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‘1L doesn’t get a buffalo’, Azad demands 25L for Dalit sisters over cancelled weddings
Agra: Bhim Army chief and Lok Sabha MP Chandra Shekhar Azad on Friday met the family of the two Dalit sisters whose weddings were called off following a violent clash with a group of upper caste men in Mathura district. Azad demanded that the victims be given Rs 25 lakh each in compensation.
“In one lakh rupees, even a buffalo doesn’t come. The victims should receive Rs 25 lakh each,” said the Nagina MP, taking a dig at the authorities. “Those who claim they will protect everyone are not even uttering a single word about the incident,” he added.
The attack took place on Feb 21 in Karnawal village when the sisters, Manisha (19) and Rani (22), were returning from a salon after preparing for their wedding. As they entered the village, their car brushed against a bike belonging to one of the accused, triggering an altercation. A group of upper-caste men allegedly attacked the vehicle, assaulted the sisters, and thrashed their relatives. Rani’s paternal uncle, Ranjit, earlier stated that members of the groom’s side were also attacked when they tried to intervene. Following the violence, the grooms, Devendra Singh and Arjun Singh, called off the wedding and left with their families, citing security concerns.
Based on a complaint filed by the sisters’ father, Padam Singh, police registered a case against Lokesh Yadav, Rohtash, Shreepal, and 12 others under BNS sections 191 (rioting) and 109 (attempted murder), along with Section 3 of the SC/ST Act, 1989. All the accused were arrested in the aftermath of the incident.
Later in the day, members of the Azad Samaj Party claimed that stones were pelted at Chandra Shekhar Azad’s convoy while it was traveling from Karnawal village to Bhagat Nagariya in Surir, Mathura. However, Mathura Police dismissed the allegations.
“There was no stone pelting on his convoy. Let’s make that crystal clear,” said Mathura SSP Shailesh Kumar Pandey. “He was travelling with his supporters, and we had deployed security at the front and rear of his convoy. He also had his own security detail. No such incident took place. His convoy consisted of 25 to 30 vehicles, and we have not received any complaint from his side. CCTV footage has been reviewed, and no evidence of stone pelting has been found,” Pandey added.
VCK holds bike rally to protest caste-based violence
Madurai: Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) on Friday organised a bike rally to protest against caste Hindus injuring a dalit youngster allegedly for riding a bullet at Melapidavur village in Sivaganga district.
VCK general secretary and Kattumannarkoil MLA M Sinthanai Selvan presided over the rally, in which 200 cadre, including women, rode their two-wheelers from Madurai district court to Gandhi Museum.
Addressing reporters after the rally, Selvan said that people from various communities participated in the rally to condemn the attack on the dalit youth. It was a rally for social justice and equality. The district collectors, police superintendents, and govt officials should be sensitised and trained to treat people equally without biases. Otherwise, they would term everything as law and order issues, he said.
“The chief minister is working towards inclusive growth, but there are some officials who can’t understand this goal, causing friction. We bring these frictions to the attention of the state govt,” he said.
Commenting on VCK flagpost coming under attack by PMK cadre after a Vanniyarsangam meeting, Selvan said that it shows the grudge against the oppressed people, which was being nurtured amidst PMK cadre. It did not happen in a single day but gradually, he pointed out. Thirty years ago, PMK advocated for the unity of oppressed and backward people, but now it spreads hatred towards dalit people. PMK has diverted from its goal. PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss condemning the attack gives hope, but PMK should create plans for unity, added Selvan.
It maybe recalled that a dalit youth, R Ayyasamy, 20, was attacked by three youngsters from the thevar community in Melapidavur in Sivaganga district on Feb 12. The family claimed that the youngsters used caste slurs and abused Ayyasamy for riding a bullet. However, police said that the investigation revealed that the attack was due to a verbal quarrel between the youngsters.
