Tamil Nadu - Vellore
Law sought on quota for SC/ST in private sector
Special Correspondent
Meet organised by RPI for Ambedkar anniversary
Prakash Ambedkar, national president, RPI, presenting an award to a
volunteer of RPI on the occasion of 53rd death anniversary of B.R.
Ambedkar, in Vellore on Wednesday.
VELLORE: The Oppressed People's Unity Pledge-Taking Day Conference,
organised by the Republican Party of India (RPI) in connection with
the 53rd death anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar here on Tuesday, urged the
Central government to bring in legislation without delay to ensure
reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the
private sector. It said it is in the light of the dilution of
reservation in the public sector on account of privatisation and the
livelihood of the oppressed classes "becoming a question mark."
A resolution was adopted at the conference presided over by C.K.
Thamizharasan, Tamil Nadu State president of the RPI, in the presence
of national president Prakash Ambedkar.
The conference urged the United Progressive Alliance government to
bear the education expenses of Dalit students in all colleges. It
requested the Centre to ensure reservation for SCs/STs in its higher
educational institutions. The conference appealed for a separate
budget for schemes for the welfare of the SCs/STs, as done for the
Railways. It wanted allocations to be made directly to the Department
of Adi Dravidar Welfare of State governments for implementation.
The conference appealed to the State government to establish bank
branches for the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development
Corporation (TAHDCO) in all districts and to enhance the TAHDCO loans
by three times. It urged the Central and State governments to waive
the TAHDCO loans and educational loans granted to the SC/ST people.
The conference urged the State government to prevent the Palar River
from becoming dry and polluted and to take steps to strengthen the
waterbodies in such a way that they permanently yield water. It
pleaded for the extension of the Hogenakkal scheme to Vellore.
Mr. Prakash Ambedkar called upon the Dalits to be vigilant and ensure
that the schemes meant for the welfare of the SCs/STs are not only
implemented but also lead to the fruition of the efforts taken by
Dalit organisations.
With many SCs/STs having educated themselves and become doctors,
engineers, business people and entered the Information Technology and
management sector thanks to the reservation brought by the efforts of
B.R. Ambedkar in the government sector, the Central government was
slowly depriving the Dalits of scholarships and subsidies. He recalled
the words of his grandfather, B.R. Ambedkar, who said that the moment
the Dalits stopped being vigilant, exploitation would start. Mr.
Prakash Ambedkar said that the present problem arising out of the
announcement of a separate Telangana State, leading to the demand for
the bifurcation of other States, would not have arisen, had the
Central government followed the advice of B.R. Ambedkar to form
smaller States during the process of linguistic reorganisation of
States. Mr. Thamizharasan accused the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
government of failure to introduce new schemes for the welfare of
Dalits. He urged the DMK government to provide for reservation for
Dalits in the Cabinet, and the Central government to increase the
reservation for Dalits and tribals from 19 to 22 per cent. C.
Senguttuvan, State general secretary of RPI, spoke.
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