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[ZESTCaste] Retired dalit officer''s room ''cleansed'' using cowdung water

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Retired dalit officer''s room ''cleansed'' using cowdung water
PTI | 03:04 PM,Apr 07,2011

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 7 (PTI) In a shocking incident, the office
room and furniture used by a senior government official belonging to a
Scheduled caste community here were 'cleansed' by sprinkling cowdung
water, allegedly by some employees shortly after his retirement from
service. A K Ramakrishnan, who retired as Inspector General of
Registration on March 31, has moved the State Human Rights Commission
seeking an inquiry into the incident. He said in the complaint that he
had reliable information that some employees in the office sprinkled
'cowdung water' over the tables, chairs and even inside the office car
used by him while in service. He said he believed that the 'cleansing'
was performed as he belonged to an SC community and it amounted to
violation of his human rights and civil liberties. After registering a
case based on the petition, SHRC Chairman Justice N Dhinakar sent a
notice to the Secretary Taxes, seeking a report on the allegation by
May 7, SHRC sources said. Asked about the incident, Ramakrishnan said
he would vigorously pursue the case as he considered it as an insult
to the socially depressed class. "I take this not just as a personal
insult. This is a humiliation heaped on the socially depressed classes
as a whole. If this is the experience of a person who had held the
topmost post in a government department, what would be the situation
of ordinary people belonging to the lower rungs of social strata?"
Ramakrishnan told PTI. "All these five years when I worked as IG of
Registration I had bitter experiences. But I have suffered them
without getting worked up. But what has happened even after my
retirement is really painful," he said.

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[ZESTCaste] Odisha: After police intervention Harassed Dalit woman Aganwadi worker to prepare cooking for children

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Odisha: After police intervention Harassed Dalit woman Aganwadi worker
to prepare cooking for children
Thursday, April 07, 2011

Report by Amarnath Parida; Paradip: Some upper class people in Paradip
port city have not only assaulted and insulated one Dalit Aganwadi
worker but also forced her to give resignation from this post as she
is 'harijan' by caste. Meanwhile, harassed Dalit Aganwadi worker has
sought the intervention of police and higher authority of women and
child welfare department to give justice.

While SC ant ST communities have not yet got justice on anti-dalit
remark of Minister, another controversy erupted out of dalit aganwadi
worker's preparing food for the children at Integrated Child
Development centre at ward no 18 of Sandkuda area under Paradip
municipality. Some upper class people including councilor of Paradip
Municipality and others have not allowed to one dalit woman aganwadi
worker as she is harijan by caste other wise guardians have threatened
not to send their children to this centre to receive food from harijan
woman worker.

Nearly 58 ICDS centers have been opened at 18 different wards of
Paradip Municipality to provide nutritional support to children up to
six years from impoverished parental background on the occasion of
Utkal Divas. As per the decision of women and child welfare
department, each ICDS centre should form Mothers committee to monitor
supply of cooked and dried food for these children.

One Aganwadi worker Manorama Jena who is working as aganwadi worker at
Gaudapada area in ward no 18 in Paradip Municipality called Mother's
meeting to expedite special nutrition programme in this ICDS centre.
She also invited councilor Mr Askhya Parida and others to supervise
this programme for proper implementation of SNP.

Before start of Mothers committee meeting, locals including guardians
restricted the entry of aganwadi worker Mrs Jena to this meeting as
she is 'harijan' by caste. She was vehemently restricted by the
guardians and councilor not to provide cooked food or to touch the
dried food to upper class boys and girls in this centre.

It is found that department has not yet appointed helper to cook the
food or to provide dried food in which aganwadi workers are doing both
activities including care to children and to cook food for them at 58
ICDS centers in Paradip Municipality.

This has lead chaos and conflict between two groups in Mother's
committee meeting in which aganwadi worker threatened not to stop
cooking food at any cost whether boys and girls come or not to this
centre.

Being aggrieved on the threat of worker Jena, councilor Mr Parida and
another one Tiki Patra scolded her in filthy language by saying as
'harijan'. They also threatened to nude her on the street if she will
attempt to come this ICDS centre. They have forced to stop the supply
of food or to give her resignation from this post otherwise single
child would come to this centre.
Jena has brought the matter before the notice of the IIC of Paradip
police station and officials of women and child welfare department.
She has also lodged an FIR in police station to take action against
councilor and others for anti dalit remark and restriction the supply
of cooked food.

IIC of Paradip police station Mr Anil Mishra has expressed that police
has registered a case against councilor and another one under section
3 (I) (X) Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act, 1989 and 294, 354 & 34 IPC. Police is investigating
the case so no one has yet arrested so far- he added.

Coordinator, District Ambedkar SC and ST association Mr Pitamber Tarai
has expressed that government should instruct the Paradip police to
arrest all the accused persons without delay and provide security to
the victim Jena.

District Social Welfare Officer Mrs Kumuduni Sahu has expressed 'no
helpers have yet appointed at 58 ICDS centers in Paradip so workers
are preparing food for children. There is no question to stop the
supply of cooked food at Gaudapada centre on caste issue' she added.