Courtesy : TOI
UDirector selection in Power Corporation: Call letter not sent to Dalit-OBC engineers; allegation of tarnishing image
Lucknow, Engineers have opened a front in the matter of application for selection of directors. Accused Power Corporation of tarnishing the image of the government. Demanded cancellation of selection process. Sent a letter to the Chief Minister regarding this.
Published by: Bhupendra Singh
The matter of not sending call letters for interview to Dalit and OBC engineers who applied for the selection of 17 directors to be held on March 6 in Power Corporation in the capital Lucknow has become heated. Engineer organizations have accused the Power Corporation management of arbitrariness and tarnishing the image of the government. Also, a demand has been made to send call letters for interview to all the engineers who have applied. Demand was made to cancel the selection process and take action against the officers who acted arbitrarily.
17 directors are being selected in various power corporations of the state. The interview is on March 6. Call letters have been sent to other engineers for the interview. Dalit and backward class engineers allege that they were not sent call letters.
On this issue, a meeting of the provincial working committee of the Power Officers Association was held in the field hostel on Friday evening. Dissatisfaction was expressed over not sending call letters even after being eligible for selection and calling favorite engineers.
A letter addressed to the Chief Minister was also sent
Association President RP Kane, Acting President Awadhesh Kumar Verma, Vice President PM Prabhakar, Nekiram, Ved Prakash Kaushal, Organization Secretary Harishchandra Verma etc. said that the corporation is trying to tarnish the image of the government by not calling Dalit and backward class engineers for interview. During this, a letter addressed to the Chief Minister was also sent, in which a plea for justice was made. Along with this, a demand was made to cancel the selection process of directors.
Only 19 departmental engineers were called out of 54
The Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Council Engineers Association has also alleged arbitrariness in the interview for the post of director in energy corporations. It also said that there is a preparation to make favorite people directors. This is the reason why call letters have not been sent to all engineers for interview. 54 candidates have been selected for the post of director.
There are only 19 departmental engineers in this. While 35 are outsiders. Union General Secretary Jitendra Singh Gurjar said that to facilitate the process of privatization of energy corporations, efforts to make outsiders working in private companies directors will be opposed.
Demand to stop arbitrariness
He said that recently, instead of giving preference to internal departmental engineers in energy corporations, people from other states / central government undertakings were selected for director posts. The union has sent a letter to the CM demanding to stop arbitrariness.
Courtesy: Hindi News
A Tribal Couple in Jharkhand Defied a Village Diktat – and Paid With a Six-Year Legal Struggle
Unhappy that the two intended to marry each other in a Christian ceremony, the village council convinced the woman’s father to file a false case under the state’s anti-conversion law.
This is the seventh article in a series of reports on people who won their legal battles after being falsely charged under the anti-conversion laws brought in by BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
New Delhi: Little did the two lovers know that on the day they planned to marry, they would be end up behind bars. Pawan* (34) and Chanda* (27) believed, perhaps naively, that only mischief-mongers go to jail. “I was quite saddened. I always thought jail was for those who do bad things and commit crime. But we didn’t commit any crime,” Pawan said.
Residents of Simdega in Jharkhand, located near the border with Odisha, Pawan, Chanda, Chanda’s sister-in-law Rajni and local pastor Jagan, who was to officiate their wedding, were booked under the state’s anti-conversion law in the summer of 2018. They spent 42 days in jail before being released on bail.
The complainant in the case was Chanda’s father, Hemant, who was disgruntled with the idea that Chanda and Pawan planned to marry according to Christian customs. Both Chanda and Pawan belong to the Santhal tribe, which follow the animistic Sarna religion. Hemant, a follower of Sarna, wanted his daughter to marry according to Sarna rituals. Although he objected to their wedding, he did not intend to punish his daughter for it, not through the anti-conversion law. Hemant, who is illiterate and often intoxicated, was manipulated into lodging a police complaint against his own daughter and would-be son-in-law by village council members linked to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. He later realised his folly and tried to address his guilt by changing his statement in court. But the process took six long years before Pawan, Chanda, Rajni and pastor Jagan were acquitted of the charges.
Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty.
It all started in May 2018, when Pawan and Chanda decided to get married after a period of courtship. Since they both had given up their Sarna identities and followed the path of Jesus Christ, they decided to marry as per Christian traditions. The news of their scheduled wedding, fixed on May 30, 2018, caused a sensation in their village, mostly inhabited by Sarna followers of the Santhal tribe. The villagers held two public meetings, where Pawan and Chanda’s plans were scrutinised. They were bent on preventing a Christian wedding in their village. “They heard that our wedding was fixed but were unhappy that we had not informed them how we would be getting married. What rituals we would follow. When we informed them we would marry as per the Christian way, they objected to it and threatened us, asking us to marry as per the Sarna tradition,” said Chanda.
A First Information Report was lodged at the Bolba police station against Pawan, Chanda, Rajni and Jagan, accusing them of assaulting Chanda’s father Hemant and trying to force him to convert to Christianity. It would be later revealed that Narendra Manjhi, the president of the village’s Sarna religious council, drafted the police complaint. Hemant, allegedly unaware of its content, signed it. “They drafted a statement and made him sign it,” said Chanda, adding that Hemant did not know he was the sole informant in the case.
In the FIR, Hemant alleged that on May 27, 2018 around 10 am, Pawan and pastor Jagan came to his house and started applying pressure on him to get the marriage solemnized through Christian rituals. They also asked him to convert him to Christianity, he alleged. When he rejected their demands, they assaulted him with a lathi, and kicked and punched him, he alleged. Hearing the commotion, villagers, including the BJP-backed village mukhiya (headman), gathered at the scene and intervened.
The four were booked under Section 4 of the Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2017. They were also slapped with charges for intentionally causing hurt and wrongful restraint.
Pawan and Chanda, however, said that the entire incident was fabricated. “There was no such incident of assault at all,” he said, also rejecting the allegation that they were trying to convert Hemant to Christianity. Chanda said her father adhered to the Sarna faith and wanted them to marry as per its traditions. “He also followed the Hindu religion and never accepted the Christian faith like we did,” said Chanda.
Two social meetings were convened in the village, on May 27 and 28, 2018, and objections were raised to the planned Christian wedding on May 30. Through his sources, Pawan came to know that the villagers planned to lodge a criminal case against him. To pre-empt this, he took Chanda, her sister-in-law Rajni and pastor Rajan and went to the police station to inform them about the opposition to their marriage. Pawan carried an application stating that Chanda and he were marrying each other willingly, as consenting adults. But the members of the village Sarna council and several members of the ruling BJP, including a representative of an MP, were already there, said Pawan. “They threatened us. They had already got a case registered against us. Our point of view was not heard. The police didn’t accept my application. They tore it,” said Pawan.
Chanda said they informed the police that the villagers were threatening them. But instead of listening to their grievances, the police took them into custody. “They didn’t listen to us at all. We were being lectured that we should be marrying according to our Sarna rituals and tradition. And on May 30, the day we were supposed to get married, we were sent to jail,” said Chanda.
The matter went to trial. The prosecution presented 11 witnesses against the accused, including Chanda’s cousin Babulal, her brother-in-law Birbaha, her brother Shiva and the village headman Jogendra Manjhi. Some of the witnesses told the court that the decision to get an FIR lodged was taken after a village meeting conducted under chairperson Narendra Manjhi. Those who testified against the accused were inconsistent in their narration of the story; some claimed that Hemant was beaten up outdoors in a field near his house while others said he was assaulted in one of his rooms.
After being released from jail on bail on July 11, 2018, Pawan and Chanda got married in a civil court. While the couple battled it out in court, outside it they tried to convince Chanda’s father to withdraw the allegations. Initially, Hemant did not listen to them. Pawan and Chandai said Hemant, a drunkard, was under the influence of the village headman and the co-believers of his Sarna faith. But with time and through persuasion, Hemant had a change of heart. He was ridden with guilt and submitted an application in court, seeking a compromise in the case. A joint compromise petition was filed by both sides informing the court that they had amicably resolved their dispute. “When they stopped feeding him and offering him drinks, he realised he had made a mistake and was being manipulated. We told him it was of no use repenting here, ‘You must say all this in court’,” said Pawan.
