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[ZESTCaste] Affair assault on dalit teen triggers protest

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Affair-assault-on-dalit-teen-triggers-protest/articleshow/9848442.cms

Affair assault on dalit teen triggers protest
TNN | Sep 3, 2011, 04.24PM IST

Hazaribag: A dalit teenager was confined to a room, his head was
partially shaved and thrashed for allegedly having an affair with a
Muslim girl at Guruwa village under Hazaribag Mufassil police station
area on Tuesday, creating resentment among the dalit families of the
area for the past four days.

Family members of the teenager, a Class X student of Amritnagar High
School, alleged that the boy was accosted by some 20 to 25 people led
by Md Rafique, the girl's father, when he was going to school and was
thrashed.

The mother of the boy alleged that her son was locked in a room for
more than four hours and was severely beaten up on Tuesday following
which he had to be admitted to the Hazaribag Sadar Hospital.

He has been shifted to the RIMS in Ranchi on Thursday when his
condition deteriorated. She also alleged that prior to his
confinement, the boy's head was partially shaved and he was paraded in
the village with a garland made of shoes for his alleged affair with
the girl.

The action by the relatives of the girl was protested by the Dalit
villagers, who said that if the boy was punished for his alleged
affair, the girl, too, should be punished for the same "offence" as
she was equally responsible. The girl, they alleged, was exchanging
letters regularly with the boy for the last few months. The villagers
demanded that action against the girl's parents and kin be taken under
the SC/ST act.

When the situation turned serious, a meeting was called with the
members of both the communities in the village. The relatives of both
the boy and girl attended the meeting. The village elders issued an
order asking the boy's family to leave the village and settle
elsewhere and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on them for the "offence".

Later, when the boy's father expressed his inability to pay such a
heavy amount, the "fine" was reduced and he was directed to pay Rs
3,000 .

Hazaribag SP Pankaj Kamboj said cases had been lodged by the parents
of the victim and girl's father. In addition, a separate case under
the SC/ST act was also registered with the Hazaribag Mufassil police
station following a complaint lodged by the boy's parents .

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[ZESTCaste] Minor girl gang-raped at gun-point; accused make MMS clip

http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/minor-girl-gang-raped-at-gun-point-accused-make-mms-clip-131088

Minor girl gang-raped at gun-point; accused make MMS clip

Press Trust of India, Updated: September 03, 2011 17:35 IST
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Meerut: A 12-year-old Dalit girl was sexually assaulted at gun-point
by three men who also made an MMS clip of the act in Daurala area of
the district, police said today.

The victim, a Class VI student, along with her younger sister had gone
to attend nature's call to the fields where she was gang-raped by
Joni, Sushil and Guddu of Daurala village yesterday, police said.

Joni also made an MMS clip while committing the crime.

The accused fled the spot after the victim's sister raised an alarm,
they said, adding that efforts are on to arrest the culprits.

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[ZESTCaste] In Perali village, Dalits can't cycle in upper caste areas

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2421543.ece

PERAMBALUR, September 3, 2011
In Perali village, Dalits can't cycle in upper caste areas
S. Ganesan

A Dalit pushing along his bi-cycle at a caste Hindu street at Perali
village in Perambalur district.. Photo: M. Moorthy
The Hindu A Dalit pushing along his bi-cycle at a caste Hindu street
at Perali village in Perambalur district.. Photo: M. Moorthy

Those who dare to violate the 'ban' face abuse, threats from caste Hindus

After several years of struggle and agitation, the Dalits of Perali
village in Perambalur district say they continue to face
discrimination at the hands of caste Hindus.

They still cannot ride a bicycle on streets where upper caste members
reside. Those who dare to violate the 'ban' face abuse and threats.

In 2002, the All India Democratic Women's Association organised an
agitation in the village, forcing the district administration to
intervene. A group of Dalit boys and girls cycled along the upper
caste streets under the supervision of Revenue officials. The freedom
was short-lived.

