CNN-IBN
Tuesday , November 07, 2006
New Delhi: A report now shows that Dalits in
UP are perhaps the most unfortunate. And the
OBCs have emerged as the group most in conflict
with them.
There is more to it than that meets the eye
– the latest report of the
National Scheduled Caste Commission tabulates
atrocities against the Dalits but the data coming
in from the most populous state Uttar Pradesh
speaks a lot about the changed socio-political
scenario in the state.
National SC/ST Commission acting chairman Fakirchand
Vaghela says, "All this is not being done
by the traditional zamidars or the Brahmins.
But there the conflict is between the SC and
the OBC it's a fight for the land."
But the figures also indicate towards a slow
social churning at the ground level in the Hindi
heartland and it is clearly manifested in the
political field as well with the SP and BSP
emerging as the two major players in the state
politics in the last ten years.
The report has borrowed extensively from the
latest records of the National Crime Records
Bureau. UP has also reported maximum cases of
crimes against Dalits followed by Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.
Crime against Dalits in UP has been increasing
over the last three years and the state also
has the maximum number cases against Dalits
which are pending trials.
UP Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav says, "There
is no atrocities. This is false propaganda.
The report is also false."
It is no longer the Brahmin-Thakur combine that
is keeping the SCs at the bottom run of the
caste ladder. The Yadavs and Kurmis must now
take the blame for Dalit's miseries and for
a chief minister going to polls in the next
four months these figures would certainly be
a cause of a worry.
With Abhishek Patni
Posted by: "grimgargantua" grimgargantua@email.com
