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Congress: Congress will prepare 10 lakh ‘Dalit Commandos’, Preamble of Constitution will be read across the country
The election results have shown that the Dalit community across the country has joined it in the name of protecting the Constitution. For this, it has even left its traditional parties like Bahujan Samaj Party. What goes strongly in Congress’s favour is that it was not only the non-Jatav community that broke away from BSP, the Jatav community, which is considered a relatively strong vote bank, has also broken away in favour of Congress this time.
Amit Sharma
After getting a large number of votes from Dalit community voters in the Lok Sabha elections, Congress has started to connect them strongly with itself. For this, ‘Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyan’ has been started across the country at the party level. Under this, two active Dalits in every village of the country are being made ‘Samvidhan Rakshak’. By 26 November, ten lakh Constitution Rakshaks will be made across the country. Two Constitution Rakshak committees will be formed in every village by them. On 26 November, on the Constitution Day, the Preamble of the Constitution will be recited simultaneously at a fixed time across the country. Its purpose is to connect the Dalit-deprived community with the Congress.
In fact, it has been seen in the election results that the Dalit community across the country has joined the Congress in the name of protecting the Constitution. For this, it has even left its traditional parties like the Bahujan Samaj Party. What goes more strongly in Congress’s favour is that it was not only the non-Jatav community that broke away from the BSP, the Jatav community, which is considered to be a relatively strong vote bank, has also broken away in favour of the Congress this time.
The Congress believes that its traditional vote bank has come to it only after seeing the party’s commitment to major issues. This is the reason why the party has now started attracting attention to those issues and connecting Dalit voters across the country with it. The plan is to form two Constitution Protector Committees in every Dalit dominated area, which will work to develop political awareness among the common Dalit voters by holding small meetings on a monthly-fortnightly basis.
Special focus on electoral states
Keeping the assembly elections in mind, this scheme is being implemented especially in those states where assembly elections are to be held in the coming time. 14 thousand Dalit Constitution Protectors are being prepared in seven thousand Dalit dominated villages of Haryana. Similarly, the party is preparing in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir. At present, 12 assembly constituencies in Delhi come under the reserved category. The party is moving ahead with the goal of winning all these. The party won all the reserved seats in Delhi in 1998. The party is trying to repeat the same history.
Congress will take advantage of BJP’s mistake
Actually, on the advice of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), BJP has worked to promote Dalit and tribal leaders at every level of the organization. By placing leaders of Dalit-tribal community on big posts in the organization as well as in the government and cabinet, the party has worked to connect these communities strongly with itself. The result of this is that from 2014 to 2022, the party has done a miracle by winning many big elections.
But in the 2024 elections, the statements of some BJP leaders gave the message that it can make big changes in the Constitution after a big victory in the elections. Congress capitalized on this opportunity and propagated across the country that BJP can try to make changes in the Constitution. The way Rahul Gandhi raised these things strongly with a copy of the Constitution in his hand, Congress got the benefit of it and a section of Dalit-tribal voters broke away from parties like BJP-BSP and came to its account. Along with Muslim voters, these voters revived the Congress. The party is now trying to hold on to this support base.
Where is the challenge?
Congress’ plan to win the hearts of Dalits is very good, but it is not that easy to implement it. BJP has prepared an account of its defeat. The party has realized its mistake and is going to work on a strategy to work strongly on it again.
On the other hand, BSP, which is continuously losing its support base, is also restless to make a comeback. Mayawati has handed over the responsibility of reviving the party to her nephew Akash. Looking at the aggressive campaign launched by Akash, many political pundits are seeing a better future for BSP.
Our credibility is our strength: Rajesh Lilothia
In such a situation, with two big contenders for Dalit votes in the fray, the chances of Congress do not seem easy. But Congress leaders are very confident about it. Chairman of Dalit Congress Department Rajesh Lilothia told Amar Ujala that the history of 75 years since independence till date proves our credibility. He alleged that on one hand Congress has worked to strengthen constitutional institutions, while in just ten years the present government has crippled many constitutional institutions. The Dalit community is scared of the possibility of tampering with the Constitution. In such a situation, Congress will stand with them and work to strengthen the country and the Constitution. This plan of Congress can become its strength.
Lucknow News: Dalit teenager accused of forcibly making him drink urine
Shravasti. A video of a teenager resident of village Raipur Bilela of Gilaula police station area is going viral. In this, he has accused three people of the village of forcibly making him drink urine by urinating in a liquor bottle. In the case, on the complaint of the teenager’s brother, Gilaula police has registered a case and arrested the accused.
According to the victim, on July 1, 2024, Kishan alias Bhure Tiwari of the same village had asked his 15-year-old younger brother to get a DJ machine installed. While returning after getting it installed, the three had asked him to get a generator installed again. It is alleged that Dilip Mishra, Satyam Tiwari of the same village, who arrived on a motorcycle, stopped him. During this, Dilip Mishra tried to forcibly make him drink urine by urinating in a liquor bottle. When the teenager protested, the accused beat him up. Also, showing a pistol, threatened to kill him. Then Satyam and Kishan threw the teenager on the ground and forcibly put the bottle in his mouth. Gilaula police has registered a case and arrested the accused. Inspector in charge Gilaula Mahima Nath Upadhyay says that the accused has been arrested.