Hemant informed the court that the police complaint only carried his signature. It was drafted by Narendra Manjhi. Hemant said that the villagers and people from his community had put pressure on him to lodge the police complaint.
Chanda (L) and Pawan. Photos: Special arrangement
Since the charges of wrongful restraint and intentionally causing hurt could be compoundable through Section 320 of the CrPC, sub-divisional judicial magistrate Simdega, Sumi Bina Horo, looked into the merits of the allegations. The court did not find any evidence to substantiate the claims in the FIR. There were contradictions in the statements of witnesses about the place of offence, whether indoors or outdoors; no witness spoke about wrongful restraint; there was no injury report supported to prove grievous hurt and the investigating officer said he did not seize any material nor any blood stained cloth allegedly belonging to Hemant.
“The witnesses have not stated anything about use of any weapon during [the] quarrel between them and also there are no evidences available on record. Neither of them have also seen or heard anything about the pressurizing or adoption of christian religion (sic),” sub-divisional judicial magistrate Horo recorded in her order on May 20, 2024. Horo said it was evident that the victim, Hemant, had lodged the case on the “pressure of his community”. The prosecution has “miserably failed to prove the ingredients of the” offences, said Horo, acquitting Pawan, Chanda, Rajni and Rajan.
But like in many cases of unlawful conversion, their woes did not end with a victory in court. For their defiance, Pawan and Chanda were forced to relocate to a new place due to societal pressure. They were not allowed to live in either of their villages. “Due to the pressure of society and their religion, we moved to a different village. When we got married, they told my father that if he let us stay in the village, they would expel him as well. We thought it was best to leave,” said Pawan. His father died in 2023.
Pawan now lives in a rented place in Simdega, doing odd jobs. His landlord often faces threats to evict him. Chanda moved to Delhi last year after the court’s acquittal and works as a cook in a household. They hope to save enough money to build a small house for themselves somewhere in Simdega.
Courtesy: The Wire
Celebration of Black History Month and Dalit History Month, A fight of Courage, A fight for Justice
Black & Dalit community are intrinsically linked by the common goal of liberation.
February is the Month of Black history Month, Black history Month celebrated as whole Month of February by remembering the Contribution of all those who wanted to make America a Racism free Society,where Society don’t discriminate on the Basis of Colour, like Dalit celebrate whole month of April by remembering the Contribution of those who fought for the rights and dignity for the Oppressed and Marginalised people.
The celebration of the contributions of African Americans began in 1926 with Negro History Week (the term that was later replaced by “Black” or “African American”).The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, the nation’s bicentennial. President Gerald R. Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” That year, fifty years after the first celebration, the association held the first Black History Month. By this time, the entire nation had come to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story. Since then each American president has issued Black History Month proclamations.
The week was timed to coincide with the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln, signer of the Emancipation Proclamation, and Frederick Douglass, who fought against slavery and became a social reformer after his own escape from enslavement.On February 10, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford issued a message recognizing Black History Month, becoming the first President to do so.
The moment was decades in the making.In subsequent years, Presidents have continued to share their own messages honoring Black History Month. In 1986, Congress passed a Public Law officially designating February as National Black History Month. Activists and historians started important conversations about not only the legacies of the American Revolution, but which groups were traditionally included or excluded from stories of the nation’s history. And Since 1976 Presidents of the USA have also brought statements on Black history month as a “President Proclamation”, The theme of this year’s celebration of celebrating Black History Month is “African Americans and Labor”.
