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According to the State Education Center, several factors may be contributing to the drop in enrollment. One major reason is that a large number of students from the previous academic year have been "unmapped" and placed into the "Dropbox."
Unmapping means that these students are not currently enrolled in any school for the present academic year. As a result, the State Education Center has issued a letter to all district collectors, instructing them to analyze this decline and take steps to address it.
Dropbox is an online platform that records information about unmapped students nationwide. It includes students who were enrolled in schools in the previous academic year but are not enrolled anywhere this year.
Being placed in the Dropbox implies that these students are not currently associated with any educational institution. Often, teachers, during student progression checks, put students into the Dropbox without proper verification if they cannot locate their details, leading to confusion and uncertainty about the students' future.
Students in the Dropbox are unable to benefit from several key government schemes, such as free textbooks, uniforms, and scholarships. The State Education Center has instructed all district collectors to conduct a thorough district-level analysis of the enrollment decline and ensure that unmapped students are re-enrolled in schools. Collectors have been directed to gather school-wise and student-wise data in their districts and review it carefully.
The Center has mandated that the mapping process must be completed by October 31 and that the progress of this effort should be reviewed weekly. Additionally, the department has urged that students placed in the Dropbox be tracked and re-enrolled in schools so that they can access academic and other benefits. Block-level development officers and educational centers have also been tasked with gathering information on unmapped students and ensuring their re-enrollment.
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Dalit youth from Muzaffarnagar will get admission in IIT institute, celebrations held in village after SC order
Muzaffarnagar Dalit Youth IIT Admission: Muzaffarnagar Dalit Youth IIT Admission: Muzaffarnagar Dalit Youth will be admitted to IIT. Supreme Court has given relief to the student. After the Supreme Court’s order, there was a wave of happiness in the youth’s native village Titora. The student’s brother expressed happiness over the court’s decision.
Edited by Rahul Parashar
- The student could not get admission due to not being able to pay the admission fee
- The student was upset due to not getting admission in IIT ISM Dhanbad
- The Supreme Court’s decision came on the student’s petition, now admission will be done
- Happiness in Titora village after the Supreme Court’s decision, drums were played loudly
Muzaffarnagar: Students of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh will now get admission in IIT institute. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Dhanbad to admit a Dalit youth who lost his seat due to non-payment of fees. After this, a wave of happiness ran in his native Titora village located in Muzaffarnagar district. On receiving the information, the villagers started dancing with drums and other musical instruments. Sweets were distributed in the village. Meanwhile, Atul Kumar’s mother Rash Devi said that we are very happy that our son Atul Kumar has been allowed admission. She welcomed the order of the apex court. The Dalit student’s brother Amit Kumar also expressed happiness.
Court gave verdict
Supreme Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra’s bench while giving the verdict in the case said that we cannot deprive such a talented youth of opportunity. He cannot be left in the lurch. The Supreme Court, using its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, ordered IIT, Dhanbad to admit Atul Kumar in Electrical Engineering B.Tech course. Article 142 of the Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to pass any order in the interest of justice.
Failed to deposit fees
Atul Kumar’s (18) parents had failed to deposit Rs 17,500 as fees by June 24, which was the last date for depositing the required fee. To save the seat they had earned with hard work, the young man’s parents also approached the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Jharkhand Legal Services Authority and Madras High Court. Atul Kumar is the son of a daily wage labourer. His family lives below the poverty line in Titora village of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.
A student named Atul, a resident of Titora village, was allowed a seat in Electronic Engineering in Dhanbad IIT in Round One. Atul could not get admission due to financial difficulties as he was unable to deposit the fees on time. It was being told that Atul’s family had somehow managed to arrange the fee of Rs 17,500. At the last moment, the college website was automatically logged out. Due to this, Atul’s fees could not be deposited.
There was no justice from the High Court
Atul had first gone to Jharkhand and Madras High Court regarding the admission process not being completed, but after not getting any justice from there, Atul and his family knocked the door of the Supreme Court. On Monday, the Supreme Court’s decision came in favor of student Atul Kumar. After getting justice from the Supreme Court, a grand celebration was held at Atul’s house in Titoda village today. The family expressed their happiness by feeding sweets to each other while raising slogans of Supreme Court Zindabad with drums.
