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আমরা ন্যায়বিচার পাইনি : মুজাহিদের ছেলে
জামায়াতে ইসলামীর সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল আলী আহসান মোহাম্মদ মুজাহিদের রায়ের প্রতিক্রিয়ায় তাঁর ছেলে আলী আহমেদ মাবরুর বলেছেন, ট্রাইব্যুনালে আমরা ন্যায়বিচার পাইনি, ন্যায়বিচার পাওয়ার আশায় ওই রায়ের বিরুদ্ধে সুপ্রিম কোর্টে আপিল করেছিলাম। কিন্তু এখানেও ন্যায়বিচার পাইনি। এ রায়ে আমরা সংুব্ধ। এখন আইনজীবীদের সাথে কথা বলে পরবর্তী পদপে নেবো।
আলী আহমেদ মাবরুর বলেন, বুদ্ধিজীবী হত্যার যে অভিযোগে মৃত্যুদণ্ড বহাল রাখা হয়েছে, সেখানে কাকে হত্যা করা হয়েছে তার উল্লেখ নেই। কোনো ভিকটিম পরিবারের সদস্য ট্রাইব্যুনালে স্যা দেয়নি। এ অভিযোগে কিসের ভিত্তিতে মৃত্যুদণ্ড বহাল রাখা হয়েছে তা আমার কাছে রহস্যময়। - See more at:http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/detail/news/31121…
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জামায়াতে ইসলামীর সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল আলী আহসান মোহাম্মদ মুজাহিদের প্রধান আইনজীবী খন্দকার মাহবুব হোসেন রায়ের পর সুপ্রিম কোর্ট বার সভাপতির কক্ষের সামনে এক ব্রিফিংয়ে বলেন, যে স্যা-প্রমাণের ভিত্তিতে মৃত্যুদণ্ড দেয়া হয়েছে তা সঠিক হয়নি। আইনজীবী হিসেবে আমি মনে করি যে অভিযোগে মুজাহিদকে মৃত্যুদণ্ড দেয়া হয়েছে তাতে যথেষ্ট দুর্বলতা রয়েছে।
খন্দকার মাহবুব হোসেন বলেন, আমরা খুবই উদ্বিগ্ন যে অভিযোগে আপিল বিভাগ তাকে মৃত্যুদণ্ড দিয়েছেন সেটি নিয়ে। আদালত তার বিরুদ্ধে ৭ নং অভিযোগে মৃত্যুদণ্ড থেকে সাজা কমিয়ে যাবজ্জীবন দিলেও ৬ নং অভিযোগে মৃত্যুদণ্ড বহাল রেখেছেন। আমরা মনে করি ৬ নং অভিযোগ সুনির্দিষ্ট ছিল না, ঢালাওভাবে অভিযোগ আনা হয়েছে।
তিনি বলেন, আমরা আশা করি যেভাবে ৬ নং অভিযোগটি আনা হয়েছে এবং স্যা দেয়া হয়েছে, তার বিবেচনায় রিভিউতে আমাদের আসামি খালাশ পাবেন।
মাহবুব হোসেন বলেন, আমরা লিখিত রায় পাওয়ার পর নিয়মানুযায়ী ১৫ দিনের মধ্যে রিভিউ আবেদন করব। আশা করি আপিল বিভাগ রিভিউতে ত্রুটিগুলো বিবেচনায় নিয়ে যে অভিযোগে মৃত্যুদণ্ড দেয়া হয়েছে তা থেকে অব্যাহতি দেবেন। তিনি আরো বলেন, মামলার তদন্ত কর্মকর্তাও বলেছেন, মুজাহিদ আলবদর ছিলেন এ ধরনের কোনো প্রমাণ পাওয়া যায়নি।
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open letter to politicians
TO,
Mr. President , PM ,K,P.OLI ,J .N Khanal and many other looters of the taxpayers' money
Subject –Return of the looted money in the PM's relief fund
Dear politicians /office bearers
You all know how the last EQ of 12th Baishak devastated our lovely country and many lives and billions worth property damaged. This is undoubtedly a time to mourn and make determination that you will do that needed to restructure the country, help the victims and reconstruct the damages. In this context all Nepalese citizen are doing their best to help the victims of the EQ.
At this stage we need strong unity and determination to overcome the tragedies brought by the last EQ. However the political leaders are neither showing their strength to re- structure nor doing any kind of help to the victims as they are interested only to loot the nation. They are busy in smuggling the relief materials like corrugated sheets, blankets and misuse the money allocated for the tents purchase. The funny and disgusting part is that the same looters who looted millions of taxpayer's money in the name of medical treatment are visiting various sites of damages and telling the people to keep courage and fooling them that the corrupt government will help them to fight with the EQ damages. These shameless people talk big and give false assurances and false promise saying Rs 15,000 will be provided to you for buying the corrugated sheet, 5 lacks low interest loan to built new house etc but in reality the corrupt politicians are looting the taxpayers money in different pretext. It looks so ridicules when looters like PM ex PM, President , etc request the poor people to help the victims and poor innocent Nepalese people are carried away on emotion seeing the damages of the EQ and the result is that even the recent flood victims do cut down their expenses and donate to the EQ victims where as the corrupt ministers continue to loot the relief fund as mentioned by the government report itself .The corrupt leaders rovers around the damages area in the helicopter and make fun of the victims.
I do not know there is record of your looting in the name of medical treatment or not but if you have any moral it is time you all looters from president to PM return back the looted amount and deposit it in the PM relief fund to reconstruct the EQ damages. If you people have even a tint of moral values left in your soul and consider yourself as worth to be called as human being, in this juncture of the country when people are in big problem , there hope shattered, tons of miseries in their head, and being looted from all sides like politicians, traders, school, vendors, etc deposit all the money you people have collected as medical treatment in the PM's relief fund or else your request to the donor countries for donation to reconstruct the EQ damages will be as hollow as you people are.
I heard the corrupt government is preparing to show all the damages to the donor agencies and in my opinion this is nothing but to beg without any dignity exposing the miseries of the people. Neither Nepalese people are so poor, inefficient and corrupt as the politician of the country nor we Nepalese people want to be humiliated in the way you corrupt politician want to exhibit the miseries and fill your pocket.
This is the time to show your dignity and honesty to fulfill the needs of the people and uplift the image of the country and show to the world that Nepalese people can stand on its own feet in any circumstances without losing their dignity and honor. We Nepalese people are humiliated at times by world community because you people are corrupt and interested only to fulfill your vested interest.
The corrupt international INGOs who take back more than 90% of the donated money through salaries ,perks and spent unnecessarily in seminar, PR etc blames Nepal as corrupt nation simply because you politically related people are corrupt and give enough opportunities to insult Nepalese people .where as they INGO s etc themselves are none the less corrupt than you people. Example is FIFA.
People like we who love to have rule of law in the country and want the good governance and transparency are eager to ask few pertinent question to the donor agencies like the following
1. What is the source of money that you donate to Nepal –the taxpayers money cannot be spent and misuse the way the donor funded money are used by the donor agency itself
2. What percentage of the money is spent for salary perks and other facilities like use of helicopter where the vehicle can easily reach ,
3. Inform us the actual percentage of money that reaches to the victim for whom it is said to be donated.
4. How you decide on the modus operandi for the optimum utilization of the donated money?
5. The extravagance that is easily visible to any concuss citizen suggest the proper book keeping of the donated money is not undertaken and we want as much transparency from the donor agencies as we demand from the government
Dear President, PM ex PMs and other many looters of the taxpayers money , I feel sorry to say this that we are unable morally to ask mentioned question directly to the donor agencies and sent letters to the PM/president of the concerned donor countries directly requesting to give proper attention on such pertinent issues simple because our bed sheet is also dirty as theirs because of you corrupt politicians whose only notion is to loot the nation in different pretext
I consider this is big opportunity to you people (all who have looted the taxpayer's money in the name of medical treatment, ) to return back the looted money in PM's relief fund and show to the international organization ,donor countries that you are corrupt no doubt but still you have not killed your inner voice totally and are not yet morally dead and are still concerned with the miseries of your country men. This will not only boost up your character and help a lot to get back your lost respect but also provide a strength to people like we to write directly the concerned donor agencies and their government to watch and monitor the donated money and its status.
