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NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON DALIT HUMAN RIGHTS NCDHR Dalits In News Monday, August 07, 2006 National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights Condoles the Death of Dr. Suraj Bhan New Delhi, 7 August 2006 The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) condoles the death of Dr. Suraj Bhan, the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes. Dr. Suraj Bhan hailing from a common background rose to bigger heights in Indian politics and stood to promote and protect the rights of Dalits and other weaker sections of society. His contributions as the Governor of two States: Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh are highly commendable as was his role in the Governor's Committee to look into the problems of Dalits and Adivasis. He attempted to fight against odds to protect Dalit rights. He was a strong votary of extending reservation in private sector and used every opportunity to speak in favour of it in every forum. In recent times he use to speak on the constraints he was facing as the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes as he found himself unable to discharge his Constitutional responsibility. NCDHR takes this opportunity to express grief on his demise. NCDHR hopes that Dr. Suraj Bhan's recommendations to the President of India and the Central Government on various issues related to Dalits would be taken up with full sincerity. NCDHR also demands from the UPA Government and the Union Cabinet that a suitable person with a proven track record of upholding the Dalit rights is appointed the next Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes which in turn should ensure that Dalit Rights are promoted and protected at every level. newkerala.com- Rajasthan 'Irrigation Dept Dalit engineers being neglected' Jaipur, Aug 7: Junior Engineers belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Rajasthan Irriagation Department were being "neglected" by the state government in matters of service, especially promotions, a Dalit organisation alleged today. About 139 Junior Engineers of the Dalit community in the Irrigation Department were being neglected and ignored and upper caste employees were promoted to Assistant Engineer grade, Dr Ambedkar Sanskratik Vichan Manch alleged today. In a statement here, the organisation's state general secretary Bhanwar Meghwanshi alleged that no Dalit or tribal was considered for promotion for the last one decade. "The discrimination against reserved communities' employees should be ended and the benefit of reservation be accorded to them," Meghwanshi demanded. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews <http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=3347> &id=3347 The Hindustan Times- Bihar CPI-ML activists demand revival of Amir Das Commission in Bihar Press Trust of India Hundreds of newly-elected panchayat representatives of the CPI-ML (Liberation) on Friday staged a 'Raj Bhavan march' to press for revival of the disbanded Amir Das Commission probing alleged links between politicians and the outlawed Ranvir Sena. A delegation of party leaders submitted a memorandum to RJM Pillai, Principal Secretary to Governor RS Gavai, who was away from the state capital. Withdrawal of cases under TADA against some partymen was another key demand of the activists. In the memorandum, the party alleged that the NDA government decided to disband the Amir Das Commission, which had probed alleged nexus between the politicians and Sena under "sheer desperation" and urged the Governor to ask the state government to revive the Commission to enable it to complete the enquiry and submit the final report. The Commission was constituted by the erstwhile RJD government after the Sena December 1997 killing of 63 Dalits by the Ranvir, a private militia of landlords at Laxmanpur Bathe village in Jehanabad district. The memorandum also demanded that the Governor order review of, what the CPI-ML described as "forged and fabricated case lodged with Arwal police station under TADA in which 14 party activists were undergoing life imprisonment." Hundreds of newly-elected district councillors, pramukhs, village heads, panchayat committee members, sarpanchs owing allegiance to the CPI(ML) participated in the march, which was jointly led by senior party leaders Rameshwar Prasad and Arun Singh. http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindustan_Times/400x60/0 newindpress.com- Karnataka Dalits told to worship mother earth Monday August 7 2006 13:03 IST TUMKUR: A gathering of about 5,000 Dalits was sermonised to worship mother earth at a function jointly organised by two NGOs-Rural Development Education Society (REDS), Tumkur and Guru Ravidas International Organisation for Human Rights, London, at Nelahal village, about 22 km from here on Sunday. A free community hall for Dalits and the poor was inaugurated and a statue of 14th century Sikh saint, Guru Ravidas was unveiled at Bhooshakti Kendra as part of the function. The heads of Bhooshakti Kendra and REDS, M C Raj and Jyothi Raj said that the Dalits did not belong to any religion as Dalitism itself was a religion and had its own practices. Instead of observing Diwali, Dussera and such festivals, Dalits could celebrate festivals in the name of their elders and also invite the caste Hindus for dinner, they said. 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