http://hindu.com/2010/09/17/stories/2010091750570300.htm
Tamil Nadu
Restore house sites to Dalits
Staff Reporter
KRISHNAGIRI: Tamilnadu Vivasayigal Sangam has said that action should
be taken to restore the house sites given to 22 Dalit families in
Ramapuram village, Kaveripattinam Union in Krishnagiri district. G.
Latha, MLA, participated as special invitee at the demonstration
staged in front of the Revenue Divisional Office in Krishnagiri on
Thursday.
Later, she told reporters that a section of upper caste Hindus were
preventing the Dalits from building huts on the land.
She asked Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and the district
administration to restore the lawful rights of the Dalits. District
police should provide enough security to the Dalits to build houses on
their land. The government should take immediate steps to build houses
under the Kalaignar Veetu Vasathi Thittam, Indira Awaz Yojana and
other schemes.
Ms. Latha asked the police to take immediate action against the
perpetrators of violence against Dalits in Ramapuram village. She said
no arrests had been made so far though cases were filed against 17
persons. K. Mohamed Ali, vice-president, Tamilnadu Vivasayigal Sangam
threatened to launch a state-wide agitation if the district
administration failed to take appropriate action to restore the land
to the Dalits.
He alleged that DMK activists were supporting upper caste Hindus in
many places and denying justice to Dalits.
D. Ravindran, district secretary, CPI(M); R. Shankar, district
committee member, Tamilnadu Vivasayigal Sangam, among others spoke on
the occasion.
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