CPIM to hold rally on Dalit rights in Shimla
HimVani
Shimla (Nov 13): The Himachal Pradesh state committee of CPI (M) will
hold a mass rally on Dalit rights' issue on November 15 in Shimla.
This will perhaps be the first-ever rally of any political party on
the issue of social discrimination in the state.
CPIM claims to have conducted a survey in the state to access
different forms of social discrimination being practiced in the state
covering more than 35,000 houses in over 1,000 panchayats. The party
claims that different forms of discrimination ranging from cultural,
economic, lingual, religious and even aesthetic are prevalent in the
state.
"After Punjab, the state has the second largest ratio of scheduled
castes population (24.7%). Nearly 70% of Dalit households either own
no land or very less land. They live in abject poverty with their
strength even according to government estimates reaching over 40%
below poverty line. 97.86% Dalit kisans are either small or marginal
in their capacity. Their education status is also quite dismal with
just 0.53% having industrial education, 5% up to secondary and just 2%
graduates. 15% have completed matric," the survey states.
CPIM has decided to submit a memorandum to the government to seek
implementation of land reforms and land for the poor; implementation
of 85th constitutional amendment in letter and spirit; special plan
for Dalit households and villages with respect to infrastructure
development; tap water supply for every Dalit house; steps to deal
with unsociability; and reservation in private sector.
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