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Brahmin-dominated village blames it on caste politics
Dipak Kumar Dash, TNN, Jul 7, 2010, 12.42am IST
GREATER NOIDA: The deployment of armed policemen in Daula might have
come as a major relief to the 130-odd dalit families residing there,
but villagers of Maicha allege that the district administration's
response top officials rushed to the village even as a massive
contingent of cops was stationed was not completely isolated from the
caste politics of Uttar Pradesh.
The second largest community in Daula village is dalits, comprising
mostly Jatavs. UP chief minister Mayawati also belongs to the Jatav
community. The incident of atrocity against dalits in the village has
come to light weeks after Mayawati lashed out at the Haryana
government for failing to protect the balmikis of Mirchpur, Hissar.
She had even demanded President's rule in the state.
Political observers said that with the state elections drawing closer,
the BSP government will do all it takes to prevent such incidents from
hurting its loyal votebank. While experts said any sensible government
would act like this in such a situation, it was even more important
for Mayawati to send out a strong message that her government was
committed to protect the dalits in this case as she needed to
galvanize her eroding votebank.
Meanwhile, Maicha villagers refuted all allegations that they had
threatened to forcibly take away women and girls from Daula. "We never
said so. We just want our daughter to return home safe. We suspect
that the boy's family is aware of their whereabouts,'' said one of the
elders of Maicha.
"The Maicha residents have been very upset over the alliance and say
that it is not acceptable to them. We don't know if they will ever
shed this feeling against us,'' an old villager of Daula told a team
of district administration on Tuesday. Officials who visited Daula
assured residents that they will be protected from any atrocity at all
cost.
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