Mayawati: why no Dalit on Lokpal panel?
Atiq Khan
Playing the Dalit card, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on
Friday criticised the Centre, the Congress and civil society for not
including any SC member in the Jan Lokpal Bill drafting committee.
At a hurriedly convened press conference here, Ms. Mayawati invoked
Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and his contribution to the
socio-economic uplift of the downtrodden sections to drive home her
point. Even after 63 years of independence, was not a single SC member
found suitable to be on the drafting panel?
The panel comprises Anna Hazare, Santosh Hegde, Arvind Kejriwal,
Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan (civil society members) and Union
Ministers Pranab Mukherjee, P. Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, M. Veerappa
Moily and Salman Khursheed (from the government side).
In a pointed reference to Gandhian Anna Hazare, Ms. Mayawati said he
came from a State, which has had a history of struggle for the
socio-economic development of the SCs and the STs. Dr. Ambedkar was
also from Maharashtra. "Mr. Hazare should have considered these
aspects before naming the civil society members."
The "mistake" should be rectified by including an SC member from a
non-political background.
Referring to the controversy surrounding the Bhushans but without
naming them, Ms. Mayawati suggested that the panel distance itself
from members whose integrity was in doubt.
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