Black & Dalit community are intrinsically linked by the common goal of liberation. This powerful connection has, for decades, allowed caste-oppressed and Black communities to learn from each other and inspire the growth of each other’s movements.Building power by creating global networks across communities is not a new phenomenon.
Decades ago, Dr. Ambedkar & W.E.B. Du Bois wrote to each other (despite the geographical distance between them) and shared the struggle for justice & freedom from Casteism, Untouchability, Discrimination, Slavery. Black History Month is to remember and celebrate the legacy of those who fought against Racism, Who fought against Slavery, to celebrate the Resistance of “Person of Color”.
Black History Month is celebrated to Show the history of Resistance, there is bondage between Black Resistance and Ambedkarites, Black Liberation mirrors the dream of equality for Oppressed peoples. We know that both of these struggles stem from the same places: Racism, Casteism, Untouchability, white supremacy, Patriarchy, & economic inequality.Black history is the Resistance for human dignity, reclamation of human rights,Self Respect.For generations, Black people of America have remained resilient in the face of unspeakable brutality and injustice.this Month Celebrates the legacy of their bravery and resistance.
Many Whites of America have also Acknowledged the historical, injustices, wrongs which have happened with Blacks of America, and some of them fought along with Blacks people of America against Slavery and Racism.Whereas in India we hardly see Privileged groups acknowledging the historical wrongs which have happened against Dalits of India, One will find hard that privileged group fighting against Casteism along with Dalits. Whites in America celebrate Black history Month along with Black people, In India How many privileged groups people Celebrate Dalit History Month along with Dalits ?
In America, President himself/herself brings official statement on the Black History Month and acknowledge the historical Wrongs and celebrate the legacy of Resistance of Black People.Racism in America and Casteism in India had segregated the historically Marginalized groups since ages.Black people suffered from Racism and Dalits in India suffered from Casteism, Untouchability.
There is certain kind of Bond which Black and Dalit shares, i,e Bond of Resistance, Bond of Courage.Both these people suffered worst kind of Humiliation, segregation, Discrimination.One thing Dalits suffered more than their Black kin is Untouchability.Some isWhites of America have Acknowledged the Historical injustices which Black people went through, but Privileged groups in India is lacking behind in it.
All American institutions celebrate February as a month of Courage , Resistance of Black people, but in India how many Privileged groups people celebrates our Dr. Ambedkar Birthday, and Celebrate Dalit History Month in April.Dr. Ambedkar who is an architect of Indian Constitution, who not only fought for the rights of marginalized and Oppressed communities but ensured the Justice, Equality for all Communities in India, Dr. Ambedkar given rights and Justice to all Women in India.But the women from the privileged group failed to give due respect to Dr. Ambedkar. the Feminism of privileged group women of India does not recognise the Contribution of Dalit Women also, in Feminism of Privileged Group, Dalit Women found Unsuitable.
For Privileged group Dalit issues don’t suit them. Privileged group become outraged and protest when there is a crime, atrocities against persons from privileged group. But we haven’t seen them getting outraged and protesting for the crimes which are being Committed against Dalits on daily basis.we have seen in Hathras, we have seen in Khairlanji. Dalits are still waiting for justice which has not been delivered yet. Crime is Crime and that should be condemned against whomever and against whichever communities it is happening but for Dalits there is no one to speak. Left, Right, Centerist, Socialist Organisations in University Campuses also don’t feel worthy to speak or protest when Crime happens with Dalits.
Like America does, Government of India Should also celebrate Dalit History Month in the Month of April to Acknowledge the Struggles of People Who Fought against Casteism, Untouchability, Discrimination. In USA Women like Rosa Parks fought against Racism, segregation, slavery, White supremacy.where as in India Dalit Women like Mukta Bai Salve fought against Casteism, Untouchability, Segregation.Both Dalit and Black people fight is the fight of Courage in sufferings,resilience in times of adversity, Fight for Self Respect, fight for Human dignity , Fight for Equality and Fight for Justice.
