'UP govt not serious about dalit atrocities'
TNN | Jul 27, 2011, 04.39AM IST
LUCKNOW: The verbal duel between PL Punia and the BSP government
continued on Tuesday when the chairperson of National Commission for
Scheduled Castes alleged that the UP government was not serious about
rising cases of dalit atrocities in the state. The UP government came
instantly with a rejoinder saying that dalits were absolutely safe in
the state and Punia's statements were politically motivated.
Addressing reporters here on Tuesday, Punia said UP has adopted an
evasive approach and was not cooperating for the state review. "They
have postponed the meeting eight times. They are avoiding us," he
said.
Punia said, it appeared that UP government was trying to hinder the
functioning of the commission. "We were informed about the
cancellation of the review slated to take place on July 26 just a day
before. But we had other programmes in Lucknow so we decided to
proceed with the visit. However, we were not allowed to stay in the
VVIP guest house," he said. "The commission would probe into why the
state could not provide us with accommodation and if their act was
found atrocious we would register a case against them," Punia said.
When asked why UP government was avoiding him, Punia said, "We really
do not know. But the reason given for postponement is unconvincing. We
were told that the social welfare department officials were busy in
the preparations for the upcoming monsoon session from August 4. A
pre-planned meeting being cancelled just a day before for an event
(assembly session) which is slated ten days later is enough to raise
doubts."
This is the second time UP government has been accused of giving a
shoddy treatment to a national commission. On June 30, National
Commission for Women chairperson Yasmin Abrar had voiced similar
views. "I was told not to come when I had already arrived. I wanted to
meet the government representatives and members of the state
commission for women to discuss ways to arrest the swelling rate of
crime against women. But they refused to arrange for a meeting," Abrar
had told TOI.
In mid-June, chief minister Mayawati had written to the Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh accusing the national commissions of acting as the
frontal organizations of the UPA government. The CM had also stated
that instead of focusing on UP all the time, the commissions should
pay attention to other states, especially Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and
Maharashtra, which have higher crime rates against women than UP.
The commission also released a document on 'Department-wise allocation
of funds to SC persons in UP: a critical analysis'.
It shows that the funds being sanctioned for the SC/STs were not being
properly utilized. In many departments, the report states, utilization
of grants was not in congruence with the norms. Appointments and
promotion backlog data was also taken into account.
With specific reference to its observation about crime scenario in UP,
the commission cited the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures
to prove its point.
Punia said, "We asked the UP government to provide a district-wise
break-up of the number of FIRs lodged with the intervention of the
court. And the official data proves that crime against dalits is on
the rise. In 2008, 1412 crimes against dalits were registered after
court intervention, the number swelled to 1698 in 2010."
Cases registered under section 156/3 of the CrPC in last three years.
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