Sunday, September 18, 2011

[ZESTCaste] MRPS flays Ponnala for clinging onto post

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/MRPS-flays-Ponnala-for-clinging-onto-post/articleshow/10034647.cms

MRPS flays Ponnala for clinging onto post
TNN | Sep 19, 2011, 03.28AM IST

WARANGAL/MAHBUBNAGAR: As the Sakala Janula Samme entered the sixth day
on Sunday, Telangana MRPS women activists and workers resorted to a
novel protest by staging a dharna in front of IT minister Ponnala
Lakshmaiah's residence in Hanamkonda by beating drums (called as
'chavu dappu' in local parlance).

They conducted a funeral procession of the IT minister and later burnt
his effigy. They raised slogans against the minister for clinging to
his post. They beat drums as the mock funeral procession passed
through the area. Speaking at the meeting,

MRPS state convener Botla Bikshapathi Madiga warned that they would
conduct similar protests if Congress and Telangana TDP MLAs do not
submit their resignations in support of T-demand.

Hundreds of Warangal Walkers Association (WWA) members took out a
rally from Kakatiya University to the martyrs memorial at Adalath
Junction in support of the strike. Employees and workers took out
massive rallies, while the private schools' managements association
extended support to the strike till September 24 as all the schools
would remain close from Monday.

Makthal and Amarachinta MLAs Sitha Dayakar reddy and Dayakar Reddy
faced the wrath of agitators in Mahbubnagar district during SJS on
Sunday. The protesters demanded their resignations and said they would
gherao other MLAs also if they do not tender their resignations
afresh. The education department postponed the quarterly examinations
in the district due to ongoing SJS.

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[ZESTCaste] Monitoring report of atrocities against SCs and STs in Karnataka 2010 [1 Attachment]

 
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Hello and greetings from Committee Monitoring and Strengthening SCs and STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Karnataka (CMASK)
 
Attached please find our monitoring report on the implementation of the Act in Karnataka in 2010 in English.
The Kannada version can be sent on request.
It was released on 15 September 2011 and the links to press coverage are given below.
 
Please use/circulate and give us comments for improvement in the report and in advocacy.
Your feedback will be of immense value to us, and we look forward to your response.

 

Press coverage
 
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_bangalore-ranks-third-in-atrocities-against-sc-sts_1588003
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Jats to play OBC quota card

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jats-to-play-OBC-quota-card/articleshow/10014183.cms

Jats to play OBC quota card
Deepender Deswal, TNN | Sep 17, 2011, 05.27AM IST

ROHTAK: Jats here are looking at the Hisar by-election as an
opportunity to press ahead with their demand for getting other
backward class (OBC) status to the community members.

The Akhil Bhartiya Jat Mahasabha (ABJM), headed by Dara Singh, has
decided to support poll candidates who favour their demand for
reservation for Jats. Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti (JASS), which had
resorted to blockade of railway tracks in Mayyar village of Hisar on
this issue, however, has decided against issuing any kind of appeal in
the matter even though it wants its activists to exert pressure on the
candidates and political parties to support their demand.

Om Prakash Mann, president of Haryana unit ABJM, told TOI that they
had decided to openly oppose political parties or candidates who do
not support their demand. "Although we would not issue any appeal to
support a particular candidate, we would definitely counter whoever
dares to speak against us on the quota issue. If there is more than
one candidate for OBC status to Jats, we would ask the activists to
vote to any of them as per their choice."

Mann informed that a national executive meeting to be chaired by the
national president, Dara Singh, is scheduled at Keshavpuram in Delhi
on September 18, where they could further device a clear strategy
regarding the byelection.

However, JASS has played the game tactically; with its state unit
president Hawa Singh Sangwan maintaining that his organization would
not get involved in the byelection in any way. "The Jats in the
village would definitely ask those who would come to seek votes for
their stand on the issue. It's an opportunity to take up the issue
with politicians who often indulge in doublespeak," he said.

At the same time, Sangwan admitted that the Congress government had
initiated the process by setting up an OBC commission to consider
their demand and that the samiti was also participating in it. "INLD
leader Ajay Chautala, who is a candidate in the Hisar byelection, had
also supported our demand during the agitation. Those we speak against
our demand would also lose our support," he added.

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[ZESTCaste] K''taka ''pathetic'' in dealing with cases against SC/STs: Study

 

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/ktaka-pathetic-in-dealing-with-cases-against-scsts-study/825783.html

K''taka ''pathetic'' in dealing with cases against SC/STs: Study
PTI | 03:09 PM,Sep 16,2011

Though the government is supposed to prepare an annual report on
implementation of the SCs and STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in
the State, it had not done so for the past three years, the study
said. The government is also supposed to hold half-yearly review
meetings but only one such meeting was held in the last three years,
instead of six meetings, the study said. Hassan and Chickballapur are
additions in the top ten districts with the maximum atrocities against
SC/STs. After a steep increase in such incidents, they take their
place alongside districts such as Bangalore, Gulbarga, Bellary and
Mysore, which consistently feature in the top ten, it added.
"Awareness should be created regularly and systematically to school
and college students on the Act and Ambedkar Jayanthi should be used
to conduct debates and other programmes to highlight the Act,"
Opposition leader in Legislative Council, Motamma said. A group
consisting of organisations and individuals working on human rights
and RTI in Karnataka namely, Anti-Corruption Forum (ACF), Buddhist
League, Karnataka Dalit Mahila Vedike (KDMV), National Campaign for
Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), OpenSpace, Rural Education and Development
Society (REDS) and Sanchaya Nele compiled the report.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits protest after Ambedkar's statue found broken

 

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/UP-dalits-protest-after-ambedkars-statue-found-broken-2424636.html

Dalits protest after Ambedkar's statue found broken

Source: PTI | Last Updated 18:19(12/09/11)

Agra: Angry over a broken statue of B R Ambedkar, members of Dalit
community on Monday blocked traffic at the national highway in Agra
and pelted stones on police.

A senior police officer said, "There was tension among the Dalit
community when the statue of Ambedkar at Balkeshwar in New Agra area
was found broken this morning. A huge crowd gathered and blocked the
Water works crossing at national highway 2 here."

According to him, when police reached the spot to maintain calm, the
angry crowd pelted stones on them.

A case has been registered against the agitators.

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