The Author Akhilesh Kumar is an Ambedkarite Activist and a PhD scholar at Jamia Millia Islamia University, specializing in the Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies. His doctoral research focuses on “Conceptualising Marginality :Dr. Ambedkar and the Women’s Question’.
Courtesy: The Mooknayak
Pune: The tragic story of a Dalit family that walked 150 km to Mumbai in search of justice
Ten days have passed, but they still haven’t got justice. They are trying to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Maharashtra/Pune: With just Rs 70 and the hope of justice, 35-year-old Ratan Navgire, his two sisters and two young children walked more than 150 km from Pune to Mumbai. They set out on February 7 with posters describing their struggle and reached Azad Maidan on February 13, where they are trying to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Ten days have passed, but they still haven’t got justice.
According to the Indian Express report, Ratan Navgire, a resident of Thergaon in Pimpri-Chinchwad, and his family belong to the Matang (Mang) community, which has historically been discriminated against. Their struggle began two years ago when their 14-year-old son Karan was allegedly attacked by upper caste men because he responded to caste-related insults.
Since then, the family has faced constant caste-related abuses, physical assaults and threats. “My nephew was told, ‘Why do you Maang people show your faces early in the morning? They fight for no reason, now we fear for our lives,'” said Ratan’s sister Reshma Chauhan (32).
The family complained to the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and the police several times, but no FIR was filed. Instead, their water connection was disconnected six months ago without any prior notice. When they went to the public tank near Bapuji Bua Mandir to fetch water, they faced more humiliation. “Locals threw dead rats in our water pots,” said Reshma.
They installed CCTV cameras to record the harassment, but the accused covered them and removed the memory chip. When Sonam Lodhe (23) protested the encroachment of a sewage chamber on her house land, she was detained overnight by the Wakad police. “We have been living here for the second generation, yet we are being asked for house ownership papers,” said Sonam.
In November, when the family was cooking outside, the accused called the police and harassed them. “They beat up my 10-year-old daughter Nutan and snatched her phone to erase any evidence we had. Our mobile is still with them,” said Ratan.
They tried to meet the PCMC commissioner to seek justice, but were sent back to the police station. There they were detained from 11 am to midnight and allegedly forced to scrub floors.
On February 6, with no other option left, they gave a written complaint to the PCMC commissioner. When there was no response from there either, they decided to march to Mumbai.
As they headed towards Mumbai, the police tried to stop them. “Where were they when all this started two years ago?” asked Ratan.
They walked from sunrise to sunset, sleeping wherever they could find space—in school premises, roadside shelters and temples. However, no one let them in, even in temples. “We found shelter in many temples, but in two places we were not allowed in,” said Sonam.
They also faced harassment during the journey. “A man tried to harass us at night, so we called the police. Then the police sent us to spend the night at the Shedung toll plaza in Panvel,” said Reshma. Despite being tired and scared, they did not give up.
On reaching Mankarud, some officials saw their plight and arranged for them to reach Azad Maidan. Here too, they are making a living by selling flower garlands.
It has been ten days since they reached Mumbai, but no official has come to meet them yet. They spend nights at railway stations and protest at Azad Maidan throughout the day.
Ratan said, “We have come here because our lives are in danger. If the government does not listen to us, we have no place left to go. Our only demand is that those who attacked us should be punished and the institutions that left us helpless should be held accountable. If we were lying, we would not have undertaken such a long and risky journey.”
Sunny Dadar, district secretary of the Matang/Mang community, questioned the administration. He asked, “If the police had behaved respectfully by registering a case in two years, this situation would not have arisen. The government talks of schemes like the Ladki Behen Yojana for women, but where is justice for Dalit women?”
The Kalwadi police rejected the allegations, saying Ratan’s son had accidentally spilled water, which he cleaned himself. But Ratan and his sisters call this claim false.
PCMC officials claimed that the water connection and toilet in their house were illegal. However, Ratan refused to show valid documents and asked, “If it was illegal, why was the connection given in the first place?”