As I have worked in many word Bank and ADB funded projects and have fair knowledge how the organization are run but because of the corrupt character of you politicians we lose our strength to ask directly the donor agencies to be transparent, open and specific and show your book keeping
I hope at this time when the people and country need the moral values to fight with the corrupt INGOs , so that the Nepalese are not cheated in the name of relief you people will help the country by returning all the money you have looted in the name of medical treatment and provide enough strength to people like we to ask for the required transparency from the INGOs Donor agencies etc
Thanks for cooperation
Yours truly
Kalyan Dev Bhattarai
Senior citizen 0f Nepal
Don't make a non-issue an issue
Dear Dr. Sambhu Katteljee,
What this Raut fellow is uttering is not a non-issue. A few Madhesi
idiots have been taking the country to ransom for too long a time. For
instance, a few years ago, Rajendra Mahato threatened the government
in Kathmandu to clamp an embargo against the capital at Birganj,
probably learning from the blockade imposed by Rajiv Gandhi's India
against landlocked Nepal for nearly a year and half in 1989-90 that
ended only with regime change in Nepal. The latter itself had been the
result of late King Birendra's refusal to give in to India's proposal
of Bhutanisation of Nepal. When the Madhesi-centric parties were badly
trounced in the last CA2 election, this Mahato fellow again said, it
was the defeat of the Bharatbadis, or the defeat of India in Nepal. He
was clearly hoping that India could be somehow incited into looking at
it similarly too and come to their rescue through more "Mehtas", the
reference being to the a consular official named Mehta at the Indian
Consulate at Birganj who wanted to see the "terai burn" during the
dying days of CA1. For this, he had invited the leaders of Madhesi
extraction belonging to all parties to a dinner in a Birganj
restaurant. But the Madhesi leaders of two national parties, the NC
and UML, went public about this instigation, while the Madhesi leaders
of the Madhesi parties--Sadbhavana party, Janadihiar Forum, and so
on--just kept quiet, clearly an act of betrayal to the nation, or in
other words, anti-national. Following this undiplomatic embarrassment,
the Mehta fellow himself was quietly withdrawn by the South Block. And
come CA2 election, it was the Madhesi leaders of these national
parties who carried the day. The Madhesi politicians of the parties to
which the Mehta's co-conspirators belonged were badly defeated,
clearly underscoring the fact that these politicos who had
opportunistically aligned themselves with the Mehtas, have lost all
faith of the Madhesi people. The most outstanding example of this
phenomenon is the cutting down to size of Mr. Upendra Yadav who having
misled the Madhesi people into anti-Pahadi rallies and won big in the
ensuing CA1 election has since been badly humiliated by the voters in
CA2 election. In other parts of the world that would have been a
sufficient ground for a party leader like him to retire. But, of
course, this happens to be the case of a Madhesi zamindar in feudal
Nepal.
The fact of the matter is that the Madhesh region in the Terai is one
of the most stratified socially, economically and politically. The
high caste and rich minority has been inflicting its tyranny over the
rest of the people who are historically poor, utterly poor, and
live--half-starved--at the exploitative mercy of these high caste
people from among whom almost all Madhesi leaders are born. For
instance, the Chamars and Mushahars are the two biggest and lowest
caste ethnic groups in Madhesh or the Madhesh region of terai. If one
goes through any research work on terai, one would invariably come
across the untold misery to which these poor and low caste people are
subjugated to--economically, socially and sexually--by their high
caste tormentors. Recently, Mr. Raut headed a Save Madhesh campaign
which, in this very email forum and for that very reason, I suggested
should be renamed, Save Madhesh from the Madhesi Leaders. Given the
present day situation, that should be the fitting objective of any
campaign to be launched for the Madhesi people of terai.
Now to get back to the threat issued by Mr. Raut of Griha Yuddha, we
should be glad that India is no longer ruled by people like Rajiv
Gandhi or Atal Bihari Bajpaye, the latter a highly respected leader in
India but for Nepal, one who decided to give safe haven to our
"People's warriors" like Prachanda and Babu Ram who having caused the
mindless slaughter of 17,000 innocent Nepalese have in the meantime
emerged like the Nepali version of Rumania's Ceusescu. Today India is
governed by leaders like Narendra Modi, and China, the superpower in
the making to the north, has entered Nepal in a big way. Therefore,
Mr. Raut, if he wants to live peacefully and honorably as a Nepali
citizen, should desist from such nonsensical utterances which need
"Mehtas" for them to materialize in actuality. After all, as an
educated man he should remind himself that the forefathers of most of
the present day Madhesi people had migrated from what is independent
India today only a couple of generations ago in pursuit of greener
pastures. If Nepal can resettle Indian migrants in terai, how does Mr.
Raut hold that Nepal cannot resettle her own citizens in the terai
region of Nepal.
To conclude, despite this acute diversity the Madhesi community in
Nepal remains a closely-knit and introvert system. While most Madhesi
scholars are familiar about this tragedy of the low caste people in
the terai and are also willing to talk about it in informal groups,
there are few writers who are willing to call a spade a spade more
publicly. But authors like Prof. Ram Narayan Dev do give hope. About
three years ago, he demonstrated his academic courage when he wrote in
a local daily that "most land in the terai are occupied by the people
of higher caste." He had complained that the government simplistically
recognizes "only one category, Madhesi" but "none of the deprived
groups, the dalits, mushahars, chamars, etc. get to apply. It is the
Jhas, Misras, Thakurs, Singhs, Dev, Karna, Yadavs, Mandals, Shah,
Chaudhari end up grabbing the reserved opportunities. " Such writings
are essential for ensuring social justice in any society including
Madhesh. In Nepal, it also contributes to the furthering of national
integration that would go on to set the stage for collectively seeking
the improvement of our common destiny under which all the regions and
people of the country enjoy the opportunity for maximum development
based on the strength of their special comparative advantages that all
of them are endowed with.
Bihari Krishna Shrestha
Dalit girl severly beaten up after her shadow falls on high caste muscleman
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News Updates 17.06.15Dalit girl severly beaten up after her shadow falls on high caste muscleman - The Indian Express
18 Held for Quarry Clash Get Conditional Bail - The New Indian Express
A better way of life for sex workers in Hyderabad - The Asian Age
http://www.asianage.com/hyderabad/better-way-life-sex-workers-hyderabad-563
Boys sweep engineering entrance ranks - The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/boys-sweep-engineering-entrance-ranks/article7324168.ece
Government to send 100 Dalit students to US, UK on Ambedkar 'inspiration' trip -DNA
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The Indian Express
Dalit girl severly beaten up after her shadow falls on high caste muscleman
The episode enraged the family of the muscle-man to such an extent that they severely beat the girl and threatened to kill her if she was spotted again at the hand pump.
By: Press Trust of India | Chattarpur | Updated: June 16, 2015 4:07 pm
In a shocking incident, a minor Dalit girl was allegedly thrashed by higher caste women in Ganeshpura village here after the victim's shadow fell on a muscleman belonging to their family, police said today.
The incident took place on June 13 and the complaint was also filed on the same day at Gadi Malhera police station, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Neeraj Pandey said.
According to the complaint lodged by the girl's father, the problem began when his daughter was fetching water from a village hand pump and her shadow fell on muscle-man Puran Yadav (belonging to a higher caste) when he happened to pass from there, the ASP said.
The episode enraged the family of the muscle-man to such an extent that the women of the family severely beat the girl and threatened that if she was spotted again at the hand pump, they would kill her, he said.
