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Social tension between Dalits and Jats on the rise in Mirchpur
The dalits are demanding that they may be allotted land at Hisar
stating that in the village they fear attack from the Jats who are
pressing them to withdraw the criminal cases registered in connection
with burning death of two Dalits.
CJ: Pawan Kumar Bansal Sat, Jul 03, 2010 16:02:18 IST
THE VISIT of Parliamentary Committee for welfare of scheduled castes
and scheduled tribes at Mirchpur village in Hisar district of Haryana
to assuage the heart feelings of dalits recently has further
widened the tension between dalits and jats which may have long term
remifications on social fabric of the state.
Mirchpur village has become epicentre of caste tension following
clash between both the communities which resulted in burning of few
houses of dalits by jats and burning alive of aged dalit Tara Chand
and his polio ridden girl Suman.
Jats were agitated as the committe members only listned to the
viewpoint of dalits and when their repeated efforts peacefully to
put their version failed they inluding a large number of females laid
before their air conditioned bus in which they were going back to
Delhi.
Drama continued for about ten minutes and ultimately on persuation of
a scribe D.Raja , member of the committee came down from the bus and
received a memorandum from them. The committee members asked them to
come to Hisar to to put their viewpoint which they refused .The
thirteen members of the thirty member committee headed by Gobinda
Chandera Nasker spent about three hours in the village meeting the
victims . They visited the house of Tarachand where his wife Kamla
told them that although they have got compensation and her three
sons have got government job but even then they feel insecure in the
village fearing attack from the powerful Jats.
Earlier the committee members had refused to listen to jats on the
plea that they have come to listen to victims. Many persons of the
village belonging to both dalit and jat communities shared with this
scribe that tension was easing in the village but the frequent visit
of politicians is spoiling the atmosphere.
Even Swrrop Singh president of the peace conmmittee constituted by the
govrnment comprising representatives of both the communites did not
turn up to meet the committee members as he was reprotedly advised
by some politician who do not want that peace should prevail in the
village. Jats complain that everybody be the Union Minister Kumari
Selja , All India Congress Committee General-Secretary Rahul Gandhi
or chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda who had visited the village
met only dalits.
The police had tough job in keeping media at bay. Team members
gave dressing down to Haryana, Director General of Police Ranjeev
Dalal when he tried to reply their queries from the victims asking
him to keep quiet and the victims shuould be allowed to speak. Later
Dalal directed his team not to go so close to team members least
they got offended. But the cops failed to keep media particularly
electronic media at bay despite their best efforts.
Hisar Deputy Commissiner Yudhavir Khayliya who has taken over only
last fortnight was heard boasting before the committee members that
after his taking over as reins of the district there is complete
peace in the village and dalits are feeling secure. Jats also
blamed media particularly electronic media for not giving their
point of view and giving only one sided version of the incident.
They are demanding C.B.I.enquiry into the incident whereas the
Haryana Government has ordered judicial enquiry.
Politial observeros feel that had Union Tourism Minister Kumari
Selja and chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda jointly toured the
area then situation would have come under control.
The dalits are demanding that they may be allotted land at Hisar
stating that in the village they fear attack from the Jats who are
pressing them to withdraw the criminal cases registered in connection
with burning alive of Tara Chand and his polio ridden daughter Suman
whereas jats allege that the Police has arrested several innocnet
youth under pressure from the dalits. Kumari Selja during her visit
to Mirchpur has added fuel to fire by promising dalits that they
will be allotted plots at Hisar.
In fact on her directions the district administration has even started
the paper work . This demand was outrightly rejected by chief minister
Bhupinder Singh Hooda . Haryana 's Health Minister Geeta Bhukal
protege of Hooda and belonging to dalit community even publically
fired Selja for advocating the demand of allotment of plots at Hisar.
If this tension is not controlled then it may escalate causing
major law and problem in the state. The committee chairman told
this scribe that they have seen the actual situation prevailing in
the village and had interactions with the affected people as well as
the state administration and will lay report in this regard in the
Parliament during the ensuing monsoon session.
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