Memorial for Dalit spiritual leader and legislator to come up

Swami Sahajananda set up trust in Chidambaram for providing education to children from the depressed classes

The State government will construct a memorial to Swami Sahajananda, a Dalit spiritual leader, who set up Nandanar Educational Trust in Chidambaram for providing education to children from the depressed classes, particularly girls, in 1916.

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa told the Assembly that her government has decided to construct a memorial following a request from Republican Party of India member C.K Tamilarasan and CPI(M) members K. Balakrishnan and Ramamurthi.

Swami Sahajananda along with P. Subbaroyan, who was then premier of the Madras Presidency, strongly supported Annamalai Chettiar’s decision to set up Annamalai University in Chidambaram. The move evoked opposition from a section which questioned the need for a new university when Madras University was already there.

He was a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council between 1926 and 1932 and again between 1936 and 1947. After Independence, he was elected to the Assembly from the Chidambaram constituency and continued as a member till his death in 1959. Though a strong votary of Annamalai University, he criticised the institution on the floor of the Council when it spent more on teaching languages and subjects other than Tamil. He wondered whether a music department was necessary when people did not have food to eat.

Born as Munusami in Pudupakkam near Arani in 1890, he was rechristened Sigamani in a Christian missionary school in Tindivanam. “He quit school when there was an attempt to convert him and other students to Christianity. He was forced to repay the money the school had spent on his food,” said former MLA Ravikumar, who has compiled the speeches of Sahajananda in the Legislative Council and the Assembly.

Sahajananda’s family migrated to Kolar in search of a livelihood and he was attracted to spiritualism there. He established contact with many spiritual leaders, and one of them, Karapadi Swami in Vyasarpadi, advised him to work for the welfare of Dalits in Chidambaram. It was he who named him Sahajananda.

He established a mutt and a trust in the name of Nandanar, a medieval Dalit devotee and one of the 63 Saivite saints, in Chidambaram in 1916. Twenty-five students were admitted to his school.

“He advocated education for Dalit girls. Mahatma Gandhi visited the school in 1926 and again in 1934. He mobilised funds for the family of freedom fighter V.O. Chidambaram Pillai,” said Mr Tamilarasan.

He travelled to Singapore and Malaysia to give lectures on Saiva Siddantha. “He urged Dalits to abstain from beef. When there was opposition to Hindi, he spoke in support of teaching the language. He wanted Dalits to learn more languages, arguing that it would liberate them. In his institution, he taught Sanskrit to Dalit students,” said Mr Ravikumar.

Ms. Jayalalithaa also announced a memorial for Kuyili, a lieutenant of Velu Nachiyar, the queen of Sivaganga, who blew up armaments of the British in the 18{+t}{+h}century, by setting fire to herself and jumping into an armoury.

Manimandapams for Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan will come up  in Dindigul. They supplied forces and ammunition to Velu Nachiyar in her fight against the British. She also announced that the Ambedkar memorial in Chennai would be renovated.

The Dalit of  India ,

Remembering the Greate,

Messiah of the oppressed,

The exploited and neglected,

And the architect of the Indian constitution.

Bharath Rrathna

Babasheb Dr B.R.Ambedkar

on his 122nd Birth day 

  

On the  122 nd birth day of  Babasaheb Dr .B.R.Ambedkar  we the  dalit of India  take  vow to fight for the right to shelter and right to land for the 25 Million oppressed and depressed schedule caste and schedule tribes of India.

 

Dalit activists announce two-day sit-in for land rights

2.5 million landless Dalits expected to flood Jantar Mantar on Saturday

Dalit activists on Friday announced a nationwide two-day agitation to seek greater land rights. The National Alliance for Dalit Land Rights (NADLR), in collaboration with NGO Ekta Parishad, is seeking to mobilise an estimated 2.5 million landless Dalits in the capital.

The government’s efforts in implementing land reforms have been inconclusive even as the agreement reached between the Ekta Parishad’s Jan Satyagraha and the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has not moved forward.

The campaign, from April 14 to December 6, will be spread across 300 districts in 18 States.

“We will be asking landless Dalits to make their claims for land,” said Lalit Babbar, a member of the NADLR.

“We will flood Jantar Mantar tomorrow [Saturday] and the next day. Our demands include equitable distribution of land, freeing of land from NRIs and corporations who do not use arable land for agriculture,” said Vincent Manoharan, chairperson of the National Federation of Dalit Land Rights Movements.