Yadav's family also prevented the victim from going to police station, but they somehow managed to reach there.
A case under sections 323, 341, 506 of the IPC has been registered against the accused and further investigation is underway.
In several remote pockets of India, where untouchability is still prevalent, people from the lower caste are forbidden to come in contact with those belonging to the higher rung so much so that they can't share their food, cook for them or even look them in the eye. It is even forbidden for their shadow to fall on higher caste people, who consider it as defiling or polluting.
The New Indian Express
18 Held for Quarry Clash Get Conditional Bail
By Express News Service
Published: 17th June 2015 06:00 AM
VELLORE: Villagers of Kalathur organised a warm welcome on Tuesday evening for 18 persons of their village who were granted conditional bail after being arrested and imprisoned for 14 days following a group clash on June 3 that had arisen over the quarrying of sand in the Palar River bed near their village.
"After producing two securities for each of the 18 before the court, we bailed them out," said Jessy of Makkal Mandram, an organisation working for the upliftment of Dalits and Tribals and which has been supporting the villagers' solidarity against sand quarrying in the area.
The Judge of the Principal District Court, R V R Deenadayalan, granted conditional bail for the 18 and directed them to sign a register everyday in the Judicial Magistrate Court-I in Salem until further hearing.
The Judge, in his order, also requested the police to produce one 17-year-old Chinnarasu, (who was also arrested in the group clash) before the Juvenile Justice Board on Wednesday to determine his age. If the board ascertains that he is a minor, then he shall be released, unconditionally, as per the Juvenile Justice Act.
Kalathur's villagers hailed the 18 persons released on bail and garlanded them after they emerged from the prison's premises at about 7 pm.
The clash between two groups in the village arose when the sand mafia bribed around 30 families into accepting money in return for allowing the quarrying of sand in the riverbed. However, other villagers opposing the sand quarrying began protesting against it. With tensions simmering between the two groups for several months on this issue, it came to a head on June 3, when the two groups clashed. Police arrested 24 villagers from both groups. Of the 24 villagers, 19 villagers, including six women, were against the quarrying of sand. Chinnarasu, also one of the 19 villagers, was taken to borstal school and his age will be established by the Juvenile Justice Board.
The Asian Age
A better way of life for sex workers in Hyderabad
http://www.asianage.com/hyderabad/better-way-life-sex-workers-hyderabad-563
Jun 14, 2015 - TEENA THACKER |
Nestled around the majestic structures of Charminar-Falaknuma, five kilometres from the global icon of Hyderabad is witnessing a change of sorts. The once docile women, vulnerable to circumstances that pushed them into flesh trade have started to live confidently. Equipped with adequate information which is required to protect their rights, they live no more on mercy of others for their daily tasks like demanding free take-home ration from the anganwadi centres for their children, adolescent and pregnant women, thanks to the interventions of government organisations and NGOs like Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR) that worked strenuously to help them win their "chores" battle.
Jostled with major issues that contribute to urban poverty, this old city area which constitutes Muslim population has about 60 per cent of sex workers, of the total population. However, for long, this marginalised population remained secluded and denied of the social benefits and the government schemes meant for them.
"They have not been very forthcoming. However, with the help of peer educators that imparted home-based education a lot of behaviour change has been seen," said Dr Riyaz, project director, Hyderabad leprosy control and health society, targeted interventions.
In the talukas for the district, including Bahadurpur, Bandlaguda and Charminar mandals, 25 hotspots have been identified where information is imparted on components like behavioural change, sexually-transmitted infections (STI), condom promotion. A social inclusion plan for socially-excluded and marginalised population has been designed with technical support by CFAR and is providing the basis for the change.
"Providing enabling environment and advocacy is done by CFAR. Here, linkage services for 0-6 years, 14-18 years and adolescent girls is also done. After putting hard work for more than three years, the efforts have started churning results now as more than 120 families have been enrolled, including sex workers, which are now getting the benefit of the government schemes. Earlier, the community was approaching the centres but now with the help of followups and interventions done by us, the trend has started to reverse," said Sudha Rani, project coordinator, CFAR, Hyderabad.
Furthermore, CFAR has also asked the centre for providing double nutrition to the HIV-positive women.
Significantly, most of these sex workers have Aadhar cards too. "We have linked all the eligible children of the area with the aanganwadi centres so that they can take the benefit of government-run ICDS scheme. They are getting adequate nutrition. Other than that the aanganwadi workers also help the community in cases of domestic violence and other critical issues," said 25-year-old Nazima, a peer educator.
Tabassum, 30, has three children and all of them are getting midday meals. "We are happy that our children are getting good quality and healthy food. We did not know that we were entitled to this food. A campaign held by CFAR helped us know about our rights," she said.
The Hindu
Boys sweep engineering entrance ranks
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/boys-sweep-engineering-entrance-ranks/article7324168.ece
Special Correspondent
Boys swept the top ranks in the engineering entrance examinations, the rank-list of which was published here on Tuesday. The results of the architecture entrance examinations were also announced by Education Minister P. K. Abdu Rabb.
The first rank in the engineering entrance examination was bagged by B. Arjun from Thiruvananthapuram. While the second rank went to A.S. Ameer Hassan from Kozhikode, the third rank went to P. Sreerag, also from Kozhikode.
SC/ST rank holders
The first rank in the Scheduled Castes category went to B. Sarath and the second rank to C.S. Karthik Baal. In the Scheduled Tribes category, the first rank went to A. Avinash and the second rank to K.S. Midhun.
The first rank for the Architecture course went to Lisa Therse from Perinthalmanna. The second rank went to M.R. Abhishek from Ernakulam, and the third rank to K. Devi Raj from Malappuram.
Of the 1,11,109 candidates who appeared for the entrance examinations, 55,180 candidates have been included on the rank-list. Of these, 30,708 are male candidates.
While there are 367 candidates from the State Plus two stream in the first 1,000 ranks, there is not a single candidate from the Vocational Higher Secondary Education stream on the list.
While there are 556 candidates in the top 1,000 list from the AISSCE (All India Senior School Certificate Examination) stream, there are 63 candidates in this list from the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) stream.
District-wise break-up
Based on the district of permanent residence, there are 173 candidates from Ernakulam district in the top 1,000. While there are 139 candidates from Malappuram and 125 from Kozhikode, there are 115 candidates from Thiruvananthapuram. Among the top 100 rank holders, 57 are male candidates.
Standardising scores
Candidates under 25 boards of examination within and outside the country had written the examinations. Of these, 13 boards had made available their marks-related data to the Entrance Commissioner for purposes of standardising the scores of candidates. The rest of the boards were mapped on to the CBSE marks data for purposes of standardisation.
Of the 59,220 engineering seats available in the State across all categories of colleges, the CEE would be making allotments to 35,963 government seats. The first allotment would be done on June 25.
DNA
Government to send 100 Dalit students to US, UK on Ambedkar 'inspiration' trip
Wednesday, 17 June 2015 - 7:05am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: dna | From the print edition
The ministry of social justice and empowerment is conducting the visit called Dr Ambedkar Foundation's Study Tour. Students with at least a graduation degree will be visiting Columbia University and London School of Economics.
In its continued attempt to win over Dalits, the government is arranging a study tour wherein one hundred Dalit students will get a chance to visit institutes in theUnited States and the United Kingdom where Dr BR Ambedkar studied.
The ministry of social justice and empowerment is conducting the visit called Dr Ambedkar Foundation's Study Tour. Students with at least a graduation degree will be visiting Columbia University and London School of Economics.
The selection of students will be made by the University Grants Commission. The last date for submission of applications is June 30.
"In a week-long trip, 50 students will be sent to each place. The idea is to make the students understand how a Dalit boy rose to reach such institutions of repute in the UK and the US. The trip is to motivate and mobilise the Dalit youths to reach out to the world," said an official of the ministry.
