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Saturday, April 9, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Meo Muslims attack Chandupura Dalits, get VHP support

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Meo Muslims attack Chandupura Dalits, get VHP support

The Milli Gazette
Published Online: Apr 08, 2011

Print Issue: 16-31 March 2011

After violence against Dalits at Husaipur village in Rajasthan the Meo
Muslims too have now attacked Dalits of Chandupura where too the
violence erupted on a trivial issue.

The houses of Dalits from Jatav community were stoned for around two
hours by Meo Muslims after a goat belonging to a Dalit family entered
a Meo Muslim's farm. Special Task Force has been deployed in the area
to prevent any untoward incident. The situation in the area is tense
but presently under control.

Of the many injured the condition of six Dalits remains serious.
Dalits have alleged that stones were hurled at them in the presence of
police and civil officers and they are concentrating more on
compromise meetings instead of providing adequate relief measures.

In an unusual move the local unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad has
extended support to the Meo Muslims. Jaipur based Centre for Dalit
Rights (CDR) is planning to send a fact finding team to asses the
situation in violence-hit Chandupura. In a memorandum submitted to
NHRC, National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Union Social
Justice and Empowerment Minister the CDR has demanded their timely
intervention.

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[ZESTCaste] ‘State panel on SC/STs hasn’t met’

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/state-panel-on-sc-sts-hasnt-met/773895/

'State panel on SC/STs hasn't met'

Express News Service Posted: Apr 09, 2011 at 0327 hrs
Lucknow Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik
on Friday said that despite shortcomings in the implementation of
SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in UP, the vigilance and
monitoring committee headed by the CM Mayawati has not met even once.
Such committees oversee the implementation of the Act.

"In UP, the committee was formed after much delay and has not met
once. We hope that the state government would soon take appropriate
action to oversee proper implementation of civil rights and SC/ST
Act," said Wasnik.

UP, which had identified about 20 districts as sensitive in 1986, has
been asked to conduct a fresh survey.

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[ZESTCaste] SC/ST schools in Bihar to get computers

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5110797

09/04/2011
SC/ST schools in Bihar to get computers

Patna, Apr 9 (PTI) The Bihar government has decided to install
computers and arrange audio-visual study materials for teaching at 51
residential schools for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

Out of the 81 residential schools, 51 where students of standard I to
standard X were taught, would have the Computer aided Learning (CAL)
system, SC/ST Welfare Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said after launching
the system here today.

The software for the new study and teaching methods had been developed
by IIT, Mumbai, he said.

Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister S K Modi said earlier
the budget for the SC/ST welfare department was as low as Rs 40 crore
but now the state government has increased it to Rs 361 crore during
2010-11.

Under the plan size of Rs 24,000 crore fixed in Bihar for 2011-12,
Modi said the state government had allocated Rs 4,200 crore for the
welfare schemes for the SC and ST people.
PTI AJK NN

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[ZESTCaste] CM moots steps to stop atrocities on SC, ST

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/CM-moots-steps-to-stop-atrocities-on-SC-ST/articleshow/7916807.cms

CM moots steps to stop atrocities on SC, ST
TNN | Apr 8, 2011, 08.04pm IST

PATNA: Police personnel will be given requisite training to sensitize
them to the provisions of the relevant Act and rules meant for the
prevention of atrocities on scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe
(ST) people. Besides, meetings of reconstituted district-level
monitoring committees set up in this regard would be held regularly in
accordance with the annual calendar released from the state
headquarters.

CM Nitish Kumar, who is chairman of the state-level vigilance and
monitoring committee, said this on Friday during the high-level review
of the steps taken to prevent atrocities on SC and ST people as
stipulated in the SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1889, and
rules framed in 1995.

The CM said that besides giving special training to cops in this
regard, non-government members have to be included in the
district-level monitoring cells, said SC/ST welfare secretary RM
Parmar, adding that the decision was also taken to include the theme
of prevention of atrocities on SCs and STs in the curriculum of police
training.

Besides, the CM directed the crime investigation department to review
the cases so that the conviction rate of people incriminated in
committing atrocities on SCs and STs is increased for the desired
impact.

