a Dalit is attacked in a State where the Left is in power. And
when it happens in a highly-educated society, it is even less
acceptable. It's an insult to the entire humanity. Dalits in Kerala
still live in the 16th century," he said. Asked how violence by Dalits
can be justified, Limbale said the question was one of dignity of
Dalits. "I'm not aware of the entire episode. However, violence could
not be supported, be it from Dalits or towards them. If my people are
wrong, I'd say they are wrong," he added.
Two of Limbale's books, 'Akkarmashi' and 'Hindu', have been published
in Malayalam. Three more - 'Bahujan', the 5th edition of 'Akkarmashi'
and a collection of essays on Dalit writing - will be published in
January, along with an English edition of 'Hindu'.
On reports of Dalits being wooed by extremists like Maoists, he says:
"I don't support Maoists, but I've a deep sympathy for them".
"They should come out of hiding and enter the political mainstream.
They should fight in a democratic way," he signs off.

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[ZESTCaste] 28 Get 3 Years in Jail for Casteist Slur

http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?671213

Dec 17, 2009

28 Get 3 Years in Jail for Casteist Slur
Akola | Dec 16, 2009

Twenty-eight persons have been sentenced to three years in jail by a
court in Bhandara district for abusing Dalits by caste and assault.

Handing down the sentence yesterday, Additional Sessions Judge A Z
Telgote in Khamgaon imposed a fine of Rs 2,500 each on the convicts.

On April 14, 2006, the day of B R Ambedkar birth anniversary, a
quarrel broke out in village Dhorpgaon over a procession in support of
the Dalit icon.

Abusive language were used during the quarrel which resulted in
assault and injuries to some persons, according to the prosecution.

One Wasudeo Avdhut Dhurandhar lodged a police complaint against 28
persons. Police booked them under Indian Penal Code and SC/ST
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

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