Brother expressed happiness
Amit Kumar told that my brother’s name is Atul Kumar. He was selected in IIT. After selection in IIT, ISM Dhanbad, we were not able to deposit the fees. Due to this, he could not get admission in IIT. That is why we filed a petition in the Supreme Court. The decision on the petition has come today. The court’s decision has come in our favor. Amit said that he would like to thank the Supreme Court for giving the decision in our favour. We come from a poor family, so the court’s decision is going to bring us happiness.
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Rahul Parashar
Senior digital content creator at Navbharat Times Digital. Started journalism with Prabhat Khabar. Journey from Rashtriya Sahara, Hindustan, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar to Times Internet.
Around 200 people are living in cramped tarpaulin tents, surrounded by charred remains of everything they once owned. As politics takes over, all they want is to go back home.
Krishan Murari, (Edited by Sugita Katyal)
Nawada (Bihar): Lakshminiya Devi was cooking dal one evening in her ramshackle mud-and-brick hut in Bihar’s Dedaur village, when she was startled by the sound of a gunshot.
Before she knew it, a group of armed men firing in the air had burnt down 34 of 80 houses in her Dalit tola or colony in Nawada district, leaving more than 50 desperately poor families without a roof over their heads.
It’s been more than 10 days since their houses were reduced to ashes over a decades-old land dispute, but the traumatised Dalit families are still living in fear — without a clue about when their lives will return to normal.
Around 200 people have been living under constant surveillance in cramped tarpaulin tents the district administration has set up not far from their charred homes in the village ringed by coconut trees.
Many of them only had the set of clothes they were wearing when their houses — along with their goats and hens as well as stored grains — went up in flames. More than a dozen houses were also damaged.
“I have not gone out anywhere after the incident. I am still afraid that someone might attack me,” said daily wage labourer Siya Ravidas.
“Life changed suddenly. Houses were burnt by using petrol. There were about 150 people who surrounded the settlement from all sides,” he added, pointing to people’s scattered belongings in the burnt houses.
Reminders of the deadly 18 September blaze that destroyed their homes are everywhere: Blackened remains of walls, burnt cots and carts, cycles and ash-covered aluminum utensils strewn in the debris.
“We have to see these burnt houses every day. This is painful for us. A house is built with a lot of hard work and today we are all forced to live in government tents,” said 59-year-old Lakshminiya Devi, who also lost her home in the fire.
Living in cramped tents
Most of the residents of Dedaur village who lost their homes are daily wage labourers already struggling to make ends meet.
Now, they have no homes, and no work either.
Living in cramped temporary tents has only added to their woes.
Villagers complain about the administration’s arrangements as most of them sleep on the ground in the heat with just 18 wooden cots and 10 fans for 200 people.
They say more than a dozen leaders and social workers have visited and left after assuring them about compensation and their land rights.
But nothing has changed on the ground.
“We sleep on the mats spread on the uneven ground. Many people have fallen ill after sleeping on the floor,” says Chanda Devi, a woman in her forties who lost everything and is now wearing a saree provided by the administration.
At 9 am, she is still waiting for breakfast provided by the government. “We get chuda (flattened rice) and milk for breakfast, but today we did not get even that,” she says.
Another villager who lost her home, Lalita Devi, remembers how she and her family had to sleep on the road after the fire as the administration only made arrangements late at night.
Villagers sitting down for a meal are concerned about their future. At the moment, they are virtually imprisoned in their colony. People cannot leave without permission and no outsider is allowed to enter the Dalit colony.
More than 100 security personnel, including police and special forces, have been camping in every nook and corner of the village.
The only major difference in the village where people lived in darkness for decades is the solar lights and LED bulbs installed in the colony after Nawada MP Vivek Thakur’s visit on 26 September.
Compensation
Villagers say the attack was just aimed at taking over the land and all they want is to return to their homes.
