---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ravichandaran Bathran <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:24 AM Subject: [Arunthathiyar] your intervention To:
Dear Sir/Madam, Recently a Dalit women panchayat president(Mrs. Krishnaveni) in Tamil Nadu was stabbed by a member of 4 people (Caste Hindus). She sustained serious injuries (15 stabs, Her right hear was cut, both the ankel and the knee was hit by the knife. She has to undergo 3 operations) and admitted in the Hospital. She belongs to the arunthathiyar community (scavenger/bhangi community). In Tamil Nadu it has been a history of panchayat president being physically manhandled, harassed, or killed. Till now 5 Dalit panchayat president have been killed and get unnoticed by anyone. Therefore there must be a serious engagement with the caste prevalent in the rural areas, especially the panchayat president. In relation to Mrs. Krishnavenis case the media did not publish a news, most of the published newspaper article are within the district page. I request you to do anything to stop the caste based discrimination on dalit panchayat president, which is claimed by the Indian government that the back bone of the democracy system. The mainstream media give atrocity news from UP, where the Chief Minister is Mayawathi (a dalit women). But never gives anything in relation to caste atrocities in Tamil Nadu. The Hindu has published a news the abstracts are below; "....The report(fact finding), which was released here on Tuesday, says that Ms. Krishnaveni had been facing discrimination right from the day of her announcement to contest elections. She was not allowed to sit in the chair that was allotted for the elected president. Since May, 2007, she had filed 12 complaints with the police and district administration about the discrimination and on her right to function independently but no action was taken.The fact-finding team has found that Ms. Krishnaveni had to seek the help of District Collector to execute her duties as the vice-president had been thwarting all attempts made by her to work independently..." "...Irrespective of caste affiliation, she had functioned in an unbiased way, stated the villagers. She had taken many decisions in a bold manner which had invited the wrath of a few sections of the dominant castes. The team also came to know that Dalit presidents belonging to 125 panchayats in the district were subject to one form of discrimination or the other..." "...The team also came to know that* Dalit presidents belonging to 125 panchayats in the district were subject to one form of discrimination or the other*..." http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/22/stories/2011062264900700.htm Video taken while she is in Hospital http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFwcUcwdc9Y Picture taken while she is in hospital https://picasaweb.google.com/103899441250371448511/MsKrishnaveniADalitPanchayatPresidentWhoWasStabbedAndNowInTheHospital?authkey=Gv1sRgCMep9dSO2PnOYg&feat=email With Regards Ravichandran http://tamilnadudalits.blogspot.com/ <http://tamilnadudalits.blogspot.com/>Jai Bhim Number: 09966208677 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arunthathiyar" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/arunthathiyar?hl=en http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_205331679508465&ap=1 -- B.Karthik Navayan, Advocate http://karthiknavayan.wordpress.com/ https://sites.google.com/site/karthiknavayan/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
