RAMANATHAPURAM, October 4, 2011
Pachery's Dalits to boycott civic polls
C. Jaishankar
Police failure to arrest remaining accused in murder of Dalit boy
The residents — all Dalits — of Pachery village, part of the
Mandalamanickam panchayat, where a boy was murdered allegedly by a
group of caste Hindus recently, have decided to boycott the local body
elections.
They have cited police failure to arrest the remaining accused (other
than the five already arrested) in the murder case and denial of
access to a road by caste Hindus.
The decision comes amid allegations that the president and
vice-president of the panchayat have been 'selected' through
'auctioneering' at a price of Rs.15 lakh.
Though two ward members can be elected from Pachery village, part of
the Mandalamanickam panchayat, no nominations have been filed. The
process is over and there will be no representation from the village
in the panchayat.
The boycott decision was taken at a 'village meeting' held at Pachery
recently, to protest continuous "harassment and torture" by caste
Hindus and failure of the government in addressing their grievances.
Though the Mandalamanickam panchayat, which has eight villages
(hamlets) under its jurisdiction, has been categorised as reserved,
the Dalits of Pachery allege that the caste Hindus have been following
illegal and undemocratic methods of selecting a 'puppet' candidate
from another Dalit community, which has very few in numbers in the
entire panchayat.
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