The local administration has given the 34 affected families a cheque of Rs 1.05 lakh each in compensation.
But the people are not satisfied. They want ownership of the land to be given to them.
“Hamein jameen ka parcha chahiye (We want the land papers). Otherwise, such incidents will keep happening. If we get the land papers, we will also get the benefit of all government schemes,” said Lalita Devi, who is in her forties.
At present, the people of this Dalit colony can’t avail the benefits of many government schemes because they don’t have land papers.
Earthen stoves in all houses suggest the families don’t have gas cylinders under the government’s Ujjwala Yojana, a scheme that aims to provide LPG gas connections to people below the poverty line.
It has been about five days since people received compensation from the government, but instead of repairing their houses, some are using the money on their health first.
“I have not bought anything with that money yet. My health is deteriorating; so it is being spent on that,” said Lakshminia Devi.
She added that she had taken a loan of Rs 5,000 for her treatment but it was burnt in the fire.
People may be unhappy with the compensation, but police said the land dispute that went back about three decades could only be resolved by the courts.
“The case is still pending in the munsif court. Our job is to protect them so they do not face any trouble again. It is the job of the court and the government to settle them and make decisions,” a senior police officer told ThePrint.
Police said they had no information about how many days they had to camp there to protect the Dalit settlement.
The government says it is taking strict action in the case.
“The culprits are being arrested. Immediate relief work is being done for the victims. Strict action will be taken against whoever is involved,” said Janak Ram, Bihar’s Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe Welfare Department Minister.
Police have arrested 22 people including the main accused, Nandu Paswan, a resident of Pran Bigha village, about two kilometers from the Dalit settlement.
Police on Thursday registered a complaint for rioting, theft, criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation under the Arms Act, 1959, and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
Paswan’s daughter-in-law, Sarita Bharti says they owned the land that had been occupied. “We have the land papers for which we also get rent receipts.”
Nawada Superintendent of Police Abhinav Dhiman has admitted to a failure of intelligence and formed a special investigation team to probe the incident.
Decades-old land dispute
Bihar has a long history of caste-based conflicts but the Nawada incident is different as it involves two groups from the same community attacking each other.
The Dalit settlement in Nawada consists of people from the Manjhi and Ravidas communities who account for over 8 percent of Bihar’s population.
The conflict stems from a complicated land dispute. The Mahadalits in Nawada have been living on the land for decades, but another group, including the Paswans, claims it as their own.
Villagers whose homes have been burnt say the little over 15 acres of land belongs to the government and they have been living on it since 1964.
“This land used to be a pit earlier. Our ancestors made it habitable,” says 23-year-old Vyas Muni, sitting on a cot in a temporary tent.
23-year-old Vyas Muni, who lives in the Dalit colony, says the land dispute has been going on for the last 3 decades | Krishan Murari | ThePrint
23-year-old Vyas Muni, who lives in the Dalit colony, says the land dispute has been going on for the last 3 decades | Krishan Murari | ThePrint
“Actually, this land belongs to the Bihar government but we have been in possession of it for decades and we have been living here,” he adds.
According to the villagers, the land originally belonged to Razia Begum, a nawab’s daughter, after whose death it became the property of the Bihar government and is called Anabad Bihar government land.
The ownership dispute began when some villagers filed a title suit case in the Nawada munsif court in 1995.
It’s been 29 years since then but there’s been no resolution so far.
Four months ago, the case inched forward a bit when the court ordered the measurement of the land but there’s been no headway on that so far.
“The suit is 29 years old and pending at the stage of final argument since 2009,” the court observed.
Vyas Muni, whose family had filed the case, said some people made incorrect land records, or khatian, around 1980, got the land mutated and started selling it.
He claims 10 of the 15 acres have been sold by forgery.
Officials said people were staking claims to their land and trying to take possession of their lands across Bihar before a land survey and digitisation of land records exercise by the government.
Ever since the news of the land digitisation process spread in Bihar, the people have been queuing before the land department to verify their records.
Until now, ownership was mostly informal as the plots were handed over to the next generations of families without proper documentation.