To ensure that only those deserving make it to the tour, in the criteria laid down by the ministry says that the applicant with family income of not more than Rs 4.5 lakh a year will be eligible for the tour. The UGC, which has been made the nodal body to call applicants, will also ensure that only those students who have never travelled abroad are chosen.
The students will also visit Ambedkar's two-storey house in London that is being bought by the Maharashtra government. The architect of India's constitution had lived in the house during his years in London.
"Besides Columbia University, there is not much about Ambedkar in the US. His documents tell us only about a seminar paper that he had presented in the Colombia University. There is a hostel where Ambedkar
lived," said Dalit rights activist Professor Kancha Ilaiah of Osmania University.
Ilaiah who has been vocal against the ideology of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad also said that the just showing universities and colleges is not enough. "It is a good thought to give this opportunity to the under privileged, but when in the US, they should arrange for an interaction of these students with African-American scholars," added Ilaiah.
Marking the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar, the ministry of social justice is also collaborating with the human resource development ministry to initiate a certificate course on the life and ideology of Ambedkar under the Indira Gandhi National Open University. An Ambedkar coin and a postal stamp will also be released to mark the occasion.
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PURI land struggle and repression on struggling people.
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Stop Terror and Repression – Release Struggling Peasants Immediately
On 6th June 2015 huge police force numbering 700 with deadly weapons attacked and injured several struggling villages of Sipasarubali Mouza under Brahmagiritaluka of Puri district of Orissa. Police has arrested 33 villagers including women and assaulted them. Government force has exerted wide spread terror and repression. They have arrested comrade Basudev Das, the important leader of all India khet mazdoor sabha from his resident.
For a long time people of Sipasarubali wedge peaceful relentless struggle under the banner of Upakaliya Jami-o-Jangal Suraksha Sammttee (UJJSS), supported by AIKMKS to protect the land and the forest from land mafia, forest mafia and from natural disaster. Agitation was going on for a long time and the UJJSS was able to protect the area. Several times agitation faced with external armed attack goons and government police. This is well known fact that long Orissa coast is perennially cyclone and flood prone region. Even years after years people living in coastal region suffered serious devastation. Many a times the coastal people helplessly witness that hutments and homes being washed away or swallowed by high tidier waves of the sea and their lives and livelihoods had been destroyed.
Central and state government are very much aware of this fact but continuously government refuses to act on many valuable suggestions made by the scientists. Not only this natural protections that were present in the coast like mangroves sand domes and the forest, are allowed to be endlessly destroyed. Seriously effecting the environmental balance, depriving people from their traditional means of livelihood like fishing and uprooting the people from their land and cultural life and social environment, the government is planning to hand over the vast coastal areas to MNCs' or to Indian big bourgeoisies in the name of Developing hotels industries and tourist outfits.
The demand of people was refused by state government. Now they are determined to destroy the area for the narrow interest. Many attacks in the past were resisted by the people.
But on June 6th 2015 the organised attack by the huge police and assaulting the villagers and subsequently arrested 33 villagers and spread terror and repression throughout the region. They have also issued warrant of arrest against comrade Srikant Mohanthi, the secretary of Orissa CMS and leader of AIKMKS.
District collector of Puri district invited villagers to discuss the matter. The villagers have agreed to discuss the matter and accordingly the leaders went to office of collector. Seeing the representative of industrial development corporation were also present at the meeting the villagers refused to talk to IDP. Government is planning to hand over the area to IDP to build infrastructure for the corporate houses and destroy the forest and subsequently evicting the villagers from the land and homes.
But on 6th June government acted as agents and goons of MNCs' and proved that they are against the people, land and forest.
AIKMKS strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attack on the peoples' movement and demand the following—
Immediate release of arrested people.
Withdraw all false cases unconditionally.
Withdraw order of arrest of the leaders without delay.
Stop harassment and and repression immediately.
Cancel the Shamuka Hotel project proposed to be set up in Sipasarubali mauza and accord the legal rights to the local poor who have freed the area from the illegal occupation of land mafias'.
Abandon the plans like coastal high ways that are harmful and dangerous to the environment.
Date- 19/06/2015 Com. Jagdish Sharma
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Madrassas must teach academic subjects to avail govt aid: Maharashtra minority minister
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Ambedkar’s grandson Anandraj attacked, escapes unhurt
Ambedkar's grandson Anandraj attacked, escapes unhurt
Republican Sena president Anandraj Ambedkar was attacked inside Peoples Education Society College in Mahad, adjoining Raigad district, state party general secretary Vasant Kamble told IANS.
At least one of his supporters was seriously injured, he said.
"The incident occurred around 1 p.m. when Anandraj Ambedkar was about to go and meet the college principal in his office. Suddenly, some rival political activists attacked him with sticks, rods and other weapons and attempted to prevent his entry there," he said.
However, Anandraj Ambedkar escaped unhurt as accompanying party workers shielded him from the attackers, who are said to be local Shiv Sena activists.
At least four Republican Sena workers were injured, including one whose condition was said to be serious, Kamble said, adding that police were probing the matter.
Anandraj Ambedkar has been at the forefront of an agitation to demand a memorial to the principal architect of the Indian Constitution and Dalit icon Dr B.R. Ambedkar at Dadar in Mumbai.
Meet The Woman Behind #BlackLivesMatter—The Hashtag
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Why We Fight For The Living World: It's About Love, And It's Time We Said So
By George Monbiot
http://www.countercurrents.org/monbiot170615.htm
I see the encyclical by Pope Francis, which will be published on Thursday, as a potential turning point. He will argue that not only the physical survival of the poor, but also our spiritual welfare depends on the protection of the natural world; and in both respects he is right
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By Liz Pleasant
http://www.countercurrents.org/pleasant170615.htm
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Oppression of African Americans Is Not A Liberal Invention
By Matt Peppe
http://www.countercurrents.org/peppe170615.htm
The most important accomplishment of Black Lives Matter has been to make these issues visible to so many people across the country. Unfortunately, many who benefit from white supremacy are determined to keep it invisible. As the national conversation shifts to confront systemic racism and discrimination, conservative confirmation bias is difficult to overcome. But in the end the facts speak for themselves. The more they lead to real social change, the stronger the conservative backlash will be at those who bear the message. Fortunately, the movements that have developed have shown every indication they are up for the challenge and are in the struggle for the long haul
Ten Myths About Greek Relations With The European Union, The IMF And The USA
By Jon Kofas
http://www.countercurrents.org/kofas170615.htm
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Neil Young Is Starving The Poor! The Pro-GMO Lobby's Latest Scapegoat
By Colin Todhunter
http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter170615.htm
The pro-GMO lobby's latest scapegoat is Neil Young who recently released an anti-GMO/ Monsanto album
Just Politics: Iran, Like The Rest, Is Not Blameless
By Ramzy Baroud
http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud170615.htm
Iran is part and parcel of ongoing conflicts, has contributed to some, reacted to others; it labored to defeat US ambitions, but also cooperated with Washington when their interests intersected. It is as sectarian as the rest, and abashedly so. This is not an attempt at implicating Iran, but an attempt at an honest reading into a war involving many parties, whose hands are equally bloody
Fake Degree-Organized Racket Defaming Indian Education Standard
By Mousumi Roy
http://www.countercurrents.org/roy170615.htm
Recent arrest of Law Minister, Jitendra Singh Tomar, of present Delhi local government has added to new dimension, to show the extent and level this organized racket is operating in our country. In lighter side, this episode has become talking point as "Munna Bhai LLB"
Fact Finding Report On Illegal Detention And Custodial Torture Of Juvenile
By Koraput Youth Association
http://www.countercurrents.org/kya170615.htm
Shaken by the media reports of illegal detention and custodial torture of a 13-year old Dalit boy Sankar @ Rahul Garada, members of the Koraput Youth Association (KYA) decided to intervene into the matter and make all efforts to give justice to the juvenile victim. A first step in this direction was conducting a fact finding and for this five youth members of KYA visited the victim and his family to get to the core of illegal detention and custodial torture incident
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Press release – In solidarity with Tamil Novelist Joe D’Cruz #FOE
Press release – In solidarity with Tamil Novelist Joe D'Cruz #FOE
Self-styled protectors of morality and religion have risen again to stifle a writer's right to write and, more dangerously, our constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression. As the latest target of communal intolerance, Sahitya Akademi awardee and Tamil novelist Joe D'Cruz has been accused of criminal defamation by V. Alangara Bharathavar, general secretary of the Meenavar Viduthalai Iyakkam (Fisherfolk Liberation Organisation) in Thoothukudi. The claim that the novels "Korrkai" and "Aazhi Soozh Ulagu" (Sea Encircled World) offended the Catholic faith is disputable and is one point of view. Novels are works of creative literature and lend themselves to multiple readings. Moreover, both these novels have been in the public domain for several years earning only praise and pride for the fishing community.
