Thursday, May 20, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Minister holds meeting with Dalit leaders

 

http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/20/stories/2010052054050500.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Minister holds meeting with Dalit leaders

Special Correspondent

BANGALORE: Social Welfare Minister D. Sudhakar on Wednesday held a
meeting with representatives of Dalit Sangharsh Samithi-Karnataka in
Bangalore to discuss their demands.

The DSS-K, led by its Bangalore divisional convenor A. Manjunath, has
made several demands, including formulating a scheme to keep all Dalit
colonies in the State clean and launching a single window scheme for
implementation of the welfare schemes meant for Dalits.

Mr. Sudhakar said that a final decision on their demands would be
taken at a meeting convened by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on May
26.

Meanwhile, there were tense moments just before the commencement of
the meeting as the representatives of DSS-K raised slogans when the
ministerial staff rejected their request for holding the meeting in
the presence of the media.

The Dalit leaders maintained that discussing the demands in the
presence of the media would bring in transparency and also make the
government accountable.

But the Minister termed Wednesday's meeting as only a preparatory
meeting to decide the agenda for the meeting to be held with the Chief
Minister on May 26. He maintained that his office had decided to have
a closed-door discussion now as nothing was still final.

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