Homeless in city, Mirchpur Dalits wait for justice
Priyanka Singh Posted online: Wed Jun 02 2010, 00:44 hrs
New delhi : A month after 150 Balmiki families fled Mirchpur village
in Hissar (Haryana) to Delhi, their miseries remain unaddressed.
Around 50 more people joined the community's protest in the Capital on
Tuesday and are camping at the Valmiki Mandir against the alleged
atrocities by the Jat community in their village.
The protest was sparked off by an attack on the Dalit families on
April 21, allegedly by Jats in Mirchpur, that left two dead and 35
homes torched. The families say they were forced to leave the village
after repeated threats from the Khap panchayat and the Jat community.
One of the protesters, Darshana, mother of a five-year-old, says they
cannot live in the village under the reign of constant terror. "My
child has no education, no future and no shelter," she says.
The families are being funded and taken care of by the Haryana Dalit
Bachao Sangharsh Samiti. Its convenor O P Shukla says, "We want the
removal of Bhupinder Singh Hooda's government. Despite repeated
assurances, the Haryana government has failed to provide any relief.
We have had several meetings with senior Congress leaders — Prithviraj
Chavan, Oscar Fernandes and Kumari Selja. The matter is still being
considerd by the Centre."
The families who have migrated now want to be relocated to a 500-acre
unused government land in Talwandi Rana village of Haryana.
Satyawan (30), one of the protesters, says, "An FIR has been lodged
against 107 Jats. The criminals must be punished. The attack was
pre-planned and supported by the police. We want a proper judicial
inquiry."
Similar torching incidents have also been reported earlier from
Gohana, Duleena and Jhajjar villages of Haryana, where Dalits had to
face atrocities. The cases are pending in the court.
The families reportedly met CM Dikshit on Tuesday morning, who assured
them that their demands would be forwarded to Congress president Sonia
Gandhi.
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