Tamil Nadu
Dalit Movement to oppose DMK, KMK candidates
Staff Reporter
Tirupur: A meeting of Dalit Liberation Movement, comprising Dalits
from 16 districts in the State, held near here on Sunday, had decided
to campaign against the entire candidates fielded by DMK and Kongunadu
Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK) in the coming Assembly polls.
"We have decided to oppose DMK since the present government did not
enhance the living standards of Dalits in general and in the case of
KMK for its anti-Dalit stance on various issues," Movement joint state
general secretary S. Karupaiah told The Hindu. He said that the State
Government did not properly distribute free two-acre land to Dalits in
districts like Tirupur, Namakkal and Karur. "Apart from this, corrupt
practices have denied a large number of Dalit students from getting
the scholarships and free textbooks," he said.
The Movement also criticised the government for not augmenting the
basic amenities like public toilets and drainage in areas like
Vellakoil in Tirupur district, where Arundatiyar community was
predominant, despite repeated representations by Dalit people.
Mr. Karupaiah said that the Movement members would carry out intensive
campaigns in Sulur, Namakkal, Palladam, Gobichettipalayam, Perundurai,
Udumalpet, and Pollachi constituencies, where KMK had fielded
candidates in alliance with DMK.
Development
"We are against the basic principle of KMK, which is for the
development of one particular community, and for the anti-Dalit stance
taken by it when the Dalit community people took out temple entry
agitation recently at Uthamapalayam Mariamman temple in Tirupur
district," he added.
Moreover, the KMK was asking for the scrapping of Protection of Civil
Rights Act, 1955 and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, he pointed out.
He said that the Movement would oppose the lone candidate fielded by
Kongu Ilaignar Pervai at Paramathivelur constituency in Namakkal
district in alliance with AIADMK.
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