Written as it is in the Tamil dialect of the South Tamil Nadu fishing community that he is part of, the books should be seen as a valuable addition to Indian literature on a community that is seldom the subject of literary or even non-fictional works.
We, the below-signed, extend our fullest support to D'Cruz in his legal battle. We have no doubts that the criminal defamation suit will fail. We also have no doubts that the suit is merely an attempt by the petitioner to gain cheap publicity and harass the writer.
Gnani Sankaran
T.N. Gopalan
V. Geetha
Nityanand Jayaraman
A. Mangai
Prof. V. Arasu
T.M. Krishna
T. Venkat
Anand Patwardhan
Dr. Anandhi S.
Madhumita Dutta
Prema Revathi
Leela Samson
Dr. Vijay Baskar
Prof. Vasanthi Devi
Lawrence Surendra
Dr. Karen Coelho
Joe D'Cruz is a Tamil writer who established his place in the Tamil literary field with his first work 'Aazhi Choozh Ulaku' ('World surrounded by Ocean'). His second work 'Korkai' is about the port town Tuticorin. He was the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award in 2013 for Korkai. Joe D'Cruz has recently been in the news for being ostracized by activists for his support of Modi.
Our Contributing Editor Aravindan Neelakandan's interview with Joe D'Cruz is reproduced below:
1. If I am right you have always been threatened with violence and an undeclared but effective excommunication. Right?
When 'Aazhi soozh ulaku' (my first novel) came, the first letter that came to me was from a venerable old man from a non-descript coastal village. Even as an unofficial excommunication was getting implemented silently, this venerable old man wrote: 'May your mother be blessed for bringing out this grand literary narrative of our people'. Another letter came from Rameswaram – a coastal fisherman had requested me to come there and see their lives. Such people supported me. They invited me. They shared their problems in broken voices and soiled papers. But (those in) seats of power who were exploiting the innocence of the coastal communities went to great extent against me, from unofficial excommunication to petitioning my company higher officials. But the power of the common people and the trust and love that they gave me sustained me. So the threats never bothered me. (Getting emotional)
So at that moment I decided to dedicate my life to the cause of our coastal people…I vowed it on my Aatha (mother/goddess). The only time I went to my village was when my father died. It was for his funeral. Till then I refrained from going there because I did not want to be the cause of a rift in the village. But when I came to the village I realized one thing. Even in the village where the vested interests thought they had stranglehold, the people loved me. The love and affection I have is not limited to the boundaries of my village but(extend) to the entire coastline of Mother India. I see all the diverse coastal communities along the entire Indian peninsula as pearls of different colours garlanded at the feet of Mother India.
2. I remember youths from coastal community coming to protect you after they came to know of an attack being planned against you. Can you elaborate?
About two years back (when the) 'Valampuri John award' was given to me, the same elements which cry against me wanted to stop the function. At that time I started getting threatening calls. They spread the word that I would be knifed. I again decided not to come for the award function, not because I was afraid. But I know how these vested interest would use the emotions of some innocent youth of the coastal region and the boy may end up with his life shattered. So I decided not to come. But the organisers, when they came to know of this, they made all necessary arrangements that no untoward incident would happen. When a community lovingly protects you and when you are selflessly working for the people, then these threats do not affect you.
3. But unlike left-wing writers you never made fame out of these threats which were far more real than any the so-called progressive writers faced… why?
From Kannian Poonkuntanar (Sangham Tamil poet) to Paulo Coelho, there is a consistent theme. When you follow what your inner voice tells you, when you walk the path of your highest calling, nothing can harm you and the entire universe will be at your service. This is a principle I have experienced in my own life. There are people who have to get fame through real and perceived threats. But I do not need either fame or name. I seek to live for my people. I love them. I write so that they can live happily, honourably, and with prosperity. So I do not have time to go publicity hunting with these threats. Perhaps that may be the reason. Even otherwise I choose not to get fame through the threats to my life. I love even those who make such threats. They too are my people.
4. Your support to Modi brought you abuse and threats, can you elaborate on those days?
When my novels came and when I got Sahitya Academy (award) some friends, who happen to be comrades, arranged felicitations and all. I attended them. I considered them as my readers and friends. I demanded no ideological alligance from them. But when I opened my mind about support to Modi everything changed. They attacked me. A potential publisher who had promised to translate my novel, with whose translator I have worked for years spending my time and energy, went back on their word, after listing the translation in their catalogue.
People would arrange some meeting and then suddenly it would be cancelled. Well…I underwent ostracization all of a sudden. But I told such 'friends' one thing. You being my reader or my friend does not mean I have to be a prisoner in your ideological home. If you think I cannot voice my opinion freely just because you give your appreciation to me then please remember one thing: A writer needs appreciation. But he needs freedom more than the appreciation. Between appreciation and freedom he will choose freedom.
5. Do you think there is hypocrisy in the so-called freedom of expression crusaders when they remain tactfully silent when you are attacked.. the recent one being only the latest in a series of attacks that you have been facing silently for the last two years?
There is definitely a double-tumbler system here. There is no doubt about it. But it does not surprise me. You see … there is a socialist bourgeois here. It is a neo-Nehruvian creation. They want to picture and paint the human sufferings in the best possible colors and make a high-flying living out of it. They have to show themselves as fighters…five-star literati for the poor. They hate it when someone from the ordinary people, the real marginalized sections of the society, comes up and tells people to move on… to become prosperous, to claim their rightful and honorable place in the society. If the poor no longer remain poor, how can these high class people make a living?
The pornographers of poverty seek a pleasure out of the poverty of our people and make that a virtue. To me, on the other hand, literature speaks the soul of the people and catalyzes them to expand like the oceanic circle. So naturally these people will not come for my cause. Nor do I expect them to come. If RSS says it will wind up today, who do you think will be affected the most? It is these atrocity-literature mongers who make a living out of the urban myths of persecution. They even started inventing Hindutva in my novels once I supported Modi.
6. What about the charge that you have offended Christian faith…
Let me make one thing very very clear. I am a practicing Catholic Christian. My voice is not against Christianity or Catholic religion. My voice is against the vested interests in the organized religion which are exploiting the common people. They say Catholic Church gave us education…yes, it is true.. but where are the community leaders, and entrepreneurs and educationists who should have come from this vibrant community? They also gave us herd mentality and we need to break from that … which is not against the spirit of Jesus but in tune with what He taught.
Another problem is my emphasis on our own spiritual traditions which are far older… like the mother goddess worship which is very much in our blood.
I am today the voice of my people as the guardian of the coast of Mother India … as the owners and creators of this age old civilization… from Ramayana to Mahabharatha to every Purana my people have a role in it, they are not an imported people. They have their roots in this culture and in this spiritual tradition. The fact that I am a Catholic cannot deny this heritage of our people. I hence speak their voice.. the voice of our ancestors speaks through me.
