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By Express News Service 20 Mar 2010 08:39:21 AM IST Outfit seeks separate state for dalits BHUBANESWAR: The State Ambedkar Chinta- Chetana Parishad, an organisation of tribals and dalits, has demanded a separate state for the two backward sections of the society. The working president of the organisation Debaraj Naik has said in a statement that the separate state should be created with 40 percent of the land of Orissa. He has threatened that if the State Government failed to fulfil the demand, the Parishad will launched a statewide agitation to press for it. The demand for the separate state has been made before the State Government and the Centre. Naik said that a meeting of tribals and dalits have been convened here on March 28 to discuss the issue and take necessary steps. Criticising the State Government for shedding crocodile’s tears over the plight of the people of these backward sections, the Parishad alleged that in name of education, the tribal girls have been pushed to sexual exploitation. He alleged that the constitutional provision for equality has not been implemented properly as a result of which Dalits and tribals are still at the lower strata of society. Demanding that the authorities should amend the land settlement acts so that land can be transferred to the dalits and tribals, Naik alleged that 99 percent people of these two sections do not have land. Besides, a majority of dalit and tribal people are yet to get any homestead or agricultural land even so many years after independence because of there is no sincerity in implementation of the decisions made for their welfare, he said. He warned that if corrective action was not taken, things will go out of hand soon. ------------------------------------ ---- 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/
