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[ZESTCaste] Babasaheb Ambedkar worship on at 'seized' Indu Mills in Mumbai

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Babasaheb Ambedkar worship on at 'seized' Indu Mills in Mumbai
Published: Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011, 8:00 IST
By Alok Deshpande | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

The Indu Mills plot, captured by the activists of the Republican Sena
on December 6, has already assumed a shrine status, at least
symbolically.

In fact, the holed up activists are demanding that a 'Statue of
Equality' be built on the erstwhile mill land.

On Mahaparinirvan Day, around 800 activists barged in to the mill land
to claim what they believe is rightfully theirs. Busts of Dr Babasaheb
Ambedkar and Gautam Buddha were kept inside, as Buddhist monks
performed prayers inside.

Ever since, hundreds of Ambedkar followers are thronging the place on
a daily basis for worshipping the busts. The monks are living inside,
while a few policemen can be seen sitting at the entrance guarding the
mill.

"The capture of Indu Mills was not carried out by certain community,
but by followers of Babasaheb from all castes and religions who
participated in the act. On Sunday, our leader Anandraj Ambedkar held
discussions with an architect about the future plan and we have
decided to construct a huge 'Statue of Equality' on the mill land,"
said Ramesh Jadhav, Mumbai chief of Republican Sena.

Along with the plan of statue, a world-class memorial of Dr Ambedkar
is on the agenda.

"There's been a long-pending demand to build a memorial that will
attract people from all over the world. If the government does not
agree to it, then the people from over the world are ready to
contribute for the cause and the work will be completed with their
help," said Kashinath Nikalje, Maharashtra chief of Republican Sena.

While making it clear that occupants will not vacate the mill land at
any cost, Jadhav said, "If the administration uses force against us,
then the repercussions of their action will be felt all over
Maharashtra." He recalled that in spite of repeated requests to the
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to provide dustbins and
mobile toilets for the benefit of people inside, the civic body hasn't
bothered.

Inside Indu Mills, each and every structure bears the slogans against
Congress-led state government for not transferring the mill land. At
the same time, hundreds of followers of Ambedkar are visiting the
place as a mark of support to the action.

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[ZESTCaste] Bundelkhand package: Maya under Plan panel scanne

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Bundelkhand package: Maya under Plan panel scanne
Prasad Nichenametla, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, December 12, 2011

The Planning Commission has asked the Mayawati government in Uttar
Pradesh to give details of the money spent and work done under the
Bundelkhand Special Package to the state. A monitoring committee on
Monday reviewed the progress of the Rs7266 crore package approved by
the UPA
government two years back for the drought-hit region in Uttar Pradesh
and Madhya Pradesh.

The UP assembly recently passed a resolution to divide the state UP
into four parts — Bundelkhand being one of them — for better
administration and development. The state is going to polls early next
year.

At a public hearing on Bundelkhand in the Capital last week, Congress
general secretary Rahul Gandhi's said the state had failed in
delivering benefits to the Bundelkhand poor. "The package was sent
because of the drought, backwardness and migration in the region. It
is not the Centre's or UP's, it is yours," he had said.

The monitoring panel, which expressed satisfaction with the progress
in the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, questioned the information provided
by the UP officials.

"While MP faired well, there are some gaps in information (money
utilised etc) in case of UP. We have asked the state to furnish
details immediately, so that we can asses the progress properly,"
Mihir Shah, co-chair of the panel told HT after the meet. The plan
panel has called another review with UP officials later this month.

Planning commission deputy chief Montek Singh Ahluwalia and member
secretary Sudha Pillai, who visited the Uttar Pradesh earlier, found
the progress un-satisfactory.

"The physical progress which should have been 50% of the package
target by now, stands as low as 25 % in case of UP," J S Samrat, CEO,
National Rainfed Area Authority and member of review committee said.

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[ZESTCaste] BJP demands white paper on Mayawati’s assets

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BJP demands white paper on Mayawati's assets

Dec 6, 2011

Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party today demanded that Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati issue a white paper on her
assets and those of her family members.

"Instead of misleading the people, Mayawati should issue a white paper
on her assets and those owned by her family members," party spokesman
Vijay Bahadur Pathak told reporters here.

Pathak said that Mayawati should tell the people about her assets. Reuters

He said that the BSP supremo should give a point wise reply on the
allegations levelled by the BJP against her brother Anand and his
wife.

BJP had yesterday accused Anand Kumar, the brother of the BSP Supremo,
and his wife of parking money through ghost and dummy companies at
Noida.

"There are 26 companies linked with dubious transactions, dealings and
investment, of which seven closed down after financial transactions of
Anand Kumar," BJP National Secretary Kirit Somaiya had alleged while
releasing the list of companies.

He had alleged that more than 100 such companies were involved in the
Noida scam.