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[ZESTCaste] Nitish out to finish dalits, says RJD

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Nitish out to finish dalits, says RJD
Gyan Prakash, TNN | Apr 6, 2011, 11.12pm IST

PATNA: State RJD president Ram Chandra Purbey on Wednesday charged
that Murlichak Musahar Toli incident at Patna has amply proved that
chief minister Nitish Kumar, who calls himself the messiah of dalits
and Mahadalit, was out to finish them ironically in the name of
development.

Comparing Nitish with RJD chief Lalu Prasad, the state RJD chief said
that while Lalu gave voice to the poor and downtrodden and did a lot
for their welfare, Nitish has indulged in removing Dalits from their
home.

Mushar Toli has hogged headlines for the last two days following
pitched battle between the police and dalits who reside in Murlichak,
off Bailey road as builders, who forcibly encroached upon their land,
also fired shots allegedly in the presence of police personnel. The
firing led to killing of a dalit woman, Buti Devi, and injury to five
others on Tuesday.

A team of RJD leaders, including former MLA Ramanuj Prasad, Udai Kumar
Manjhi, Patna district RJD president Devmuni Singh, led by Purbey
visited the trouble-torn area and talked to the victim families.
Purvey, later said, that about 50 Mahadalit families are residing
there for the past 100 years and they bury the body of dead persons in
the nearby field.

Trouble brewed

when builders started encroaching the graveyard land for constructing
multi-storeyed buildings. This infuriated the local dalits who
vehemently opposed this and as a result the builder fired at them in
the presence of the police personnel, Purbey mentioned.

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[ZESTCaste] SC status to dalit converts: Congman writes to PM, Sonia

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SC status to dalit converts: Congman writes to PM, Sonia

Express News Service Posted online: Wed Apr 06 2011, 02:14 hrs
Ahmedabad : Says converts should not be allowed benefits extended to
dalits, can be given separate quota

Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) spokesperson Jayantilal
Parmar has opposed the Congress-led UPA government's move to grant
Scheduled Caste status to dalits who have converted to Islam and
Christianity.

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia
Gandhi and Dalit ministers in the UPA government, Parmar said that the
move will damage to the political prospects of the party.

He said dalits were accorded the status of SCs and given reservation
in government appointments and quota in Parliament and assemblies
because of the untouchability prevailing in Hindu society. But once a
dalit converted to Islam or Christianity, he/she no longer remained
untouchable. The convert was not only treated socially at par with
others in his new community, but even Hindus did not regard him or her
as untouchable, Parmar said.

"So, there is no reason for the convert to be treated as dalit and
given SC status which carried with it the benefits of reservations in
jobs, admissions in professional courses and quotas in state
assemblies and Parliament," the letter said.

He added that he did not want the dalit converts to share from the 15
per cent quota available for dalits. "I have no objection if dalit
converts are given separate quota," he said.

The letter is believed to be the outcome of the reported assurance by
the Prime Minister on March 12 to a representation of Christian
leaders seeking SC status for dalit converts to Christianity and
Islam. The Christian representatives had argued that if dalit converts
to Buddhism can be granted SC status, then why not the same facilities
be extended to converts to Christianity and Islam.

Parmar said a Mumbai-based NGO, Christian Secular Forum, after the
meeting with PM, had claimed that the PM had promised to look into the
issue.

A case is pending on the issue in the Supreme Court, Parmar said.

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[ZESTCaste] BSP forms teams for reserved constituencies

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BSP forms teams for reserved constituencies

Sanjay Singh Posted online: Wed Apr 06 2011, 03:06 hrs
Lucknow : With the Assembly elections less than a year away, the BSP
has decided to take its social engineering to booth level by creating
units of its caste committees, known as Bhaichara committees, for
polling booths in all 89 reserved constituencies. These units will
work in tandem with the party's booth-level committees formed by the
district units.

The BSP has constituted separate Bhaichara committees of several
communities, like Brahmins,

Kshatriyas, Rajbhar, Chauhan, and Bania. Each of these committees has
a four-member unit for every polling booth and each of these units has
a Dalit member.

Sources said the decision was taken to manage the lack of political
cohesion found among various communities in reserved constituencies.
The party had won 62 of the 89 reserved constituencies in 2007, but
this time the situation is different because of the Congress gaining
ground, sources said.

In June last year, Chief Minister Mayawati had given the
responsibility of party affairs in reserved constituencies to PWD
Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui, who is also party general secretary.
Siddiqui visited all the constituencies and collected the feedback
about the political situation. "It was after this that the decision to
constitute booth-level teams of every Bhaichara committee was taken,"
a party leader said.

The idea is that these units will reach out to various communities and
counter the influence of other parties. "Active teams of Bhaichara
committees at village level would counter the unhappiness or anger in
any caste against the ruling BSP for whatever reason," said the BSP
leader.

He said retaining the reserved constituencies had become all the more
important for the BSP in view of the revival of the Congress. "If
non-Dalits like Brahmins, Muslims and OBCs move towards the Congress,
the Dalit voters could also tilt. The BSP does not want that it should
be seen as a party of Dalits," he said.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Retired dalit officer''s room ''cleansed'' using cowdung water

[ZESTCaste] Odisha: After police intervention Harassed Dalit woman Aganwadi worker to prepare cooking for children

[ZESTCaste] Nitish out to finish dalits, says RJD

[ZESTCaste] SC status to dalit converts: Congman writes to PM, Sonia

[ZESTCaste] BSP forms teams for reserved constituencies

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