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[ZESTCaste] Joint opposition prevented from PM's post: Mayawati

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Joint opposition prevented from PM's post: Mayawati

STAFF WRITER 16:39 HRS IST
Lucknow, Jan 15 (PTI) The opposition joined forces in the Lok Sabha
elections so that a Dalit does not occupy the chair of country's Prime
Minister, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP president Mayawati, who
turned 54 today, says in her latest book.

"This is the reason behind these parties reaching a covert
understanding during the confidence vote sought by the Central
government in the Parliament on the Indo-US nuclear deal so as to stop
me from becoming the Prime minister," Mayawati writes in the fifth
volume of her book 'A travelogue of my struggle ridden life and BSP
movement', excerpts of which were released by her on her birthday.

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[ZESTCaste] Caste list: Tytler, Sharma may escape Cong wrath

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Caste list: Tytler, Sharma may escape Cong wrath
Express news service Posted online: Friday , Jan 15, 2010 at 0255 hrs
NEW DELHI/PATNA : AICC Bihar in-charge Jagdish Tytler and state PCC
chief Anil Sharma are likely to survive the storm over the release of
the controversial list of the party's state executive that contained
the caste name of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and other
office-bearers, even as they face legal troubles after the
registration of an FIR against them in Patna by a Dalit forum.
Bihar Dalit Kranti Morcha, a voluntary group, on Thursday lodged a
complaint with the Punaichak-based Harijan Thana under provisions of
the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The complainant, front chairman Vidan Chandra Rana told The Indian
Express: "Congress leaders Tytler and Sharma have hurt sentiments of
Dalits and insulted them by naming their castes in BPCC list, released
here on 6 January." The police have ordered an inquiry.

Though embarrassed, the Congress leadership is not inclined to take
any action against Tytler and Sharma, it was reliably learnt. AICC
general secretary (organisation) Janardan Dwivedi is holding an
internal inquiry into the incident. Party sources said that it was a
"mistake" to release the list with caste names, which was actually "an
internal exercise", but sacking Tytler and Sharma in an election year
was not considered practical.

Tytler, meanwhile, sought to wriggle out of the controversy claiming
that the internal document was "stolen" and leaked to the media. "You
find out who brought the list. It is an internal document. So many
things are mentioned in internal papers. But what is important is what
comes out officially," he said in Delhi.

Sharma termed it a "conspiracy" of political rivals.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar attacked the Congress, saying, "Congress
has always been a casteist party and its list reflected it amply. The
party leaves no chances to criticise us when we talk of Dalit welfare,
but the party leaders are groping for an explanation now."

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[ZESTCaste] FIR against Tytler for casteist remarks against Meira

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FIR against Tytler for casteist remarks against Meira

Updated on Thursday, January 14, 2010, 21:17 IST
Zeenews Bureau

New Delhi: Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is courting trouble again.
An FIR was lodged against him on Thursday for making caste-based
remarks against Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.

The FIR was filed against Tytler and Sharma here this afternoon by
Dalit Kranti Morcha leader Vidhanchandra Rana. The duo faces charges
under various sections of the SC/ST Prevention Act 1989, police said,
adding an inquiry was ordered into the matter.

Besides Tytler, who is the Congress in-charge of Bihar, the head of
party's state unit Anil Sharma has also been made an accused in the
case.

The use of caste names in the list of Bihar PCC office-bearers and
dragging Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar into a controversy has deeply
embarrassed the Congress leaders who have washed their hands off the
issue pleading ignorance.

Sharma has been blamed for the row that has shown Congress in a poor
light. The Speaker, a permanent invitee to the PCC, has her caste
mentioned in the Bihar PCC office bearers' list signed by Tytler.

Meanwhile, reacting to it Meira Kumar said, "I belong to a political
party. As a Speaker, I believe in strict neutrality of the chair."

Congress leader and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is the daughter of
the late Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram- one of the tallest
Dalit leader of his time.

Rana alleged that both Tytler and Sharma violated the act by naming
castes of the leaders in the list and termed the act as "a
constitutional crime."

Sharma had denied having released the list with caste details and
described it as "handiwork of forces inimical to him."

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati declares her birthday for the poor

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Mayawati declares her birthday for the poor

January 15th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Lucknow, Jan 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, who
turned 54 on Friday, has decided that instead of accepting gifts, she
would present gifts to the poor on her birthday.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo has declared her birthday to be
celebrated as Jan Kalyan Diwas, and special camps have been organised
in all the district headquarters for the purpose.

It is reported that a symblic cake will be cut in all the 403 assembly
constituencies, where her party workers are expected to inform the
people about the achievements of the government.

Mayawati's last birthday had come under strong criticism, as she was
lavished with expensiven gifts, golds, diamonds and cash by her
suuporters. (ANI)

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati paints Lucknow BSP blue on her birthday

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Mayawati paints Lucknow BSP blue on her birthday

January 15th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh capital was literally
covered under a blue blanket - from blue lights to blue buntings - to
mark the 54th birthday Friday of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president
and state Chief Minister Mayawati.
Long strings of tiny blue lights were draped around each of the
monuments erected by the Mayawati government in the name of different
Dalit icons, including Babasaheb Ambedkar, Shahuji Maharaj, Narayan
Guru, Ramaswamy Periyar, Jyotiba Phule and of course Kanshi Ram, the
BSP founder and Mayawati's political mentor.

Mayawati's half a dozen statues erected at different places across the
city were bedecked profusely with exquisite flowers, ordered specially
from Delhi and other places.

Millions of tiny blue bulbs were used to lend the city a BSP blue hue.
Officials were tight-lipped about how much the whole affair cost the
state exchequer. But the city sure wore a new look with the new kind
of illumination.

The decoration and illuminations on the birthday of "Behenji", as she
is known to her followers, were as on a grander scale than the
adornments on Independence Day or Republic Day.

While the chief minister confined herself to the four walls of her
heavily guarded official residence, people thronged the memorials for
a glimpse of the decorations.

Security was beefed up in and around each of the memorials since Thursday.

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Friday, January 15, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Joint opposition prevented from PM's post: Mayawati

[ZESTCaste] Caste list: Tytler, Sharma may escape Cong wrath

[ZESTCaste] FIR against Tytler for casteist remarks against Meira

[ZESTCaste] Mayawati declares her birthday for the poor

[ZESTCaste] Mayawati paints Lucknow BSP blue on her birthday

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