And how can that offend any religion?
7. Evaluate Modi's performance in one year… .
When I voiced my support for Modi I did this for three reasons: One: I have experienced the change Modi brought to resource-scarce, earth-quake ravaged Gujarat. He made Gujarat an important maritime hub. So I know this man can do miracles because he cares for the people. Two: He comes from the lower rungs of the society. He knows what is poverty. In this I share an affinity with him. So he knows it is wrong to insult and exploit the poor as much it is wrong to glorify or romantize poverty. So he will work for the common Indian. Thirdly: He has been the Chief Minister who wanted to improve his state. So he knows how the centre-state relation is an important factor in the development process. So only such a person who knows what it is to be a Chief Minister aspiring for the welfare of his state, when he becomes the Prime Minister can help the states to develop.
… and I should say I do see a sea change in this one year. There is no corruption. There is a mindset change.
When I hear cheap criticism of this man's foreign tours I really feel offended. To be in constant travel is no joke and he is not doing that for pleasure but for the nation. He travels to strengthen relations where they exist. He travels to forge relations where they do not. He for the first time uses the Indian communities abroad to create networks. He is creating a network of economic cooperation and strategic partnership. This is a grand experiment he is doing. We should have done this long back and thank God for a Prime Minister who is at last sowing the seeds for a prosperous future India. And we cannot judge the fruits of what he sows now itself. Yet we can say here is a person who works hard for us – for you and me and our children- not taking even a single day holiday.
Things may still be not fast enough as we desire them to be. But I have my hopes for the future of our nation pinned on the chaiwala.
Press Release – Mathela village’s struggle against illegal and unregulated stone crushers enters 17th day
Press Release – Mathela village's struggle against illegal and unregulated stone crushers enters 17th day
17th June 2015, New Delhi: A people's protest against 2 proposed and 3 stalled stone crushers is going on in the Mathela village of Tehri district of Uttarakhand for the last 17 days. This historic village of Madho Singh Bhandari is collectively struggling against the installation of stone crushers as they are severely impacting the agriculture and environment of the village.
Despite the recent Commissioner's investigation report, which was ordered as a resolution to people's protests, has clearly pointed out that all the stone crushers have broken the regulations, yet there has been no action to stop the functioning of the crushers. Seeing in-action, people have reassumed the protests. At the same time, police have been trying to suppress the peaceful people's struggle and unjust cases against the protesters have been filed. Protesting against police repression, Sameer Ratudi activist of 'Himalaya Bachao Andolan' did eat not or drink anything for 6 days. After it was ensured by the representatives of the government that the police officials involved will be charged, Sameer Ratudi started drinking water but the fast still continues. Today is 13thday of the fast by him and the headperson of the village Shoorvir Singh Bisht. The demands are straight and two-fold-
- Immediately stop the functioning of illegal and unregulated stone crushers in Mathela, Tehri
- Cancel the unjust and false cases against the protesters
As the country as well as the nearing nations are witnessing hazardous environmental depletion and climate change, resulting into disasters and tragedies, activities that threaten the nature must be put on hold. Stone crushing is one such activity which must be stopped. With environmental safeguards being diluted and laws to destroy the land and agriculture, such as the recent Land Acquisition Ordinance, being pursued by the Government, struggles against this unmindful pursuit of power being fought in Mathela as well as thousands of villages and cities of the country are our only hope for a better and sustainable future.
We appeal to all the concerned citizens to support the struggle of the people of Mathela by writing to the CM Uttarakhand and/or making calls, demanding stoppage of stone crushers in Mathela urgently. Following are the details:
Chief Minister Secretariat
Address: 4 Subhas Road,
Uttarakhand Secretariat,Fourth Floor New Building,
Dehradun,Uttarakhand,Pin Code 248001
Phone No-0135-2650433, 2655177
Fax-2712827
Email :cm-ua@nic.in
Medha Patkar – Narmada Bachao Andolan and National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM); Prafulla Samantara – Lok Shakti Abhiyan & Lingraj Azad – Samajwadi Jan Parishad – Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti, NAPM, Odisha; Dr. Sunilam, Aradhna Bhargava – Kisan Sangharsh Samiti & Meera – Narmada Bachao Andolan, NAPM, MP; Suniti SR, Suhas Kolhekar, Prasad Bagwe – NAPM, Maharashtra; Gabriele Dietrich, Geetha Ramakrishnan – Unorganised Sector Workers Federation, NAPM, TN; C R Neelkandan – NAPM Kerala; P Chennaiah & Ramakrishnam Raju – NAPM Andhra Pradesh, Arundhati Dhuru, Richa Singh, Nandlal Master – NAPM, UP; Sudhir Vombatkere, Sister Celia – Domestic Workers Union & Rukmini V P, Garment Labour Union, NAPM, Karnataka; Vimal Bhai – Matu Jan sangathan & Jabar Singh, NAPM, Uttarakhand; Anand Mazgaonkar, Krishnakant – Paryavaran Suraksh Samiti, NAPM Gujarat; Kamayani Swami, Ashish Ranjan – Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan & Mahendra Yadav – Kosi Navnirman Manch, NAPM Bihar; Faisal Khan, Khudai Khidmatgar, J S Walia, NAPM Haryana; Kailash Meena, NAPM Rajasthan; Amitava Mitra & Sujato Bhadra, NAPM West Bengal; Bhupender Singh Rawat – Jan Sangharsh Vahini & Rajendra Ravi, Madhuresh Kumar and Shabnam Shaikh, Kanika – NAPM, Delhi
For further details, Contact Vimalbhai: 09718479517
Swarup Sampat nominated as Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE) member
Swarup Sampat nominated as Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE) member
- Posted: June 18, 2015
Today, bollywood actor Paresh Rawal's wife Swaru Sampat, and actress and former Miss India has been nominated to the reconsititued Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE), the highest advisory body on education in the country which is headed by Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani.
Sampat has been nominated under 'creative arts' category.
Niyamgiri tribals demand complete withdrawal of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL)
Niyamgiri tribals demand complete withdrawal of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL)
हत्या और आत्म हत्या से बड़ी घटना है मृत्यु
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दुनिया भर में चर्चित शाहजहाँपुर में हुए पत्रकार जगेन्द्र हत्या कांड को
हत्या और आत्म हत्या के बीच उलझाने का प्रयास किया जा रहा है। प्रभावशाली
नामजद आरोपी, पुलिस और कुछ मीडिया संस्थान शर्मनाक तरीके से दिवंगत
पत्रकार का चरित्र हनन तक करने लगे हैं, जबकि बड़ा कारण हत्या, आत्म हत्या
और चरित्र नहीं, बल्कि मृत्यु है। बड़ी बात यह नहीं है जगेन्द्र मरा कैसे?
बड़ी बात यह बात है कि जगेन्द्र मरा क्यूं?
