Dalits Media Watch
News Updates 04.03.11
4 cops booked for 'atrocities' on Dalit women - The Tribune
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110304/haryana.htm#10
Dalit group moves SHRC against Botsa - Deccan Chronicle
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/dalit-group-moves-shrc-against-botsa-450
NREGA whistleblower lynched - The Times Of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NREGA-whistleblower-lynched/articleshow/7623990.cms
5-point agenda: How to win polls? - The Times Of India
The Tribune
4 cops booked for 'atrocities' on Dalit women
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110304/haryana.htm#10
Tribune News Service
Panipat, March 2
Following protests by Dalits, the district police has registered a case against five persons, including four cops, for allegedly subjecting Dalit women to "inhuman treatment" during questioning in a theft case.
The police has registered a case against the in charge of the Baholi police post, SI Balbir Singh, and three other constables, one of whom has been identified as Reena. The complainant in the theft case, Jaswinder, has also been booked.
Rohtak Range IG V Kamaraj said it was unfortunate that despite clear orders from the Supreme Court that forbid the police from summoning women to police stations for investigations, the Panipat police had violated the rules.
He said in view of the gravity of the situation, a probe had been ordered into the incident and strict action would be taken against anyone found guilty. Meanwhile, the cops who have been booked in the case have been asked to report at the Police Lines, pending inquiry.
The Panipat police had landed itself in trouble after two Dalit women accused it of torturing them to extract information while investigating a theft case.
Deccan Chronicle
Dalit group moves SHRC against Botsa
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/dalit-group-moves-shrc-against-botsa-450
March 4th, 2011
March 3: The parents of Varalakshmi, an engineering student who reportedly committed suicide over delay in fee reimbursement, and members of the Indian Dalit Christian Rights on Thursday approached the State Human Rights Commission demanding the registration of an SC/ST atrocity case against Mr Rattaiah of the Vignan Engineering College and the minister, Mr Botsa Satyanarayana.
In the petition, they said that Varalakshmi had joined the college by paying Rs 18,000 towards library and bus fees as she came from a BPL family. However, the college management had allegedly started harassing her by insisting that she pay Rs 31,000.
When Varalakshmi maintained that she was entitled to fee reimbursement, the college in-charge, Ms Aruna, pulled her up in front of her classmates saying the scholarship was not sanctioned. According to the petition, this allegedly led to the girl's suicide.
The activists said Mr Satyanaranaya misled the public by saying that Varalakshmi's death was not a suicide but an accident that occurred due to gas leak. They said the home minister, Ms Sabita Indra Reddy, had personally called upon the family and admitted that it was a suicide.
The Times Of India
NREGA whistleblower lynched
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NREGA-whistleblower-lynched/articleshow/7623990.cms
TNN, Mar 4, 2011, 02.49am IST
DALTONGANJ: A social activist involved in exposing alleged irregularities in implementing MGNREGA schemes was beaten to death at Jeruwa village in Latehar's Manika police station.
The incident occurred on the intervening night of March 2-3. Niyamat Ansari (53) was associated with former member of the MGNREGA council and present member of the National Advisory Council Jean Dreze.
Latehar SP Kuldip Dwivedi said the sister of the deceased, Shaida Bibi, had lodged an FIR with Manika police station in which she claimed to have identified the assailants.
The Times Of India
5-point agenda: How to win polls?
TNN, Mar 4, 2011, 12.34am IST
LUCKNOW: The month-long statewide inspection drive to assess the progress of developmental projects and implementation of various schemes by chief minister Mayawati was not only an administrative exercise. If sources are to be believed, the drive in fact is part of her five point strategy to romp home in the 2012 UP assembly polls.
During her visits, Mayawati also took feedback of the performance of sitting MLAs and the candidates short-listed for the 2012 assembly polls before making final announcement. The Ambedkar villages selected for visit also had substantial Muslim population, sources said and added that she has already constituted bhaichara (brotherhood) committees at the booth level in districts to bring castes and communities other than dalits, close to the BSP.
Party insiders also said that the BSP supremo is aiming to build an alliance of dalit, most backward classes and Muslims without upsetting the upper castes, particularly the Brahmins.
According to sources, Maya has chalked out a five point programme for her mission 2012.
First: If in 2007 BSP's focus was on dalit-brahmin-muslim alliance, which brought it to power with absolute majority, for 2012, the party is aiming at the combination of dalit-muslims-most backward classes. At the same time, BSP will not say or do anything, which could antagonise any caste or community.
Secondly, Maya wants to declare party candidates one year in advance for polls due in April-May 2012, so that the latter get enough time to groom their constituencies.
Maya is of the view that a candidate should not be barred from contesting election on the basis of criminal record, but party sources said that she is taking extra care to verify credentials of the candidates selected for 2012 assembly elections before announcing their names.
"Recent accusations of rape and murder against some BSP leaders has hit party image and Behenji does not want more controversies. We won 2007 election on law and order issue, hence extra care is being taken to improve the situation," said a senior BSP leader.
The third point in Maya's agenda is to find out a detailed caste configurations of every constituency, as delimitation has changed the demographic profile and old equations in comparison to 2007 assembly elections.
Fourth: Maya wants all development work sanctioned for dalit dominated areas to be completed by July this year to counter Congress's attempt to poach on her dalit vote bank. Committed dalit leaders have been given important positions at district level in party organisation and have been told to convince dalits that the BSP is the only party they can trust on.
PWD minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui, has been asked to build an alliance of Muslim-dalit-backward classes to score in 89 reserved assembly seats in the state out of 403 assembly constituencies.
Maya's close confidant and Brahmin face of the party, SC Mishra will continue to focus on the Brahmins. Swami Prasad Maurya and backward leader Babu Singh Kushwaha are working among non-Yadav backward classes and most backward classes (MBCs) close to the BSP.
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.Arun Khote
On behalf of
Dalits Media Watch Team
(An initiative of "Peoples Media Advocacy & Resource Centre-PMARC")
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