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landowners under various agreements such as paattam, vaaram, and kaanam. Those with the castestatus of Ezhavas and above as well as Christians were the main beneficiaries of the agrarian reforms.Dalits missed out because the CPI(M) had not stuck to the slogan ‘land for the tillers.’ What some of themgot were 10, 5 or 3 cents for putting up houses which were granted by panchayats and municipalities —and not agricultural lands. Around 26,000 of them got tiny houses in the Laksham Veedu coloniesalso.Dalits started launching their own land struggles in the 1990s, without any support from the CPI(M),Mr. Kochu said. The Muthanga and Chengara stirs were the two main Dalit agitations for land. These hadnot been supported by political parties… (The Hindu 15/1/13)9 booked for assaulting dalit family (2)RAJKOT: Nine people, including a village sarpanch, were booked for assaulting a dalit family inKhodapipar village in Padadharitaluka of Rajkot district. According to sources, Paresh Patel, thesarpanch, and eight others allegedly attacked the family members of Mohan Pariya (50), a kiln worker,over some land dispute on Tuesday. Police have booked Patel, Daya Pipaliya, Jago Pipaliya, RajeshPipaliya, Paresh alias Tabo, Gandu Rabari and three other persons under various sections of IndianPenal Code (IPC) rioting, sections of Arms Act and sections of Prevention of Atrocities against ScheduleCastes and Schedule Tribes Act. According to Pariya's complaint, Patel and his accomplices barged intohis house and attacked his wife Gangaben (45) and nephew Pravin (39) with lethal weapons. Pariyaalleged that the persons also threatened to kill them. Pariya said that his wife and nephew were rushed tohospital in Rajkot after the attack. Gangaben told police that her family was not given due benefit inallotment of land for housing purpose and her nephew had been angrily representing this issue before thesarpanch. Adequate police bandobast was placed in the village. (Times of India 16/1/13)‘Devadasi system is organised crime against Dalit women’ (2)Bangalore: President of National Alliance of Women Dr Ruth Manorama called Devadasi system ‘anorganised crime against Dalit women’. Speaking at the inaugural function of a two-day nationalconsultation on eradication of Devadasi system on Tuesday, she said, “What happens to Devadasisevery day is not an accidental rape. It is organised crime. Religion, illiteracy, poverty and superstitionshave played a major role in making the Devadasi system an organised crime against Dalit women.“When a girl was gangraped in Delhi, the social consciousness of the middle class woke up and it gaverise to a voice for justice. But sadly, people are totally indifferent about this organised crime which hasbeen happening to Devadasis for a long time,” she said. Quoting the report of National Commission ofWomen, Manorama said, “More than 2. 5 lakh girls who are dedicated to temples in Maharashtra-Karnataka borders are all from Dalit communities.” The report, she said, also says that the girls, dedicatedto temples, are unable to marry and forced to become prostitutes for upper caste members in villages andmany eventually are pushed into urban brothels. Though Devadasi system declared illegal by the Stategovernment in 1982, the practice is still prevalent in 10 districts in North Karnataka. (Indian Express17/1/13)Police ‘atrocities’ on Dalits: HC reserves order (2)Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court Thursday reserved its order on suo motu proceeding initiated in thealleged atrocities against Dalits of the Rajkot city by the local police last year. A division bench of ChiefJustice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala had initiated the proceeding while considering aletter from a human rights organisation about the alleged incident that was reported on June 25, 2012.According to the details, Gunvant Rathod, a Dalit leader from Rajkot, was killed by some non-Dalits onJune 24 last year. The next day, after Rathod’s cremation, some Dalits held a rally protesting the murderand demanding arrests of the culprits. According to the complaint letter, the police resorted to lathichargeon the protesters without any provocation. The police also allegedly entered the houses of Dalits atAmbedkarnagar and beat them up. Those beaten up allegedly included children and women. A 16-year-
old girl was allegedly kicked by the police following which she sustained serious spinal injury threateningto cause permanent disability. The incident of atrocities was reported to police but no action was takenagainst the responsible officers, it has been alleged. The injured girl was shifted from Rajkot toAhmedabad Civil Hospital, where authorities registered a medico-legal case and informed the Rajkotpolice. The police, however, allegedly did not register her statement. Following this, Dr Jayanti Mankadiyaand another person wrote to the Chief Justice about the police atrocities and sought his intervention. Theletter was enclosed with photographs and a video CD on the alleged police atrocities. (Indian Express18/1/13)Where Dalits have ostracised Dalits (2)Tumkur: As many as 21 Dalit families of Heggare village, near here, allege that they have beenostracised by their own community people for the past one-and-a-half years. They are among the 80families residing in the Dalit Colony. Most of them work as labourers and construction workers, andstruggle to get two square meals a day. The problem started when a meeting was convened by a fewDalit community leaders to choose a person to head the community. R. Narasaiah, a Dalit who retired asvalve man in Tumkur, opined that all people belonging to the community should be invited. However,Basavaraju — a government school teacher and husband of Heggare panchayat memberSoubhagyamma — and his supporters ignored the suggestion and went ahead with the meeting. Thistussle ended in the ostracism of Mr. Narasaiah and his family. They were not allowed to enter theMaramma temple, following which he built a temple for goddess Lakshmi on his land. The families whichare facing ostracism alleged that Mr. Basavaraju and his supporters ordered the rest of the community toboycott Mr. Narasaiah and his family. The announcement, made to the accompaniment of drumbeats,also said violators would be fined Rs. 1,001. Subsequently, 20 families which interacted with Mr.Narasaiah and his family were also boycotted. They were not even allowed to collect water from thepublic tap. These Dalits alleged that the supporters and son of Mr. Basavaraju were picking up a fight withthem over trivial matters, and also hurled abuses at them. The two groups clashed on January 13 nearthe Maramma temple. Rajanna and Mr. Basavaraju were injured and admitted to the government hospitalin Tumkur. Cases have been registered against both groups under IPC sections 143, 147, 323, 324, 504and 506, read with 149 in the Tumkur Rural police station. Gowramma, a resident, told The Hindu, “Mr.Basavaraju’s son and his group have openly threatened us that they will rape our young girls and spoiltheir lives if we go against them”. Jayamma, another resident, said: “Mr. Basavaraju and his group havethreatened us that they would kill us if we do not cast our votes in favour of the persons they suggest.”Mr. Basavaraju, however, refused to comment on the issue. But his family members and supporters,including Nagaraju, alleged that false cases had been booked against them. District convener of the DalitSangharsh Samiti M.D. Doddegowda said that earlier also complaints had been booked against bothgroups. They were called to the police station and a compromise was arrived at, following which thecases were withdrawn. Mr. Doddegowda urged officials to take action against the people who boycottedthe 21 Dalit families. District Social Welfare Officer B.S. Pradeep said the matter had not come to hisnotice, adding he would send his officers to the village to find out what was happening. Tahsildar B.Ahobalaiah also said, “It has not come to my notice, I will find out.” (The Hindu 21/1/13)Dalits ostracised for singing bhajan (2)Bhopal: A Dalit family has been ostracised in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district because one of them daredto sing a bhajan at a religious programme in front of people from upper castes. Tailor Rajesh Uvnare, 40,on Thursday said strongmen from the dominant upper castes asked him to cut short his devotional songand get off the dais at his village, Mathni, last month. “A group belonging to the upper castes then askedvillagers to stop all contact with our family.” The family is not able to buy food in the village any more.“Villagers have stopped talking to us and I have been jobless for more than a month.” Uvnare’s wifeUsha said, “I sent my son for grains from the local mill, but the staff refused to sell him any.” The Madhya
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