“Those who had bought this land felt that if the land was not occupied before the survey and these Dalits were not removed, then the land would never be acquired. And in this hurry, they committed such a big crime,” said a government official at the camp.
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union general secretary Chintu Kumari earlier told ThePrint that the ongoing land survey in Bihar triggered the incident.
“The mafia has become active. They want to remove the poor from the land, but this is not new,” he said.
Villagers said the attack was a deliberate attempt to take away the Dalit community’s land since the ‘mafia’ had attacked villagers earlier, as well, asking them to empty their houses.
Muni said some people opened fire on their colony last year and residents filed a complaint in the police station.
“But no action was taken at that time. Since then, we have been living in fear and now such a big incident has happened. Ye to shukra hai ki log bach gaye (It is a blessing that people survived),” said Muni.
Political accusations
Meanwhile, political allegations and counter-allegations are flying thick and fast at both the state and national levels.
With assembly elections due in Bihar next year, many political leaders from Chirag Paswan to Jitan Ram Manjhi have highlighted this issue and have even visited the village.
Tejashwi Yadav, Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly, slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a post on X, saying atrocities against Dalits would not be tolerated.
“Maha jungle raj (reign). Demon raj…. There is fire all over Bihar under the rule of Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is carefree. NDA allies are unaware! The poor burn and die — what do they care? Atrocities on Dalits will not be tolerated,” Yadav wrote.
Tejashwi Yadav sent a seven-member committee led by former speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary to visit the spot.
At the same time, Jitan Ram Manjhi — head of the the Hindustani Awam Morcha who also visited the spot — is cornering the Yadav community on this incident.
He accused the dominant Yadav community of being behind the entire incident by putting people from the SC community forward.
Bihar Congress President Akhilesh Prasad Singh wrote a letter to Governor Rajendra Arlekar on 26 September demanding a land lease for the homeless families, a daily allowance for three months and compensation of Rs 10 lakh.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has been in power for about two decades, has repeatedly said that 60 percent of the crimes in the state are due to land disputes.
Land is a sensitive subject in feudal Bihar where mostly landless Scheduled Castes account for 19.65 percent of the population, according to the 2023 caste survey.
The Manjhi and Ravidas communities belong to the Mahadalit category of Bihar’s 22 poorest Dalit groups created by the Nitish government in 2007.
National leaders also raised the issue.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X that burning down an entire colony of Mahadalits in Nawada and destroying the houses of more than 80 families highlights “the horrifying picture of injustice against the Bahujans in Bihar”.
“Such anarchist elements find shelter under the leadership of BJP and its NDA allies – they intimidate and suppress the Bahujans of India so that they cannot even demand their social and constitutional rights,” he said in a post on X.
Congress President Mallikarjun described the incident as another proof of the ” jungle raj of the NDA double engine government”.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati also condemned the incident seeking strict legal action against the culprits.
In her post on X, she asked the government to provide full financial help for the rehabilitation of the victims.
As politics takes over, the people of Nawada village are frustrated.
Ramjeet Manjhi stands near the burnt brick wall of his house almost with an air of resignation.
“Takleef to gareeb ko hi hota hai. Har koi raaton raat beghar ho gya (The poor are the ones who really suffer. Everyone has become homeless overnight),” says Ramjeet.
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Muzaffarnagar News: Life imprisonment to two real brothers for murder of Dalit
Muzaffarnagar. The court has convicted two real brothers and sentenced them to life imprisonment for murdering a middle aged man due to enmity. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000 each on both the accused.
Eight years ago, Dheer Singh son of Bhartu had lodged a case in Godhna village of Purkaji police station area and told that Satish and Manju son of Ravipal Gurjar of the village had called his nephew 50-year-old Samay Singh alias Dhola son of Jile Singh from his house on 23 April 2016 and took him away on a bike.
But after waiting for a long time, Samay Singh did not return home. The family members got worried about him. After a lot of searching, the body of Samay Singh was found lying near Bitode on Satish’s tube well. There were many injury marks on the body. While registering the case, it was alleged that Satish and Manju killed Samay Singh due to old enmity.
