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By Express News Service 19 Dec 2009 04:47:00 AM IST Ex-IAS officer floats new political party CHENNAI: Former senior IAS official P Sivakami who joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) before the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, floated her own political outfit, the ‘Samuga Samathuva Padai (SSP),’ here on Friday. Sivakami said that her party would work for the true empowerment of Dalits and women. The party flag was introduced in the inaugural function. SEPARATE PANCHAYATS FOR DALITS SOUGHT: Designating the traditional habitats of Dalits in villages as separate panchayats with adequate powers alone could help bring a significant change in the condition of the Scheduled Caste people, said Samuga Samathuva Padai (SSP) founder-president P Sivakami here on Friday. Speaking to reporters after launching her new political party, Sivakami listed allocation of land, taking education to Dalit villages, reservation for women, development of basic amenities and separate Dalit panchayats as five top priorities of her party. Asked why she quit the BSP, the former bureaucrat said though the party had good ideologies it was more Uttar Pradesh-centred and almost dysfunctional in Tamil Nadu. Dalit settlements are relegated to the last position in any improvement plan for a village and the result is underdevelopment. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