Dalits students of the Government Higher Secondary School in the
village still cannot take the upper caste streets though it is a
shorter, safe route.

They have get down from the bicycle and push it or go via the busy
Perambalur-Ariyalur High Road , says 49-year-old N. Ayyakannu, a real
estate broker. Even the postmaster, a Dalit, cannot ride his bicycle
on the upper caste streets.

"After all the representations and agitations many of us are fed up
and have come to the conclusion that things will not change," he says.

Dalits constitute a minority in the village.

Many among them have to work as agricultural labourers for the
affluent and dominant caste Hindus and can hardly afford to go against
the wishes of their employers.

Dalits are not allowed to enter the temple on the upper caste street,
says Mr. Ayyakannu.

'The two-tumbler system' is prevalent in some of the tea shops, says
Arumugam, a 70-year-old agricultural labourer. "The system is followed
except in two shops. We cannot even sit as equals with caste Hindus on
the benches at the tea shops."

Though the village has a library, Dalit youth can only sit on the
floor, says Suresh, a Dalit boy.

Charge denied

K. Padaikathu, president of the village panchayat, who belongs to the
upper caste community, denied there was any ban on Dalits cycling
through the upper caste streets.

When probed further, he conceded that there could be a few minor
issues, but maintained there were no major problems in the village.

"Such problems were there some years back when I was young. But now,
we co-exist peacefully."

Asked about Dalits being denied admission to the temple, Mr.Padaikathu
said there were separate temples in upper caste and Dalit streets and
there was agreement that the two communities would worship separately.

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[ZESTCaste] Provide reservation to dalits in Lokpal selection panel: Ram Vilas Paswan

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/provide-reservation-to-dalits-in-lokpal-selection-panel-ram-vilas-paswan/articleshow/9849053.cms

3 Sep, 2011, 05.45PM IST, PTI
Provide reservation to dalits in Lokpal selection panel: Ram Vilas Paswan

ALLAHABAD: Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan today
demanded adequate representation for dalits, minorities and backward
classes in the selection committee that would appoint the Lokpal.

"I will raise the matter at the meeting of Parliamentary Standing
Committee going into the Lokpal issue which is likely to be held on
September 7," he said here.

The Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar is also a member of the Committee.

"My party's stand reflects the concerns of all members of such social
groups," Paswan said.

The former Union Minister is in favour of keeping lower- rung
government officials under the purview of Lokayuktas of respective
states who, he said, should be allowed to function independently of
the Lokpal.

Opposing the idea of bringing lower judiciary under the ambit of the
Lokpal, Paswan said "courts have been accorded the highest status by
our Constitution and nothing should be done which goes against its
spirit".

"Former RSS ideologue Govindacharya and leaders of the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad have themselves been claiming that the crowd that had
gathered at the Ram Lila Maidan comprised Sangh Parivar volunteers,"
he said when asked about the character of Hazare's anti-graft
campaign.

However, Paswan added he was not trying to say that the entire
movement was sponsored by the Sangh Parivar.

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[ZESTCaste] Poor dalit law execution: HC

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/poor-dalit-law-execution-hc-278

Poor dalit law execution: HC

September 4, 2011
By J. Stalin
DC
chennai

The Madras high court has observed that despite a number of
anti-discrimination statutes and positive-benefit provisions exist in
Indian law for the protection and benefits of dalits, tribals and
other backward classes of society, the implementation of these laws is
poor.

Directing the Tiruvannamalai district collector to expedite the
implementation of the Adi Dravidar housing scheme in right earnest,
Justice K. Chandru said, "Dalits face social, linguistic and
systematic barriers that become virtually impossible to overcome in
the face of an often hostile system and an insensitive civil
administration. The entire system is designed to exclude and ostracise
dalits".