Pathak said that Mayawati should tell the people about her assets and
those owned by her family members, including brother and his wife.

"Allegations against Anand are of a serious a nature and people need
to know the reality," he said.

He said that the BSP was misleading the people by terming these
allegations as false and baseless and making statements like "imported
leaders".

The spokesman demanded that a thorough probe into the matter.

Mayawati today hit out at the opposition parties for targeting her
government and the party and said such attacks would only work to her
advantage in the assembly elections due next year.

PTI

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[ZESTCaste] Rahul seeks to storm Mulayam's bastion

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Rahul seeks to storm Mulayam's bastion
Subodh Ghildiyal, TNN | Dec 13, 2011, 01.58AM IST

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi will kick up dust in Uttar Pradesh afresh,
taking his campaign for Congress revival to the OBC-Muslim stronghold
in the central region, long considered the pocket borough of Samajwadi
Party boss Mulayam Singh Yadav.

The five-day foray, beginning Tuesday, is expected to nudge Gandhi to
focus his attack on the Yadav chieftain. This could test already
strained ties between Congress and SP at the Centre.

As if to quell any ambiguity, Rahul will kickstart the second leg of
his campaign from Gunnaur, an assembly seat in Sambhal once
represented by Mulayam, pass through the Lok Sabha constituencies of
his nephew Dharmendra Yadav (Badayun), son Akhilesh Yadav (Kannauj),
and Shahjahanpur which has an SP MP, before culminating in a rally of
'Most Backward Castes' in rural Kanpur.

Observers feel Rahul Gandhi's UP campaign is aimed at hurting Mulayam
Singh's bid to mobilize backwards and Muslims around the anti-BSP
sentiment. As if to drive home the point, Congress on Monday paraded
Samajwadi "defector" Rashid Masood as its prize catch, baring its
intent to hit Mulayam's recovery among Muslims following the
disastrous tie-up with 'saffron' Kalyan Singh during LS polls. The SP
ranks are already smarting under Rahul's attack during the launch of
his campaign from Phulpur, where he dubbed SP and BSP as equally
corrupt.

SP is not resenting Rahul's focus on it, suspicious as it is of
Mayawati's attempt to frame the coming polls as a "Rahul versus Maya"
affair. It sees Mayawati's indulgence of the Congress heir apparent's
attacks with aggressive ripostes is aimed at keeping voters from
gravitating towards SP, her main challenger. The resultant split in
anti-BSP votes will work to Mayawati's advantage, SP strategists
reason. Rahul has his own reasons to escalate the offensive against
SP. The Congress cannot be seen as soft on any of the principal poles,
lest it is edged out by the main opposition party in an anti-BSP
surge, as happened in favour of Mayawati in 2007. The trip through the
OBC-Muslim belt is critical to Mulayam's fortunes. The region has been
the launchpad for the post-Mandal surge of backward satraps, with the
'Mulayam vs Kalyan Singh' fight being the top draw of state politics
for over a decade.

Congress has much at stake in Rahul's second-phase campaign, as it
represents the party's new gambit on OBCs, MBCs and Muslims.

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[ZESTCaste] More independent candidates from backward classes

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More independent candidates from backward classes
Linah Baliga, TNN | Dec 13, 2011, 02.51AM IST
MUMBAI: The upcoming elections are giving many corporators sleepless
nights, and with good reason too-with 50% seats reserved for women,
political uncertainty is the buzz word among the city's sitting
corporators. Now, a new trend is threatening to upset the already
unstable apple cart. More and more citizen consensus candidates,
especially from economically backward classes, are evincing an
interest in changing the political landscape.

Over the last two weeks, there has been an upsurge in Dalit
organizations and minority groups approaching Mumbai 227-a platform
launched by a group of Mumbaikars to push for independent citizen
candidates. Kunbi, a predominant Mumbai community of mainly former
mill-workers hailing from the Konkan, want to put up their candidates
through this platform. They're not the only ones. Of the 227
corporator wards, Mumbai 227 has managed to scout a sizeable 173
applicants. The first round of applications will cover more than 100
wards. "This data of 173 applicants is last week's. So there will be
more who will come forward. There are people who are not fluent in
Marathi, and we going to train them in language skills, as soon as
they are selected," said Santosh Avatramani, spokesperson, Mumbai 227.
He is not deterred by this election's comprehensive, more corporate HR
method of selecting a candidate. He said, "An eminent citizen panel
will choose the candidate by doing a background check first. We will
support the chosen candidates in every way."

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Monday, December 12, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Babasaheb Ambedkar worship on at 'seized' Indu Mills in Mumbai

[ZESTCaste] Bundelkhand package: Maya under Plan panel scanne

[ZESTCaste] BJP demands white paper on Mayawati’s assets

[ZESTCaste] Rahul seeks to storm Mulayam's bastion

[ZESTCaste] More independent candidates from backward classes

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