While the district-level monitoring cells set up to look into the
cases of atrocities on SCs and STs have to meet every third month for
review, the state headquarters would soon issue a calendar in this
regard, the CM said and added that the participants would be intimated
about the meeting 15 days in advance so that they come prepared with
facts and figures regarding the actual situation.

Those who participated in the high-level meeting held at the CM
secretariat were deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, SC/ST welfare minister
Jitan Ram Manjhi, chief secretary Anup Mukherjee, DGP Neelmani, and
home department principal secretary Amir Subhani. Besides, MPs Bhoodeo
Choudhary and Maheshwar Hajari, as well as MLAs Dinkar Ram, Ram Lakhan
Ram, Krishna Nandan Paswan, Manohar Prasad Singh, Sonelal Hembrom,
Ratnesh Sada, Ramchandra Sada, Shyam Bihari Ram, Santosh Kumar Nirala,
Amla Devi and Bhagirathi Devi also participated in the meeting. They
all gave their suggestions for further mitigation of the atrocities on
SCs/STs.

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[ZESTCaste] ‘U.P. tops in atrocities against Dalits'

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article1629847.ece

LUCKNOW, April 9, 2011
'U.P. tops in atrocities against Dalits'
Special Correspondent

Of 38,849 cases registered in the country in 2009, 7,465 from the State: Wasnik

Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik said here
on Friday that maximum cases of atrocities on Dalits have been
registered in Uttar Pradesh. He regretted that despite the existence
of two laws -- Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act and Protection of Civil Rights Act -- there has been
no let-up in the cases of excesses on Dalits in the State.

The Union Minister was in Lucknow to attend the 14 {+t} {+h} review
meeting on the law to prevent atrocities on Dalits.

Mr. Wasnik told reporters that the sensitive districts in the State in
relation to atrocities on Dalits have not been identified since 1986.
He said 38,849 cases of atrocities on Dalits were registered in the
country in 2009. Of these 7,465 cases were from Uttar Pradesh – 7,461
related to Scheduled Castes and four Scheduled Tribes.

On the outcome of his meeting with State Government officials,
including the Chief Secretary, the Minister said it was revealed that
around 80 per cent cases of atrocities were pending in courts. He said
40 special courts had been constituted for the purpose, but only a few
were functional.

Mr. Wasnik said he had suggested to the State officials that pending
court cases be speeded up and more special courts be set up in
districts. An assurance in this regard has been given by the U.P.
Social Welfare Minister, Indrajeet Saroj.

The Union Minister laid emphasis on identifying the villages and towns
prone to violence against Dalits, which he said would act as a
deterrent on the incidents of atrocities against the weaker sections.
He said 20 sensitive districts were identified in 1986 but since the
SC, ST Act became a law only in 1990 the other districts could not
have been identified. Now, there is urgent need to identify all the
sensitive districts, Mr. Wasnik said.

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[ZESTCaste] Four get life term in dalit murder case

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5110240

09/04/2011
Four get life term in dalit murder case

Gonda (UP), Apr 9 (PTI) A local court today sentenced four persons to
life imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on them in a
dalit murder case.
On September 21, 2002, Ram Narain was beaten to death by the convicts
Panchu, Gindhuri, Ramrang and Siyaram over a land dispute in Sotia
village, prosecution said.
On the basis of evidences and eyewitnesses statement, special judge T
B Singh held the accused guilty and sentenced them to life
imprisonment.

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[ZESTCaste] Form panel to probe dalit atrocities in UP: Minister

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Form-panel-to-probe-dalit-atrocities-in-UP-Minister/articleshow/7921659.cms

Form panel to probe dalit atrocities in UP: Minister
TNN | Apr 9, 2011, 06.14am IST

LUCKNOW: Claiming that there has been a steady rise in atrocities
against dalits in Uttar Pradesh, Union minister for social welfare
Mukul Vasnik demanded setting up of committee of SC MPs and MLAs
headed by the chief minister - a mandatory body - to help in speedy
redressal of legitimate grievances.

Vasnik also expressed great concern at the pending cases against the
class and their slow disposal in the state. Maximum number of
complaints received in this regard, he claimed, were from UP. A total
of 7500 complaints were registered only last year which is highest in
the country, the minister said and called for a pro-active role by the
state machinery.