Dismissing a petition from R. Harikrishnan, challenging the
proceedings relating to acquisition of his dry land measuring 1.00
cents (hectare 0.40.5) at Sevoor village in Tiruvannamalai district
for granting free house sites to the Adi Dravidar people of the
village, the judge said it must be noted that the constitutional
validity of Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Lands for Harijan Welfare
Schemes Act 1978 (Act 31 of 1978) was upheld by the Supreme Court in
1995 and a Full bench of this court has settled the controversy on the
modalities of the procedure involved in the land acquisition for
Harijan welfare schemes in 2006.

"It is a pity that these cases which were filed a decade ago have
virtually frustrated the welfare scheme conceived for the welfare of
dalits. Thirty years have gone by and the law conceived for the dalits
remains on paper," the judge added.

Petitioner contended that his objections with regard to acquisition of
his land were not considered and instead of the district collector
satisfying himself, the gazette notification shows the satisfaction
was that of the government and therefore, on that short ground, the
acquisition must fail.

The judge said this court was fully satisfied that the collector had
taken appropriate steps.

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[ZESTCaste] Marginalized warn stir against non-inclusion of demands in Lokpal bill

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Marginalized-warn-stir-against-non-inclusion-of-demands-in-Lokpal-bill/articleshow/9854437.cms

Marginalized warn stir against non-inclusion of demands in Lokpal bill
TNN | Sep 4, 2011, 03.58AM IST

NEW DELHI: As the Lokpal debate enters the parliamentary committee,
Dalits are piling pressure for accommodation of their demands, and top
activists and intellectuals are threatening protest on Monday.

The Social Justice Forum on Lokpal (SJFL) has demanded that the
revised draft Lokpal bill provide for constitutional safeguards of
dalits, adivasis, OBCs, minorities and women and their interests along
with asking for their proportionate representation in the search
committee of Lokpal and its investigating agencies.

The group, which includes top intellectuals, activists and employees
federations, argued that concerns and constitutional safety net of all
the marginalized communities are respected and given utmost importance
and priority in drafting the anti-corruption bill.

Asking government to withdraw the Lokpal bill from parliament and
disbanding of standing committee considering it, the group wants
constitution of a new drafting committee consisting representatives
from SC, ST, OBC, minorities and women along with government and Team
Anna members in the last panel and representatives of political
outfits.

The forum wants Parliament to consider revised bill finalized by the
new drafting committee and refer it to new standing committee for
wider consultations with various groups and communities, political
parties within specified time.

The demand is for expanding the definition of corruption to bring
corruption in corporates, NGOs, media, panchayats, municipalities and
other autonomous local bodies and judiciary under its ambit.

The discriminatory and exclusionary practices suffered by weaker
sections, minorities, exploitation of labour like bonded labour,
forced labour, and all other forms of exploitation and discrimination
should also be covered under new definition.

Corruption should also include non-utilization of
funds/mis-utilization of funds, diversions of funds meant for Schedule
caste under Special Component Plan (SCP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP).

The discriminatory practices in the education institutions, denial of
reservation, fraudulence in the affirmative action against
disadvantaged, ill-treatment of students from these communities, and
threat to their safety and interest in and outside such educational
institutions should also be treated as corrupt practice and stringent
action should be taken against the perpetrators of such practices.

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[ZESTCaste] 8 SC/ST students of MNNIT get laptops

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-02/allahabad/30105230_1_meritorious-students-st-students-laptops

8 SC/ST students of MNNIT get laptops
TNN Sep 2, 2011, 09.42pm IST

ALLAHABAD: Taking a step ahead for the welfare of SC/ST students,
state's lone NIT-Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology on
Thursday provided laptops to selected eight meritorious students.

Giving this information, director of MNNIT, Prof P Chakrabarti said
that institute had decided to provide laptops under the financial
schemes operated by ministry of human resource development (MHRD) for
SC/ST students. Under the scheme, meritorious students on the basis of
academic performance were to be selected for the distribution of
laptops. As per the financial provisions for MHRD schemes, each
student was given a laptop worth Rs 45 thousand, said Chakrabarti.

