Monday, May 30, 2011

[ZESTCaste] NCP wants Mumbai station named after Ambedkar

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IANS
NCP wants Mumbai station named after Ambedkar
2011-05-30 16:00:00

Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which is
part of Maharashtra's ruling Congress-led coalition, wants the city's
important Dadar railway junction to be renamed 'Chaiya Bhoomi' in
memory of late Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar, a party official said here
Monday.

The proposal is likely to be taken up as a resolution at the NCP's
convention on Rights of Backward Class People scheduled June 10 as
part of the party's 11th anniversary celebrations here, the official
said.

Chaitya Bhoomi, barely two kilometers from Dadar railway station, is
the place where Ambedkar was cremated Dec 6, 1956.

Later, converted into a national monument, lakhs of Dalits from all
over the country converge to pay homage to Ambedkar, the architect of
India's constitution, on his death anniversary.

Reacting to the NCP's plans, Republican Party of India (RPI) leader
Ramdas Athawale said that his party had made this proposal long ago.

'They have no other issues for the Dalits in Mumbai. They did nothing
nothing for the Dalits for the past 64 years, so now they talk of
renaming Dadar station,' Athawale told reporters.

Shiv Sena leader Gajanan Kirtikar said that the party would not oppose
the move to rename Dadar as Chaitya Bhoomi if such a proposal comes
up.

The NCP's move is being viewed as an effort to counter the upcoming
alliance of Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party-Republican Party of India
which was announced recently and will be formalized by October.

Shaken by the prospects of losing a large chunk of crucial Dalit votes
during next year's elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
and other major civic bodies, the NCP has now come up with the idea of
renaming Dadar station.

However, on the record, top NCP leaders like Praful Patel have said
that RPI joining the opposition combine would not affect its prospects
in any manner.

In 1996-97, the then ruling Shiv Sena-BJP government had proposed
renaming of Dadar station but did not send a formal proposal to the
central government and the matter was left hanging.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit boy thrashed for 'defiling' TN temple

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Dalit boy thrashed for 'defiling' TN temple
Binoy Valsan, May 29, 2011, 03.14pm IST

COIMBATORE: In a shocking instance of the continuing practice of
untouchability, a 17-year-old dalit boy, who entered the sanctum
sanctorum of a temple, was allegedly thrashed and abused by a Brahmin
priest and his son in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore district, on Friday.

K Vinith had gone to the temple with his sister K Sruthi, 15, an hour
before her Class X results were declared on Friday. He entered the
sanctum sanctorum, took 'vibhuti' (holy ash) kept on a plate and
smeared it on his sister's forehead. The priest and his son, who were
not in the sanctum sanctorum, returned then and allegedly slapped him
repeatedly.

The duo have been arrested on charges of abuse and causing voluntary
hurt under sections of the Indian Penal Code. However, the police are
yet to invoke the sections under the anti-untouchability law (The
Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act) against
them.

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[ZESTCaste] NCSC notice to UP govt over Jat killings

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NCSC notice to UP govt over Jat killings
Vikas Pathak, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, May 29, 2011

National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Chairman PL Punia has
sent a notice to the Mayawati government over the killing of three
Jats in Bhatta-Parsaul, in recent clashes between villagers and
police, also asking about the status of the compensation due to their
families. Ironically,
Jats are a dominant caste in the region and are OBCs, not Dalits, in the state.

However, what has made Punia decide to send notice is that Article 338
(10) of the constitution — Article 338 as a whole deals with the NCSC
—expressly states: "In this article, reference to the Scheduled Castes
shall be construed as including references to… other backward
classes…and also to the Anglo Indian community".

"We have sent notice to UP under Article 338(10), informing them of
the charges that three OBC youth were killed in police firing, and
seeking to know from them what compensation they have given to the
aggrieved families as of now?" Punia told HT.

Jats were included in the UP state OBC list in the year 2000, but are
not part of the central OBC list yet. Punia however said, "This
incident took place in UP and was thus an atrocity against OBCs, on
which the NCSC is constitutionally empowered to take cognizance."

This attack from the NCSC chief — a Congress MP and an
aide-turned-arch-rival of UP CM Mayawati — comes close on the heels of
the NCSC's summoning of the district magistrate and superintendent of
police of Gautam Buddha Nagar over atrocities on Dalits in
Bhatta-Parsaul.

Politically, this is being seen as part of the ongoing
Congress-Mayawati row after Rahul Gandhi visited the twin villages
that became the site of a recent land acquisition controversy.

Sociologically, the notice may seem an anomaly to some, as a
constitutional commission mandated to safeguard the interests of
Dalits — at the bottom of the social pyramid — has sent notice to a
Dalit CM about the killing of members of a locally dominant caste.

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Date: Sat, May 28, 2011 at 2:26 PM
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Saturday, May 28, 2011

[ZESTCaste] questions posted

time to ban temple priests or search for Kabir within or monitor implementation of reservation of dalits as temple priests? frankly i prefer option 2 or 1. but people have to decide

Ranjani.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dalit-boy-thrashed-for-entering-Tamil-Nadu-temple/articleshow/8631401.cm

Dalit boy thrashed for entering Tamil Nadu temple

Binoy Valsan, TNN | May 29, 2011, 01.55am IST

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COIMBATORE: A teenage Dalit boy, who entered the sanctum sanctorum of a temple, was allegedly thrashed and abused by a Brahmin priest and his son in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore district, on Friday.

K Vinith had gone to the temple with his younger sister K Sruthi for special prayers, an hour before her Class X results were declared on Friday. He entered the main temple, took `vibhuti' (holy ash) kept on a plate and smeared it on his sister's forehead. The priest and his son, who were not present in the sanctum sanctorum, returned then and allegedly slapped him repeatedly.

The two have been arrested on charges of abuse and causing voluntary hurt under sections of the Indian Penal Code. However, the police are yet to invoke the sections under the anti-untouchability law (The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act) against them.

Despite the presence of a stringent law and numerous public campaigns, complaints of Dalits being denied entry into temples abound.

According to Vinith, he had gone to the Siddhi Vinayaka temple near the co-operative housing unit in Mettupalayam around 9.30am to pray for Sruthi, who scored 71% in the exam. Temple priest S Jambunatha Gurukkal, 49, had left a plate of `vibhuti' at the entrance.

``Vinith took a pinch of `vibhuti' for his sister when the priest returned and confronted them,'' said P Krishnamoorthy, advocate and social activist.

The priest asked Vinith where he lived. When the boy said he was from the Adidravidar colony at Nadur, Jambunathan slapped him repeatedly for entering the temple, Vinith's father Krishnan, a railway contract employer, said.

Sruthi was shocked and screamed for help. Then, Jambunathan's son Sugavanam ran in and joined in beating up Vinith. The priest and his son asked them to leave after warning them to stay away from the temple.

Krishnan lodged a complaint with Mettupalayam police against the priest and his son. ``We took them into custody based on the complaint filed by the victims,'' said sub-inspector P N Thangavelu.

The priest's family claimed there was no caste angle to the issue, and Jambunathan just lost his temper when he saw the boy entering and ``defiling'' the sanctum sanctorum. ``He did not have any other intention. He could not control himself,'' said his wife J Revathi.

Nagarajan Iyer, another priest associated with the temple, claimed Jambunathan merely punished the boy for entering the sacred area and taking the `vibhuti'.

Dalit outfits have demanded stringent action against the priest. ``The priest and his son have been arrested on minor charges. They should be proceeded under the anti-untouchability Act,'' said S Karuppiah of the Dalit Liberation Movement.

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