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Where is the NCSC?
Why they have notcome to UP ?
Because every one knows that they did not have Powers and are Servants to BJP.
When L.Murugan was there,atleast he will visit the spot.
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Unearthed: The documentary on the Dalit movement made by a French filmmaker in 1985
Arnaud Mandagarn’s ‘Untouchable’ is an important film in our understanding of BR Ambedkar and Dalit issues.
Somnath Waghmare
British director Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982) was back in the news during the Lok Sabha elections, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that “nobody knew” of Mahatma Gandhi outside India until the film’s release. At least in one respect, Attenborough’s Oscar-decorated movie failed: its narrative erased an important historical figure and Gandhi’s arch-rival – Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the Dalit giant and architect of the Indian Constitution.
Only a few filmmakers have recorded the Ambedkarite movement. Apart from biopics about Babasaheb, there are documentaries such as Stalin K’s India Untouched (2007) and Anand Patwardhan’s Jai Bhim Comrade (2011). But these films were made only recently. The credit for documenting the movement goes to French filmmaker Arnaud Mandagarn. In 1985, Mandagarn made Untouchable, possibly the first documentary on Ambedkar and Dalit issues.
I stumbled upon Mandagarn while attending a political gathering in March in Mumbai. At a stall selling Dalit literature, I saw an old book written by Dr Savita Ambedkar, Dr Ambedkar’s second wife, whom we lovingly call “Maisaheb”.
The book had a photo of her with a foreigner and Vijay Survale, who has the largest archive of Dr BR Ambedkar’s work. An internet search revealed the foreigner’s identity: French filmmaker Arnaud Mandagarn.
Although Mandagarn had made several documentaries in India as well as in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan, I had a hard time finding his film on Ambedkar. I got in touch with various filmmakers and academicians in India and abroad, but I couldn’t find a contact for Mandagarn.
I had all but given up when professor Radhika Govindraj at the University of Washington in Seattle gave me a lead. She introduced me to French scholar Christophe Jaffrelot, who in turn put me in touch with Mandagarn. The filmmaker was generous enough to send me both a link to his film and archival photos.
Mandagarn has a humanitarian perspective that is often missing in films about Dalits made by dominant caste filmmakers. The 10-minute-long Untouchable begins with a voiceover that says, I will show you another India that is Dalit India and how Dalits suffer due to caste oppression.
The focus is on Savita Ambedkar and the Dalit Panthers. The film ends at Chaityabhumi, Babasaheb’s memorial in Dadar in Mumbai. Untouchable shows Savita Ambedkar and a few anti-caste activists, including a young Ramdas Athawale (the minister of state in the National Democratic Alliance government) entering Chaityabhumi.
A shot from the film showing the Dalit Panther party office. Courtesy Arnaud Mandagarn.
I have been travelling widely with my own documentary Chaityabhumi, which has given me an opportunity to interact with global audiences. The international interest in Babasaheb is refreshing.
While Mahatma Gandhi remains one of the most important Indian political figures for the world, there is now growing interest in people’s leaders and the Indian caste system. This is evinced by the Hollywood film Origin (2023), a biopic by Black filmmaker Ava DuVernay.
Origin explores the writing of Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents, about caste systems in India, the United States and Germany. I can already see a shift from Gandhi to Ambedkar.
Somnath Waghmare is a Mumbai-based documentary filmmaker and PhD Scholar at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai. He is the co-founder of the Ambedkarite song documentation project The Ambedkar Age Digital Bookmobile, and founder of Begumpura Productions.
Courtesy : Scroll
Demonetisation, GST and Covid-19 cost Indian economy Rs 11.3 lakh crore: Report
It is estimated that 63 lakh informal enterprises will shut down between 2015-16 and 2022-23, leading to the loss of about 1.6 crore jobs. Demonetisation, GST and Covid-19 cost Indian economy Rs 11.3 lakh crore: Report
The cumulative impact of macroeconomic shocks is estimated to cost the Indian economy Rs 11.3 lakh crore between 2016 and 2023, rating agency India Ratings and Research reported in The Hindu on Wednesday. This loss is in addition to the loss of 1.6 crore jobs in the informal sector.
The economy faced three primary shocks over the eight-year period of assessment: demonetisation of high-value currency notes in 2016, the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax in 2017 and the economic slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
The agency said the economic loss from these is equivalent to 4.3% of India’s GDP in the financial year 2022-23.
These shocks had a “severe impact” on the informal sector. According to the rating agency, an estimated 63 lakh informal enterprises closed between 2015-’16 and 2022-’23 and about 1.6 crore jobs were lost.
