http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=180560
Dalit posts being given to general category, says Buta Singh
Bhopal, May 16 (IANS) National Commission for the Scheduled Castes
(NCSC) chairman Buta Singh Sunday said that Dalits were being denied
their fundamental right in Madhya Pradesh and that the government was
recruiting general category candidates to fill the backlog of
vacancies reserved for the SCs.
Singh, who was on the fact-finding mission to Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan's native village in Sehore district, 100 km from here,
after media reports that Dalits were not allowed entry into the three
temples there, was accompanied by NCSC member from Madhya Pradesh
Mahendra Boudh.
The commission chairman told mediapersons: "Though the Dalits were
seen worshipping with others when we visited the temple, they left the
moment we left the place."
Singh also accused the Madhya Pradesh government of denying Dalits
their fundamental right by recruiting general category candidates to
fill the backlog of vacancies reserved for Dalits.
"The Madhya Pradesh government has been recruiting general category
candidates to fill the backlog of vacancies reserved for SCs which is
violation of Article 16 (4-B) of the Constitution and which amounts to
negating their fundamental right," he said.
The visiting duo also said that the Dalit sarpanch of Shahganj village
in Sehore, Santosh Ahirwar, was removed on a flimsy ground after
winning the post.
"Besides, the Dalits have been denied their adequate share of
representation in the rural civic bodies in the state," he said.
"Uttar Pradesh tops the list of the states followed by Bihar and
Madhya Pradesh in atrocities against the scheduled castes," Singh
said, adding that the commission would submit its final report to
President Pratibha Patil by May 26.
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