'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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