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Maya accuses Cong of diverting funds earmarked for dalits
TNN, Aug 3, 2010, 12.50am IST
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Mayawati on Monday charged the Sheila Dixit
government of Delhi of diverting Rs 750 crore allocated under the
special component plan (SCP) for organising the Commonwealth Games
(CWG). Reacting to media reports on the SCP funds being used for the
CWG, chief minister, in a press statement said the money allocated
under SCP has to be spent on the welfare of dalits but its use for the
CWG has exposed the anti-dalit mindset of the Congress party.
The chief minister said that majority of dalits and tribals belong to
the below poverty line (BPL) and the decision of the Congress
government in Delhi would deprive these oppressed classes of Rs 750
crore which should have been spent on their welfare. She said the
diversion of funds will mainly affect schemes on health, education and
employment drafted for the most deprived sections of the society. The
anti-dalit mindset of the Congress, she said, explains why dalits
continue to lead a miserable life under inhuman conditions in India,
even after 60 years of Independence.
Maya alleged that under the influence of the Congress-led UPA
government, the Planning Commission did not release over Rs 72,000
crore to be distributed under SCP for various dalit welfare schemes.
She added that because of Congress's `ill-intentions', dalits have not
been able to avail the benefit of reservation in government jobs.
"This could be gauged from the fact that hundreds of reserved category
posts are lying vacant," she said. Further, she said, despite her
repeated reminders, no action was taken by the UPA government to fill
the backlog posts reserved for dalits.
The BSP supremo also connected the issue with alleged hurdles being
created by the UPA government in construction of memorials for dalit
icons in Lucknow. She said BSP government is constructing these
memorials in the honour of great personalities who dedicated
themselves for uplifting the status of the dalits in the country but
the Congress is creating obstacles in the construction work, which
shows that the party neither has sympathy for dalits not any respect
for the dalit icons. She also accused the Congress of humiliating
dalit leaders Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram.
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