The newspaper quoted Sunil Kumar Sinha, the chief economist of the rating agency, as saying, “This period coincides with an increase in formalization of the economy, which has led to a strengthening of tax collection.”
Sinha said, “Although formalization of the economy is the way forward, the reduced presence of the unorganized sector will impact job creation.”
The India Ratings and Research report is based on the annual survey of unorganized sector enterprises released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation on July 5.
The ministry’s survey said the total number of enterprises in the non-agricultural sector increased from 5.97 crore in 2021-22 to 6.5 crore in 2022-23. During the same period, employment generated by the sector increased from 9.79 crore workers to 10.96 crore workers.
However, in 2015-16, before the first economic shock of demonetisation, the sector employed about 11.13 crore workers, reports The Hindu.
In the absence of the macroeconomic shocks that began in 2016, the total number of non-agricultural enterprises in India would have been 7.14 crore in 2022-23. This is based on the growth pattern seen in the economy between 2010-11 and 2015-16.
The number of workers employed in the sector will increase to 12.53 crore, the report said.
According to the rating agency, the gross value added to the economy by informal enterprises in 2022-23 was still 1.6% lower than in 2015-16.
Gross value added is the economic value that producers add to their goods and services. When a producer sells his goods, his income from the sale should be more than his cost. The difference between the two is the value added by the producer.
BSP leader K. Armstrong’s murder sets off revival of Dalit protests in T.N.’s political arena
The incident has also exerted pressure on the allies of the DMK, particularly the VCK and Congress, both of whom have been important to galvanise Dalits and minorities electorally
Updated - July 10, 2024 12:40 pm IST
Published - July 10, 2024 12:04 pm IST - CHENNAI
People placed floral tributes at the site where BSP leader K. Armstrong was murdered by gang in Perambur on July 5, 2024 | Photo Credit: Jothi Ramalingam. B
The events that followed the brutal murder of Bahujan Samaj Party Tamil Nadu president K. Armstrong, in Perambur on July 5, such as scenes of thousands of distraught supporters thronging his funeral congregation, BSP chief Mayawati’s strong criticism that law and order has suffered in Tamil Nadu while demanding a CBI enquiry, and the last-minute legal battle to bury his remains has brought sharp focus on Tamil Nadu government’s response to atrocities and discrimination faced by Dalits.
As Ms. Mayawati reiterated that the State government should ensure that the real killers are caught and punished, a similar demand was placed by Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi president Thol. Thirumavalavan and Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president, K. Selvaperunthagai, echoing the charge of Mr. Armstrong’s supporters that those who surrendered at the police station were not the real killers.
Kerala Assembly: 5,067 SC/ST graduates appointed in govt departments under TRACE programme, says Minister
O.R. Kelu says through the two-year programme, those chosen can gain experience in various departments related to their field of learning
Published - July 10, 2024 03:26 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Kerala Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes O.R. Kelu | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
A total of 5,067 persons from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) categories have been appointed for a period of two years in various departments under the Training for Career Excellence (TRACE) programme of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe Development department, Minister for the department O.R. Kelu told the Kerala Assembly on July 10. The graduates chosen for the programme will receive an honorarium for this period.
Out of this, 500 engineering graduates were appointed as accredited employees, with 300 of them from the SC category. In the nursing-paramedical sector, 1,048 persons were appointed, while 114 MSW degree holders were appointed as social workers. In addition, 2,398 persons were appointed as promoters.
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Do you know what the "criterion" is for valuing someone?
In 1954, Dr. Ambedkar came to Kolar Thangavyal. The town was full of festivals. The people of Thangavyal danced and celebrated, thinking that the goddess herself had come down from the sky to see them. People from Bangalore, Vellore and Madras also started marching.
Ambedkar stayed at Bharat Mining Guest House. KGF MLA PM Swamithurai, Scheduled Caste Federation senior leader JC Athimulam and others were talking to him. Buddhist Sangha representatives of Thangawayal, S.C. The trade unionists, prominent figures of various organizations and important officials of the mining administration had thronged to meet Ambedkar.
At that time, the Dean of Bangalore Queen's Hospital, which was the biggest hospital in Karnataka, came there. The party took this information to Ambedkar and said, “The dean of Bangalore Victoria Hospital (name not mentioned) has come. Biggest doctor in karnataka. He belongs to our society. Wants to meet you,'' said the senior executive.
Ambedkar asked, "What has he done to the people of this community?" To which the senior executive pursed his lips, 'Nothing'. Ambedkar immediately got angry and said, "I don't want to see his face." Tell me to get out of here,” he hissed.
This incident is a good example of what standard Dr. Ambedkar had for respecting someone. A person who is not useful to the society, no matter how great he is, considers them as garbage. Only a leader who loves his people more than himself can have such a decisive vision.
Photo Caption: This photo was taken when Dr. Ambedkar visited KGF on 12.7.1954. Today it has been 70 years since he came to Thangavyal.
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