Vasnik, who had come to attend a review meeting with the state
officials, claimed that most of the points and queries raised by him
during the interaction went unanswered. "It is surprising that despite
spiralling graph of dalit harassment, no action was taken against any
official during the BSP rule," he said.

The Centre, he said, has raised the funds for SC/ST welfare from Rs
390 crore to Rs 850 crore this year. Exhorting UP Congressmen to
monitor the expenditure of the funds, the minister said the government
must be made accountable and siphoning off of the amount must be
plugged.

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[ZESTCaste] Letters to the Editor sent to Times of India, The - Looking Beyond the Holy Cow by Ranjani Kamala Murthy

http://www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=26985

the version that got published. suppressed voices

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[ZESTCaste] looking beyond the holy cow

Dear All

Why did elite and middle class come enmass in support of the Lok pal bill- becuase it does not hit their belly or belt.

Lok pall act while necessary is not enough, it does not question the neo liberal paradigm of development, nor the material and cultural basis due to which corruption is not questioned, which includes:

- sops to quelch dissent, government formed shgs (I have revised my position),

-.MNREGS unaccompanied by land reforms or sustainable agriculture growth

- no committment to take back land or common property resouruce already given to SEZs and corporate control

- no floor prices for dry land crops - ragi millets... ,

- capital intensive growth rather than labur intensive one

- total blaseness to caste, class, religion, ethnic and patirarchal divisions

- silence on genocide of girls - population control without addressing son preference, and making a racket out of sex selection technologies.

- silence on subtel apartheid in society - slum dwellers evicted, dalit living in separate colonies, mulsims living separately--- how can we have euqity when people have different access to health, education, child care, water and sanitation

i think we need to revisit development, paradigms from ambedkar, andre gunder frank, paulo friere lens, Phule, Periyar etc and not just Gandhian values . for can we have accountability of government without wto, wb , mnc accountability? which sections of civil society were consulted, where were the dalits, adviasis, slum dwellers, poor women? we need right to participation bill - wherein any new bill is put in all language newspaper not just hindi and english and where non literacy is high consultations are held with them directly. they may air a few inequitable views, but they are also wise

in anguish

Ranjani Kamala Murthy- in the month of ambedkar i dedicate this letter to ambedkar

--- On Sat, 9/4/11, Niloufer Bhagwat <nilouferin@vsnl.net> wrote:

From: Niloufer Bhagwat <nilouferin@vsnl.net>
Subject: [humanrights-movement:4064] LOKPAL/JAN LOKPAL PROPOSED BILL
To: humanrights-movement@googlegroups.com
Date: Saturday, 9 April, 2011, 5:28 PM

Forwarding an insight into causes of corruption at the highest level across national jurisdictions

including in India with several political parties involved in joint conspiracies with the heads of private

companies , builders , contractors , commercial concerns among others .

It follows that unless the Lokpal Bill / Jan Lokpal Bill has provisions relating to prosecution of

heads of private companies , directors, officials and lobbyists including builders, contractors and

trading and commercial concerns who are jointly liable with Ministers and Officials and therefore

jointly liable in conspiracies to defraud the public exchequer, neither of these proposals meets

with the requirements of the present situation in India and other countries where Corporate houses

including Transnational Companies ,Banking and Financial Institutions , Real Estate and trading Companies are directly responsible in the corruption chain and must be jointly investigated and prosecuted before fast track courts constituted to prosecute the corrupt.

Anna Hazare's movement does not focus on this aspect at all as some funded NGOs desire

to conceal the real source of corruption as they themselves are recipient of financial largesse

from Transnational Companies or from Trusts and Foundations created by these Companies .

Stiglitz has also written on the dangers of this Corporate Corruption on the Planet .

Kindly down load the attached article on ' Japan's Nuclear Meltdown , and the Gulf

Meltdown( BP) All Happened for the Same Reason " from globalresearch website in

case you are not able to open it as it deals with Corporation corruption responsible for

serious decision making which has affected citizens across national boundaries .Also

download the article by Stiglitz on Information Clearing House on " Gambling With the Planet"

as it refers tothe nature of corrupt decisions being taken in conspiracy with Corporate Houses and

lobbyists and their political representatives .

Unless there is a focus on the source of corruption a movement may conceal rather than

reveal the systemic reason for the administrative and political collapse on the corruption

front .

Niloufer Bhagwat

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