He said that the step was the beginning of scores of measures being
initiated and mooted in the welfare of SC/ST candidates and students
fraternity in whole.

Prof Chakrabarti said that institute is also planning to raise funds
from various governmental agencies for launching many other schemes
and improving the research and academic infrastructure of institute.

"We have recognised the financial constraints which ultimately hampers
the growth of students from weaker sections. Institute would explore
all possibilities to minimise the burden of such students," he added
while interacting with the students after distributing the laptops.

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[ZESTCaste] SC-ST body submits 'inclusive' version of Ombudsman Bill to PM

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-60404.html

SC-ST body submits 'inclusive' version of Ombudsman Bill to PM

New Delhi, Sep 3 : Stressing that various proposals of the Ombudsman
Bill are not socially inclusive, SC-ST body submitted their own
version of the anti-graft legislation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
on Saturday.

The move came a day after the delegation submitted the Bahujan Lokpal
(lower caste Ombudsman) Bill to the chairman of the parliamentary
standing committee on the legislation, Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

Led by noted dalit activist-leader Udit Raj, a delegation comprising
representatives from the country's scheduled castes, scheduled tribes,
backward classes and minorities met Singh at his residence to put
forth their views on the Ombudsman Bill.

Soon after the meeting, Raj, who is also the president of the All
India Confederation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, told
mediapersons that he had urged the Prime Minister to allow the
parliamentary standing committee to also consider the provisions laid
down in the Bahujan Lokpal Bill.

"Today, we had the permission to meet the Prime Minister with a small
delegation. We came and met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
submitted the Bahujan Lokpal (lower caste Ombudsman) Bill. We
requested him to allow our draft to be considered in the parliamentary
standing committee," said Raj.

Presently, there are four main versions of the Ombudsman Bill, namely
the Jan Lokpal, proposed by veteran anti-graft activist Anna Hazare;
Lokpal, proposed by the government; Bahujan Lokpal, drafted by lower
caste representatives; and another version submitted by activist Aruna
Roy's National Campaign for Peoples' Right to Information (NCPRI).

Lauding Hazare's fight against graft, Raj conceded that the lower
caste representatives did have differences with civil society
activists on certain provisions of the Jan Lokpal version.

"Anna Hazare and we are on the same page as far as the issue of
corruption is concerned. He is fighting a great struggle for the
benefit of the masses. However, there are a few differences between us
on the exclusion of certain aspects from his draft of the Bill. We
have submitted a note on this too. The Ombudsman Bill proposed by Anna
Hazare does not address the concerns of the lower castes. It does not
have any provision to punish those officials who harass members of the
lower castes," said Raj.

Raj also called for the inclusion of non-governmental organisations
and corporate giants into the legislation's ambit to effectively
tackle the menace of corruption, which is deeply entrenched in India's
civic and democratic institutions since decades.

"The Ombudsman Bill proposed by Anna Hazare does not include NGOs and
corporate houses in its ambit. We differ with them on this aspect. We
feel that until corporate houses and industries are not included in
this anti-graft legislation, corruption cannot be tackled effectively.
It is these corporate firms that are funding the political parties,"
said Raj.

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[ZESTCaste] Uttar Pradesh: Dalit girl immolates herself, BSP leader booked

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/uttar-pradesh-dalit-girl-immolates-herself-bsp-leader-booked-131167

Uttar Pradesh: Dalit girl immolates herself, BSP leader booked

NDTV Correspondent, Updated: September 04, 2011 10:47 IST

Barabanki: The Uttar Pradesh Police have finally booked BSP leader
Aslam, four days after a girl set herself on fire after being molested
by him.

But the BSP leader has been booked only for assault and not for
abetment to suicide or sexual harassment.

"I said you are older than me, don't say such things. He would harass
me daily, but I never said anything," the girl said.

The 16-year-old Dalit girl of Sihali village in Barabanki district set
herself on fire after the BSP leader allegedly beat her up publicly
and molested her several times on her way to school. The girl is in
hospital with 65 per cent burns.

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