Andhra Pradesh - Visakhapatnam
'Dalits will not prosper unless they gain political power'
Special Correspondent
AU Department of Psychology holds national symposium
Chairman of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (Shimla) B.L.
Mungekar presenting books to Andhra University Vice-Chancellor B.
Satyanarayana during the inaugural ceremony of a national symposium
held at Andhra University on Wednesday.
VISAKHAPATNAM: "When they face injustice, dalits must agitate,"
Chairman of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (Shimla) and
Rajya Sabha Member B.L. Mungekar said here on Wednesday.
Dalits must not ignore education and they would not prosper unless
they gain political power, Prof. Mungekar said while inaugurating a
national symposium on 'Empowerment of socially disadvantaged:
challenges and remedies' organised by the Department of Psychology of
Andhra University. Out of 80 per cent national dropout rate after high
school, dalits constituted 60 per cent and most of them were girls, he
regretted.
"Dalits must get themselves educated, launch their own organisations,
NGOs, SHGs, training organisations, small businesses, etc. We shall
help the government and dalits are the most loyal and honest because
they do not go out of the country," he said.
Discrimination
Prof. Mungekar, a former Member of the Planning Commission and who was
the first dalit Vice-Chancellor of University of Mumbai, said
conditions being faced by dalits were extremely unsatisfactory though
there had been some progress since 1950 when the Constitution came
into force. No policy of the government was helpful to them.
Prof. Mungekar said discrimination was being shown due to caste,
gender, religion and even complexion of the skin. Women, irrespective
of their caste and creed, were the most discriminated section and no
discussion would take place in Parliament or Assemblies in spite of
large number of women harassment cases being reported every year.
Dalits were still not able to get political power, which was necessary
for their development as said by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, he said, and added
that if Dalits were given power they should be empowered through
social and political struggles.
He hailed Dr. Ambedkar as a person with unparalleled qualities like
understanding, integrity and commitment and who had left no question
unanswered.
While Gandhiji felt that he would represent India, Dr. Ambedkar
differed saying that untouchables needed political power without which
no single problem of theirs would be solved, Prof. Mungekar said while
explaining the difference of opinion between the two leaders.
He presented three of his books to Vice-Chancellor of Andhra
University B. Satyanarayana for the university's library. Professor of
psychology and director of the symposium M.V.R. Raju spoke. Senior
professor of Andhra University B. Appa Rao, a professor from Mumbai
University Gautam Gawali and a professor from Mahatma Gandhi
University, Nalgonda, S.M. Busi, spoke on different topics.
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