शाहजहांपुर में जगेन्द्र 1 जून को जला, उसी दिन गंभीर हालत होने के कारण
जगेन्द्र को उपचार हेतु लखनऊ के लिए भेज दिया गया, जहां 8 जून को उसकी
मृत्यु हो गई। अगले दिन राज्यमंत्री राममूर्ति वर्मा, उस समय के कोतवाल
श्रीप्रकाश राय सहित छः लोगों को नामजद करते हुए कई अज्ञात लोगों के
विरुद्ध जगेन्द्र के बेटे राहुल की ओर से पेट्रोल डाल कर जिंदा जला देने
का मुकदमा दर्ज कराया गया। प्रत्यक्षदर्शी के रूप में एक महिला गवाह बनी,
जिसने अब पुलिस को बयान दिया है कि जगेन्द्र ने स्वयं आग लगाई, इसी बयान
को एक अखबार ने उछाला है और महिला को दिवंगत जगेन्द्र की मित्र बताया है।
अब बात 1 जून से पहले की करते हैं। जगेन्द्र राज्यमंत्री राममूर्ति वर्मा
के विरुद्ध फेसबुक पर निरंतर खुलासे कर रहे थे, जिससे राज्यमंत्री
राममूर्ति वर्मा का चिढ़ना स्वाभाविक ही है। उन्होंने इसी रंजिश में एक
अमित भदौरिया नाम के व्यक्ति की मदद कर दी, जिसकी जगेन्द्र से रंजिश चल
रही थी। जगेन्द्र के विरुद्ध राममूर्ति वर्मा का साथ पाकर अमित भदौरिया
ने अप्रैल के महीने में जानलेवा हमला करने का एक फर्जी मुकदमा दर्ज करा
दिया। राममूर्ति वर्मा के ही दबाव में पुलिस निष्पक्ष जांच करने की जगह
जगेन्द्र की गिरफ्तारी करने में जुट गई। जगेन्द्र भूमिगत हो गया और पुलिस
के अफसरों से गुहार लगाने लगा कि निष्पक्ष जांच करा दीजिये, पर उसके
प्रार्थना पत्रों को किसी पुलिस अफसर ने गंभीरता से नहीं लिया, इसके
बावजूद जगेन्द्र ने लिखना बंद नहीं किया। जगेन्द्र लगातार राममूर्ति
वर्मा के खुलासे करते रहे। उनकी अवैध संम्पत्ति और खनन आदि में संलिप्त
होने की खबरें छापते रहे, जिससे राममूर्ति वर्मा ने पुलिस पर और अधिक
दबाव बनाया। जगेन्द्र को राज्यमंत्री राममूर्ति वर्मा की ओर से और भी कई
तरह के खतरे महसूस होने लगे, तो जगेन्द्र ने 22 मई को फेसबुक पर लिखा कि
राममूर्ति वर्मा उसकी हत्या कराने का षड्यंत्र रच रहे हैं और उसकी हत्या
करा सकते हैं।
28 मई को एक आँगनबाड़ी कार्यकत्री ने आरोप लगाया कि कोतवाल श्रीप्रकाश राय
उसे गेस्ट हाउस ले गये, जहां राज्यमंत्री राममूर्ति वर्मा आदि ने उसका
यौन शोषण किया, इस मुकदमे के संबंध में जगेन्द्र ने न सिर्फ लिखा, बल्कि
गवाह भी बन गया। इस मुकदमे के बाद राममूर्ति वर्मा और पुलिस विभाग में
हड़कंप मच गया। जो पुलिस अब तक राममूर्ति वर्मा के दबाव में जगेन्द्र को
खोज रही थी, वो पुलिस अब खुद भी सीधे दुश्मन की तरह जगेन्द्र को खोजने
लगी और 1 जून को पुलिस ने जगेन्द्र को घर में घेर भी लिया, तभी जगेन्द्र
के जलने की घटना हुई। उसी दिन जिला अस्पताल में जगेन्द्र ने मजिस्ट्रेट
के समक्ष बयान दिया कि पुलिस ने उसे जलाया है और आरोपी कोतवाल श्रीप्रकाश
राय ने मुकदमा लिखा कि जगेन्द्र ने आत्म हत्या का प्रयास किया है।
अब बहस इस पर हो रही है कि जगेन्द्र ने आत्म हत्या की, अथवा उसकी हत्या
हुई? हत्या के पक्ष में जगेन्द्र का अपना बयान, फेसबुक वॉल पर मौजूद
खबरें और 22 मई की वो पोस्ट, जिसमें उसने अपनी हत्या होने की आशंका जताई
थी, वही काफी है, इसलिए आत्म हत्या पर बात करते हैं। मान लेते हैं कि
जगेन्द्र ने आत्म हत्या ही की, तो सवाल यह उठता है कि आत्म हत्या करने के
हालात किसने उत्पन्न किये? जगेन्द्र ने खुशी में तो आत्म हत्या की नहीं
होगी। जाहिर है कि राज्यमंत्री राममूर्ति वर्मा और पुलिस के दबाव में ही
उसने आत्म हत्या की होगी, तो आत्म हत्या करने को मजबूर कर देना भी कोई
छोटा गुनाह नहीं है। भारतीय दंड संहिता में यह उल्लेख है कि आत्म हत्या
को मजबूर कर देना भी हत्या की ही श्रेणी का अपराध है, इसीलिए
प्रत्यक्षदर्शी गवाह का यह कहना कि जगेन्द्र ने आत्म हत्या की थी, नामजद
आरोपियों को दोष मुक्त नहीं कर देता।
जगेन्द्र के हत्या के मुकदमे की प्रत्यक्षदर्शी गवाह और राममूर्ति वर्मा
आदि पर यौन शोषण का आरोप लगाने वाली महिला एक ही है, जिसे एक अखबार ने
जगेन्द्र की मित्र बताया है, मतलब चरित्र हनन करने का भी प्रयास किया है
और यह भी सिद्ध करने का प्रयास किया है कि जगेन्द्र की मित्र का ही यह
कहना है। असलियत में महिला जगेन्द्र की मित्र नहीं, बल्कि दो पीड़ित एक
साथ आ गये थे। महिला भी सत्ता पक्ष की सताई हुई थी, तभी उसने यौन शोषण
जैसा आरोप लगा दिया। अब जगेन्द्र नहीं है, साथ ही आंगनबाड़ी कार्यकत्री की
परेशानियां सुलझा दी गई होंगी, तो वो क्यूं किसी से दुश्मनी बढ़ायेगी।
हाँ, मित्र होती, तो जरुर जगेन्द्र के न्याय के लिए स्वयं की बलि भी चढ़ा
देती। अब संभावना यह भी है कि यौन शोषण के प्रकरण में भी वह यह कह दे कि
राममूर्ति वर्मा और पुलिस आदि पर उससे जगेन्द्र ने ही आरोप लगवाये थे।
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Modi government is killing Vajpayee’s food security scheme
Modi government is killing Vajpayee's food security scheme
Photo Credit: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters
Issued on March 20 by the Department of Food and Public Distribution, the order recently came to the attention of Right to Food activists. They allege some of its provisions are illegal and could end up depriving lakhs of poor people of their legal entitlements of subsidised food rations.
"The PDS control order is overreaching the provisions of the National Food Security Act which has been legislated by Parliament," said Biraj Patnaik, the advisor to the Supreme Court on food security matters. "Some of its sections are illegal and will not stand scrutiny of the Supreme Court."
"I am particularly agitated about the phasing out of the Antyodaya scheme," said Jean Drèze, economist and activist. "Firstly, it is illegal since Supreme Court orders make the scheme mandatory for some social groups. The scheme covers 20 million people. It provides a good means to reach the poorest of the poor. By phasing it out, the government is giving a clear message: the poor should help themselves."
Here are excerpts of the controversial provisions:
Citizens vs Residents
4. (2) The State Government shall issue a ration card only to a citizen ofIndia who is resident of that State and who fulfills the conditions for getting a ration card as may be prescribed by the State Government.
The order limits the distribution of food ration cards to "citizens" of India as against "residents" as provided under the National Food Security Act. The only exception allowed is on "humanitarian" grounds to those who have been granted the status of refugees by the Central government. "This would result in nothing but the harassment of migrant workers especially Bengali-speaking migrants who face discrimination on charges of being Bangladeshis," said Patnaik.
Making Aadhaar mandatory
4. (9) The form referred to in sub-clause (7) may include requisite details including Aadhaar number, bank account details, and mobile telephone number.
The order makes the Aadhaar number mandatory for those applying for ration cards despite clear orders by the Supreme Court striking down the mandatory use of the 12-digit unique identification number in government schemes.
Freezing coverage
3. (6) For the purpose of allocation of subsidised foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System by the Central Government, there shall be no increase in the State-wise number of persons covered under Targeted Public Distribution System till the data from the next population Census, after the commencement of this Order, becomes available.
