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[ZESTCaste] BSP men with criminal antecedents expelled

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article419545.ece

Published: May 2, 2010 01:49 IST | Updated: May 2, 2010 01:49 IST
LUCKNOW, May 2, 2010 500

BSP men with criminal antecedents expelled
Atiq Khan

In a bid to refurbish the image of her party, Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Mayawati on Saturday expelled nearly 500 Bahujan Samaj Party
workers with alleged criminal antecedents and directed the party
coordinators to submit another list containing the names of tainted
persons on May 13 for further action.

Those ousted from the party belong to 17 divisions of the State as the
list of partymen with alleged criminal record from there was found to
be correct after a thorough verification of their crime record by the
Chief Minister's own sources.

No action has been taken on the list from Mirzapur division, which has
been kept in abeyance. But the BSP coordinator for Mirzapur, Narayan
Das Ahirwar, was expelled from the party for not complying with the
Chief Minister's directives on identifying criminals and anti-social
elements in the BSP. He was charged with taking action against party
workers without verifying their alleged criminal background.

It is not known whether the 500 party workers expelled by Ms. Mayawati
also include some of the "big fish", but an official statement issued
late on Saturday evening said she has directed the party coordinators
to "re-examine" the list of big criminals and mafia elements in the
BSP and submit it to her on May 13.

She warned the coordinators that persons with a criminal background
would not be tolerated in the party as the BSP enjoys a relatively
clean image in contrast to other political parties. Ms. Mayawati's
action followed a two-hour meeting with zonal party coordinators at
her 5 Kalidas Marg official residence. Earlier in the day the Chief
Minister had addressed a meeting of her ministers, MLAs, MLCs and
party office-bearers. After the meeting with the zonal coordinators,
Ms. Mayawati held a separate meeting with senior office-bearers of the
BSP Brahmin "Bhaichara Samiti" (Brahmin brotherhood committee), which
also continued for close to two hours. BSP general secretary and Rajya
Sabha MP Satish Chandra Mishra was present.

According to an official spokesman, Mr. Mishra apprised the Chief
Minister of steps taken to expand party's Brahmin support base as per
her directives.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit Mitra awards function after three years, on May 4

http://www.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimesBeta/20100502/5687420047098985427.htm

Dalit Mitra awards function after three years, on May 4
PTI
Sunday, May 02, 2010 AT 08:08 PM (IST)

NAGPUR: The annual Dalit Mitra awards meant for institutions and
individuals working in the field of welfare of dalits which could not
be given for last three years, will be presented on May 4.

The awards will be presented at a function at Ravindra Natya Mandir,
Mumbai. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister
Chhagan Bhujbal will be chief guests at the function, State Minister
for Social Welfare, Shivajirao Moghe, told PTI. "It was unfortunate
that these awards were not given during the last three years and his
first priority was to revive the awards", Moghe said.

The award consists of cash of Rs 15,000, a shawl and citation to
individuals and Rs 25,000 to the institutions. A total of 51 awards
have been instituted.

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[ZESTCaste] Dateline Hisar

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Dateline Hisar

The Indian Express Posted online: Saturday , May 01, 2010 at 0233 hrs
After a Jat mob set fire to a Dalit settlement in Mirchpur, in Hisar
district, killing a polio-stricken girl and her father among others,
Haryana's dysfunctional politics has drawn national attention. Rahul
Gandhi's sudden visit to the victims' families, and his assurance that
the Congress president would keep tabs on the state government's
handling of the affair, is clear reproof to the Congress
administration in the state. It is also an acknowledgment that such
narrow caste exploiting politics can't coexist with the party's plans
to draw Dalits under its social umbrella.
Haryana is among the states with a larger concentration of SC
populations, at almost 20 per cent. In recent years, caste identities
have become sharper and more aggressive, encouraged by a political
class that feeds on these divisions. In the last few years, Dalit
assertion has been accompanied by convulsions of inter-caste violence
— in Gohana, in Mohamedpur, in Kila Jafargarh, now in Mirchpur. These
old hatreds just need an excuse to burst into flame — and as in
Mirchpur, there is no answer to the Dalit villagers' anguish, their
fear at staying on in the same area. Let down by the police, they are
insecure and disillusioned with the state.

And the Congress has been only too complicit in this arrangement. Its
state government strains mightily to look away from the social
intimidation and rough justice practised by Haryana's khap panchayats.
Its only real intervention, in fact, has been to claim that
prosecuting khaps would be a rash and destabilising step. With a state
government that can't square up to its responsibility towards
Haryana's Dalits, the Congress's fine-sounding words about Dalit
welfare seem empty. If the party's plans for a grand social coalition
are to work out, it needs to reach out and reassure Haryana's
vulnerable Dalits that these incidents will be met with swift
punishment. If the Congress wants to reclaim the grand social
coalition in north India, sustain its hold over Haryana, it must
articulate a brave and inclusive alternative to the petty math of
playing caste tensions against each other.

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[ZESTCaste] Slain Dalit's family refuses govt job, aid

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Slain-Dalits-family-refuses-govt-job-aid/articleshow/5882024.cms

Slain Dalit's family refuses govt job, aid

TNN, May 2, 2010, 03.15am IST
HISAR: After UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's terse snub, Haryana chief
minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda faced another embarrassment when the
family of a Dalit, burnt to death along with his physically challenged
daughter in caste violence in Hisar's Mirchpur village last week,
refused to accept a government job and ex gratia relief. Valmiki
community members also refused to return to the village.

Tara Chand's son, Pradeep, said the family refused compensation in
protest against the government't failure to protect the community.
"We've informed Rahul Gandhi and will ask the UPA chief to dismiss the
government for its failure," he said. Family members also alleged that
officials were forcing the victims's elder son to accept the job.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit families flee Haryana village,vow not to return

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Sun, May 02

Dalit families flee Haryana village,vow not to return

Mirchpur (Haryana), May 1 "I will rather die than return to the
village," murmurs Kamla Devi, still in shock after her husband and
physically challenged daughter were burnt alive in caste violence here
on April 21.

Devi, 45, along with her two sons, who are pursuing graduation, has
been camping at the district headquarters at Hisar, about 60 km from
here, along with nearly 30 dalit families which fled the village after
houses belonging to the community were torched.

The affected families have been demanding rehabilitation outside Mirchpur.

Devi's polio-stricken daughter Suman and her aged husband were trapped
inside their burning house when about 18 dwellings were set ablaze
allegedly by members of the dominant community over old enmity.

"I have lost everything. No one can compensate my loss," says the
distraught woman about the monetary relief announced by the Haryana
Government to her family.

- (Agencies)
May 01, 2010

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Sunday, May 2, 2010

[ZESTCaste] BSP men with criminal antecedents expelled

[ZESTCaste] Dalit Mitra awards function after three years, on May 4

[ZESTCaste] Dateline Hisar

[ZESTCaste] Slain Dalit's family refuses govt job, aid

[ZESTCaste] Dalit families flee Haryana village,vow not to return

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