The police had filed a case against both the accused under murder and SC-ST Act and challaned them. The case of the incident was heard by the presiding officer of SC-ST court, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ashok Kumar. After hearing the arguments of both the sides, the court convicted both the accused and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
Congress is anti-Dalit and OBC, Rahul should declare Selja as CM candidate: Smriti
Rohtak. Former Union Minister Smriti Irani said that Congress is anti-Dalit and OBC. If Rahul Gandhi has the courage, then declare Kumari Selja as the CM candidate. Bhupendra Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja’s hands were shaken, but did their hearts meet? This is all a meeting out of compulsion. Irani was talking to journalists at BJP’s state media center in Rohtak on Monday.
In response to a question, Irani said, if Congress is pro-Dalit, then why doesn’t it declare Kumari Selja as the CM candidate? On being asked about Rahul Gandhi’s handshake between Selja and Hooda, she said, shaking hands for a photo cannot unite their hearts. Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi’s Quit India tour, she said, he says that the result of his tour was good, but as a result of the same tour, today he is sitting in the opposition. Irani said that wherever there is a Congress government, many promises were made, but the promises were not fulfilled, the public’s treasury definitely became empty.
If Gautam Adani is so corrupt, then why is Robert Vadra seen with him?
The former Union Minister said that Robert Vadra is seen with the Congress in Haryana, who has an unbreakable relationship with Gautam Adani. If Adani is so corrupt, then why are the members of the Gandhi family roaming with him? Countering the statement of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Irani said that she does not expect good values ??from the Congress. When the Prime Minister asked about the health of the Congress President, she was not surprised at all by Kharge’s comment. The Congress party is anti-Dalit, so it does not respect Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who comes from the backward society. On this occasion, national spokesperson KK Sharma, Haryana state media in-charge Arvind Saini and many others were also present.
‘Agniveer to snatch pensions’: Rahul Gandhi says govt wants to benefit Adani
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, upped the ante on Monday over the Agnipath scheme by launching a scathing attack at the ruling BJP in poll-bound Haryana.
Addressing a roadshow in Haryana’s Ambala, Rahul Gandhi vehemently criticised the BJP for rolling out the Agnipath scheme which the Congress scion said would “strip” the Agniveers (candidates enrolled under Agnipath scheme) of pension only to “benefit” industrialist Gautam Adani.
Rahul Gandhi said Agniveers “should not be in misconception” as the scheme is only the mechanism to “steal away” their pension.
“Normal jawan will be entitled to pension for all his life….but those with Agniveer tag will not get pension…which means money has been snatched from Agniveer’s pocket…it has gone to Adani’s pocket,” said the Congress leader, who led party’s “Vijay Sankalp Yatra” in Ambala.
He further said: “Agniveer has been rolled out to help Adani. Agniveer’s truth is that Narendra Modiji wants to snatch pension from India’s army men”.
Stepping up his attack on PM Modi-led central government, the Rae Bareli MP said the government “intends” to “snatch away pension, future and martyr status” from Agniveers.
‘Rahul Gandhi machine of telling lies’
While this is not the first time when Rahul Gandhi chose to corner the BJP over the Agnipath scheme, the BJP has promised government jobs with pensions to Haryana youths joining the armed forces through the Agnipath scheme.
“Join the forces with passion. Haryana and the Indian government will give jobs with a pension to all the Agniveers of Haryana,” the Union home minister Amit Shah said a few days ago in Rewari, asserting “Pakki pension wali sarkari naukri (government jobs with pension)”.
On September 29, Union Amit Shah while addressing public in Haryana’s Badshahpur, again attacked Rahul Gandhi, calling him a “machine of telling lies”.
“Rahul Gandhi is a machine of telling lies. He says that the government has come up with the Agniveer scheme so that the youth do not have to be given pension. But the reality is that the Agniveer scheme has been made to keep our army young,” Amit Shah said.
