[ZESTCaste] Dalit students seek security - Protection sought from TRS

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Dalit students seek security

September 19th, 2010

DC Correspondent

Hyderabad, Sept. 18: Dalit students of the Osmania University have
asked the police for protection from TRS-affiliated student
organisations and upper caste students.

Students leaders of SC, ST, BC and minorities took out a huge rally on
Saturday to protest against the TRS and its affiliated groups for not
allowing a Dalit student to speak during the "Telangana Student Self
Respect Meet" held on Friday.

The OU inspector of police, Mr B. Anjaiah, said "We have received the
petition of Dalit students who have requested for security from the
upper caste students,"

Dalit students alleged that there voices were silenced in the meet and
as they took out the rally, they were facing threats from the
TRS-affiliated student groups.

JAC member Mr Nagam Kumaraswamy, said "Visaradhan, the only Dalit
research scholar who was supposed to speak during the meet was asked
to stop his speech within four minutes. They insulted him. It is an
insult to all Dalit students. These are attempts to see that the voice
of the downtrodden is not heard in the movement. So we have sought
security from the police from TRS and associated groups."

The petition was signed by Dalit student leaders like M. Bhaskar,
Upender, Ravi and 15 others. Mr B. Sudarshan of the OU Scholars
Association said, "We were asking that the movement should be run
independently. Visaradhan was about to say on the dais that the symbol
chosen by TRS was against the feelings of Dalits. They have chosen the
symbol of Kakatiya Kalathoranam which was a victory symbolof Pratapa
Rudrudu. Why can't the symbol be of Gaddelu of Sammakka andSarakka?"

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