G ward assistant commissioner Kishor Nanaware said the water connection was given by a local councillor 25 years ago and the toilet was built in a common area.
Ratan and his family are now preparing to move court. If the chief minister does not meet them, they will go to Delhi and plead with the prime minister. “We don’t have money, but we have the truth,” Reshma said.
The above report was originally published by The Indian Express.
Courtesy: Hindi News
Dalit man ends life, father alleges caste bias by wife’s family
Ahmedabad: A 27-year-old man, Rahul Parmar, died by suicide on Nov 18, 2024, after his wife reportedly pressured him for divorce, allegedly due to caste differences. The incident took place at a hotel in the Vastrapur area where Parmar committed suicide by hanging, and his body was found on Nov 20, 2024, stated a complaint filed with Vastrapur police.
Parmar, who was from the dalit community, fell in love with a woman from the other backward community, while they worked together at a hospital in Kutch, stated Parmar’s father, Dudha Parmar, a resident of Vankarwas in Bhalgam village of Dasada taluka in Surendranagar, in his FIR with Vastrapur police.
They married in 2020 through court marriage and lived in Sarkhej area of the city after living for a brief period in their native villages. Parmar took up a job as an admin manager at a private hospital, while his wife worked at a beauty salon, stated Dudha.
For the initial years, their marriage appeared stable, and they even frequently visited Parmar’s village together. However, the woman’s friends and family allegedly started pressuring her to end the marriage, he said in the FIR.
Over the last six months, the woman allegedly began demanding divorce, creating frequent fights between the couple. About 15 days before his death, the woman had left their home and moved into a PG (paying guest) accommodation.
On Nov 17, 2024, Parmar’s phone went unreachable. Worried, his family approached Sarkhej police and filed a missing person report. On Nov 20, Vastrapur police informed them that Parmar was found hanging in a hotel room at Vibrant Residency near Thaltej.
A suicide note recovered from the spot held his wife and her family responsible for driving him to take his life. Dudha filed a complaint against the victim’s wife for abetment to suicide.
Vastrapur police have launched an investigation into the inter-caste marriage dispute, and legal proceedings are underway to establish the role of the woman. Vastrapur police registered a case of abetment to suicide and abetment under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with charges of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the woman.
Courtesy: Times of India
BSP warns J&K Government against any cut in SC/ST/OBC reservation
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JAMMU: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has issued a strong warning to the Jammu and Kashmir government, making it clear that any attempt to cut down the reservation benefits of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) will not be tolerated. Addressing a press conference at the party office, BSP State President Darshan Rana slammed the alleged anti-reservation bill circulating on social media, terming it unconstitutional and anti-Dalit.He categorically stated that if such a bill is introduced in the assembly, the BSP will launch a massive statewide agitation and hold the government fully responsible for the consequences.
“J&K SC/ST/OBCs Already Deprived, No More Injustice!”
Darshan Rana highlighted that despite existing provisions, SC/ST/OBC communities in J&K are not getting their rightful share of reservations. Unlike other states, where OBCs are granted 27% reservation, J&K has failed to implement the same. Furthermore, the long-pending issue of reservation in promotions for government jobs remains unresolved, despite being under judicial consideration in the Hon’ble High Court.
The BSP leader accused the government of deliberately ignoring the rights of the backward and Dalit communities, warning that any dilution in reservation will spark a massive uprising.
BSP Ready for a Mass Movement!
Rana reaffirmed that the Bahujan Samaj Party has always fought for the oppressed and marginalized sections and will not hesitate to hit the streets if their rights are compromised.
He appealed directly to the J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to intervene and scrap any such move immediately, cautioning that failure to act will force the BSP to launch a full-scale protest. “We will not allow injustice! If our demands are ignored, we will take the fight to every street, every village, and every city of Jammu & Kashmir,” warned Darshan Rana. The BSP calls upon all SC/ST/OBC communities and supporters of social justice to remain vigilant and stand united against any attack on their constitutional rights.
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