The Union home minister further said: “I want to tell the mothers and sisters that do not hesitate at all while sending your children to the army, the Haryana government and the government of India will provide a pensionable job to every Agniveer of Haryana”.
Earlier on September 23, Amit Shah also accused Rahul of “misleading the youth regarding the Agnipath scheme and said, “About Agniveer, Rahul Baba is misguiding the youths. I am firm in what I say, and today I am saying that none of the Agniveer of Haryana will be left (without jobs with pensions).”
Quota for Haryana Agniveers
In July, CM Nayab Singh Saini-led Haryana government announced a 10 per cent reservation for Agniveers in certain government jobs.
CM Saini said the state government will provide 10 percent horizontal (lateral) reservation to Agniveers in Haryana in direct recruitment to the posts of constable, mining guard, forest guard, jail warden and SPO.
Besides job reservations, the state government has decided to give Agniveers three to five years of age relaxation and interest-free loans of up to Rs 5 lakh for self-employment.
- Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Proportion Of SC & ST As Sanitation Workers Is Disproportionately More Compared To OBCs, 8% Of Those Who Clean Sewers Are From GC Reveals Survey
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The Hindu article on the initiative of the central government’s NAMASTE programme wrote about how the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has profiled around 38,000 sanitation workers across 3,326 urban local bodies (ULBs) from 29 States and Union Territories. The article states that data shows 91.9% of these workers come from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), or Other Backward Class (OBC) communities. 377 deaths have been recorded between 2019 and 2023 due to manual scavenging work.
The total number of Sewer and Septic Tank Workers (SSWs) profiled was 38,000 workers. Of these 68.9% were said to be from Scheduled Castes (SC), 14.7% from Other Backward Classes (OBC), 8.3% from Scheduled Tribes (ST), and 8% from the General category.
As of 2021, there are 1 lakh sewer and septic tank workers in India.
- States that completed profiling: 12 States/UTs (including Kerala, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir)
- States where profiling is still underway: 17 States (including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh)
- States that haven’t begun profiling: Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, West Bengal
Additionally, a total of 58,098 manual scavengers have been identified (pre-2018) and the article states that 97.2% of them are from the SC communities.
Failed Social Justice Models
While the government’s programme aims to address hazardous sewer and septic tank cleaning in India, the demographic data of those engaged in this dangerous work reveals a disturbing social reality. Of the 38,000 workers profiled, 76% belong to Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities, which together make up only about 22-25% of India’s population. Meanwhile, just 14% are from Other Backward Classes (OBCs), despite this group constituting over 41% of the population (as per latest National Sample Survey). Additionally, 8% of the workers come from the General category, a group that makes up around 30% of the population.
This disproportionate representation among sanitation workers highlights a clear and ongoing marginalization of SC and ST communities in some of the most dangerous and degrading forms of labour. The genius of the so-called Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu lies in convincing the truly oppressed that their oppressors are their allies. Despite their claims of being champions of the underprivileged, the Dravidian political apparatus seems to uphold a system where the most vulnerable groups continue to suffer in low-status, high-risk jobs.
Furthermore, the fact that 91.9% of hazardous sanitation workers belong to marginalized communities underscores the systemic inequality that persists, even under the guise of progressive policies. OBCs, despite their larger population share, appear to have largely escaped this kind of hazardous employment, while SCs and STs bear the brunt of it. This raises a crucial question: if the so-called protectors of the marginalized are truly on their side, why does this blatant disparity persist?
The Dravidianist argument that they stand for social justice seems hollow when examined through the lens of who continues to perform these hazardous jobs. The narrative of empowerment falls flat when the caste-based distribution of dangerous labour overwhelmingly affects those they claim to uplift. It’s time to question whether their rhetoric truly matches the reality for the oppressed. True social justice would mean elevating these communities out of these conditions, not perpetuating a system where they remain trapped.
The data itself reveals the contradiction: SCs and STs continue to disproportionately clean sewers and septic tanks, while OBCs and other dominant caste groups are primarily shielded from such work. Clearly, the Dravidian movement’s genius isn’t in alleviating oppression—it’s in obfuscating who the real oppressors are.
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