The order freezes the coverage under the National Food Security Act until the next census by disallowing provisional census data to be used for updating the number of beneficiaries. This means a new born child will have to wait until the next census to become eligible for food subsidies by the central government. If a state government wishes to extend the coverage to new born children, they would have to do so at their own expense.
The end of Antyodaya
3. (3) …Provided that when an Antyodaya household becomes ineligible on account of migration outside the State, improvement in social or economic status, death, etc., no new Antyodaya household shall be identified in that State and the total number of Antyodaya households shall be reduced to that extent.
In what might be politically the most significant change, new cards can no longer be issued under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, which effectively means the scheme launched by the previous BJP government in December 2000 is being phased out. Inspired by Hindutva ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay's concept of Anytodaya or uplifting the person at the last mile, the Antyodaya scheme began by providing ten million of the poorest and most vulnerable families 35 kilos of foodgrains each at Rs 3 per kilo of rice and Rs 2 per kilo of wheat.
Instead of entitlements per household, the National Food Security law provides individual entitlements of 5 kilos per person at the same prices. Individual entitlements are more rational and equitable since household sizes vary. But the Antyodaya category was retained in the National Food Security as social protection for small-sized poor households, particularly elderly couples and widows, who cannot afford to buy grains in the market. "A survey of ten states in 2013 showed that the scheme is functioning well," said Drèze. "Households were getting 87% of their entitlements. Some states are using the scheme to provide edible oil and pulses to the poor."
Said Patnaik, "It is shocking that the NDA government is undoing the legacy programme of the Vajpayee government and one that the then prime minister had nurtured over time because it was meant for the poorest of the poor."
Phone calls made to the food minister Ram Vilas Paswan were not answered. Attempts to speak with the food secretary and joint secretary failed as their office staff claimed they were busy in meetings. Queries have been emailed to both the officials and the report will be updated in case they respond.
Press release – Brutal murder of Barangay Health worker
Press release – Brutal murder of Barangay Health worker
COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH PROGRAMS IN THE PHILIPPINES CONDEMN THE BRUTAL MURDER OF BARANGAY HEALTH WORKER IN GUIHULNGAN, NEGROS ORIENTAL
The Community Based Health Programs (CBHP) in the Philippines strongly condemn the brutal murder of Barangay Health Worker (BHW) Rosalie "Saling" Calago and her husband Barangay Kagawad and community leader Endric "Bayoto" Calago.
The couple was strafed with bullets and their bodies were burned in their house by suspected elements of the 11th Infantry Batallion based in Brgy. Mckinley, Guihulngan City, under 302nd Brigade of the Philippine Army at around 10:00 in the evening on May 24, 2015 at Sitio Bantayan, Barangay Tacpao, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental.
Saling, 45, is a BHW, Barangay Nutrition Scholar, member of Gabriela, barefoot reporter of local radio programs Kaling Kag Tugda and Pugasan in Negros and Cebu, and a staunch supporter of CBHP and Community Health Workers (CHW) in their locality. Bayoto, 47, is a Barangay Kagawad (village official) and Vice-Chairperson of Kaugmaon-Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas. Both are members also of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Saling has been actively supporting the Franciscan Mountain Clinic, a community-managed program run CBHP-trained community health workers in her capacity as a Barangay Health Worker. She also believed in empowering communities in laying down the foundation of people-managed alternative health care system at the community level.
"The attack against health workers is an affront to the people's right to health. The military kill or harass health workers and deprive thousands of people in poor and neglected communities with important health care services," said Dr. Magdalena Barcelon, chairperson of the Council for Health and Development's (CHD) Board of Trustees. CHD is the national organization of 64 CBHPs in the Philippines.
The murder of Saling Calago adds up to the increasing and intensifying attacks against health workers who are critical of government programs and policies and choose to serve the poor and the marginalized population. Dr. Chandu Claver survived an assassination attempt in 2006 but his wife, Alyce Claver was killed. Health workers are being illegally arrested and detained for crimes they did not commit as in the case of the Morong 43 in 2010, Zara Alvarez of Negros Island Health Integrated Program for Community Development (NIHIPCD) in 2012 and trumped up charges against Josephine Torrecampo; and Mindanao CBHP staffs Helen Igloria and Rosalinda Omayao most recently. Many more are being harassed and threatened.
Despite the climate of terror and culture impunity, Dr. Barcelon expressed that CBHPs will never be cowed because of their deeply ingrained commitment to serve the poor and the oppressed.
CBHPs all over the Philippines vow to strengthen its ranks, organize and mobilize the people for health and human rights, and seek all remedies to attain justice for the Calagos and all victims of human rights violations in the country, Dr. Barcelon concluded.
Justice to the Calago couple and all victims of human rights violations!
Punish human rights violators!
End the culture of impunity in the Philippines!
Reference: Magdalena Barcelon, M.D.
Chairperson, Board of Trustees
Council for Health and Development
0915-3785958
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जीपीओ हजरतगंज लखनऊ पर होगा धरना
लखनऊ 18 जून 2015। रिहाई मंच ने कहा है कि गोरखपुर में सपा विधायक राजमति
निषाद के बेटे द्वारा अवैध पंचायत लगाकर प्रेमी युगल के मुंह पर कालिख
पोतकर घुमाने, कुशीनगर में आगनबाड़ी कार्यकर्ता मीरा का दबंगों द्वारा
बाल काटने, महराजगंज के डिप्टी जेलर डीएन गुप्ता द्वारा विदेशी महिला के
साथ पिछले तीन महीने से बलात्कार, सपा नेता द्वारा सीतापुर में छात्रा के
साथ सामूहिक बलात्कार, वाराणसी के सामने घाट की 14 वर्षीय दलित लड़की को
पिछले एक महीने से मकान मालिक द्वारा अगवा करने के बावजूद स्थानीय
थानेदार द्वारा मुकदमा दर्ज न करने की घटनाएं साफ करती हैं कि प्रदेश में
महिलाएं सुरक्षित नहीं हैं। मंच सूबे में व्याप्त इस जंगल राज के खिलाफ
आपातकाल की बरसी पर 25 जून, गुरूवार को शाम 4 बजे से गांधी प्रतिमा,
जीपीओ हजरतगंज, लखनऊ पर धरना देगा।
रिहाई मंच प्रवक्ता शाहनवाज आलम ने कहा कि प्रदेश सरकार महिलाओं की
सुरक्षा कम विज्ञापन ज्यादा कर रही है, ठीक मोदी की तरह। उन्होंने कहा कि
जिस तरह से महिलाओं के उत्पीड़न में सपा के विधायक, नेता और सपा के चहेते
नौकरशाह संलिप्त हैं, उसमें महिला हेल्प लाईन या फिर यूपी महिला सम्मान
प्रकोष्ठ सिर्फ कागजों तक सीमित होकर रह गई है। उन्होंने कहा कि पत्रकार
जगेन्द्र के बयान और राज्य मंत्री पर एफआईआर दर्ज होने के बावजूद
गिरफ्तारी रोकने के लिए जब प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव एक
बलात्कार, हत्या, खनन और स्मैक तस्करी जैसे आरोपों से घिरे मंत्री के
पक्ष में उतर आए हों तो समझा जा सकता हैं कि सपा मंत्री, विधायक और सांसद
क्या-क्या कर रहे होंगे। ठीक इसी तरह खालिद मुजाहिद हत्याकांड में
मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव ने हत्यारोपी पूर्व डीजीपी विक्रम सिंह, पूर्व
एडीजी कानून व्यवस्था बृजलाल पर नामजद एफआईआर होने के बावजूद गिरफ्तारी
नहीं होने दी और फर्जी तरीके से पुलिस से फाइनल रिपोर्ट लगवाकर हत्यारों
को बचाने की कोशिश की।
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