http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Dalits-press-for-induction-of-their-leader-in-cabinet/articleshow/6800240.cms
Dalits press for induction of their leader in cabinet
TNN, Oct 23, 2010, 09.51pm IST
MANGALORE: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Karnataka Dalit
Sangharsh Samiti (DSS-Bhimavada) has demanded that chief minister B S
Yeddyurappa accommodate senior Dalit leader and MLC D S Veeraiah in to
his cabinet. The Dalit community in the state has been getting a raw
deal from political parties that ruled the state so far and have been
giving them mere assurances without translating it in to reality, DSS
leaders said.
P Keshava, state committee member in a release here stated that
elected representatives from Dalit community are sidelined when it
comes to giving them ministerial berths. Terming the move by present
BJP government under Yeddyurappa to continue with this practice of
discrimination against Dalit leaders as regrettable, Keshava demanded
that CM show his pro-Dalit stand by inducting Veeraiah in to his
cabinet.
Keshava also criticised the state government for its decision to
transfer IAS officer V Ponnuraj as deputy commissioner of Shimoga
district. Listing out the various development initiatives taken by
Ponnuraj during his 22-month tenure as DC of DK district, Keshava
stated all like-minded Dalit organisations condemn this administrative
move, and blamed various powerful lobbies behind the departure of
Ponnuraj.
Noting that there are moves to shift the office of the superintendent
of police from Mangalore in wake of the city police commissionerate
being set up here, Keshava stated that all prominent government
offices in Dakshina Kannada district are located in the city. It does
not make sense to shift the office of the SP of DK Rural district
outside the city, he stated adding a memorandum has been sent to the
government in this regard.
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