Intensifying their demands, the federation has adopted a new slogan, “First Land then Vote; No Land No Vote.” The organisations are reaching out to other political parties to mobilise support for ensuring that land rights remains a key electoral issue with almost 10 States going for Assembly elections and the general elections in 2014.

“We want the government to take this issue up seriously, for it will not go away. We will continue our protest by filing claims after claims for land titles. We will mobilise 25 lakh Dalit women,” said Mr. Jai Singh, an activist from Punjab, who has mobilised over 600 people to come here for the two-day sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar.

National Sample Survey data suggests that the percentage of landless and near-landless households (owning less than 0.40 hectares of land) was 79.20 among SCs and 52.90 among the non-SC/STs in 1999-2000.

The Jan Satyagraha Yatra, a movement for land rights, and the MoRD had signed a 10-point agreement in October 2012, committing to bring about a National Land Reform Policy, besides enacting legislation for assigning land for “shelter and cultivation” of the landless poor in India.

The governments had agreed to promote monitoring mechanisms, including fast-track courts and tribunals, to ensure effective implementation of the same.

Source : The Hindu dt 13.4.13

Commemorative Postage Stamp on Chaitya Bhoomi to be released on 14/4/2013 at Mumbai.

Department of Posts has decided to release a commemorative postage stamp on Chaitya Bhoomi on 14th April, 2013.

Chaitya Bhoomi is a reverred place of pilgrimage for the Buddhists in India. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of Indian Constitution was cremated here after his death on 6th December, 1956 in accordance with Buddhist traditions. Eventually, this place was later converted to Chaitya Bhoomi which is now a National Monument. 

The Chaitya Bhoomi Memorial Monument was inaugurated by Mrs. Meerabai Yashvantrao Ambedkar, who is the daughter-in-law of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, on December 5, 1971. A large number of people from all over the country visit Chaitya Bhoomi every year on December 6th to offer respects and pay homage to Dr Ambedkar. Carrying millions of blue waving flags they march to the Chaitya Bhoomi on this day. Several strategic junctions and roads near Chaitya Bhoomi in Dadar face massive traffic congestion on this day. 

 Source: Postal inspector blogspot.in

Central govt Delclared Holiday on Babasahib Birthday Anniversary-14.04.2013

Govt has declared closed  holiday for birthday of Dr.Babashib B.R.Ambedkar  on 14.04.2013.  to see the order please click the link.
 http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/12_4_2013-JCA-2-08042013.pdf

Why congress should be defeated in 2014 Loksabha Election?

1.Cong Govt. Has Failed to protect the interest of SC/ST.

a) Congress Govt has failed in bringing amendment to the reservation in promotion for SC/ST

b)Cong.Has Failed to prevent atrocities against SC/ST

c) Policy of the Cong. Govt against the interest of SC/ST       Privatization of PSUs and Banking sectors.

d)Cong.Govt. has Not implemented reservation in private sectors.

e) It has Failed to empower the SC/ST commission to safeguard the interest of SC/ST.

f) Congress ruled states have not created SC/ST commission in their state.

g) Double standard in implementing the welfare measure to SC/ST scheme  Vs General public scheme.

      Allocation of funds for SC/ST scheme is lesser when the same scheme is extended to General public, for example: Construction cost of house under Indra niwas yojana is lesser compared to what allocated to General scheme, similarly the  Extent of Land for construction of house is 3 cents for SC/ST whereas there is proposal to allocate 10 cents   under right to homestead .  This example is only tip of the ice berg there are so many such discrimination.

h) Cong. has Failed to consult SC/ST commission,Ambedkar foundation ,SC/ST organization and MP/MLA before budget meeting.

I)The Cong Govt has failed to allocate for for SC/ST sub plan in proportionate to SC/ST population.

J) No separate advisor appointed to Prime minister to consult issue related SC/ST welfare and other issues.

k)Cong Govt. has Failed to abolition of untouchability

2). Victimisition of  Dalit minister for the decision made with consultation of Finance minister and Prime minister and Attroney General in 2G allocation.

• ·  Allowing CAG to make wild allegation about the allotment of 2G on the presumptive loss
• ·   Failed to combat effectively the wrong reports  of CAG on presumptive loss of 2G .
• ·   Denied permission to appear before the JPC probing the 2 G allocation( just like dalits  treated in kangaroo court by cast hindus in Villages)

3.Corruption in allocation of Coalmines.

4.Cong Govt. has Failed to protect the interest of Srilankan Tamils.

5. Cong Govt. Failed to combat Pakistan Terrorism.

6.Corruption in waiver of Agricultural loan.

7.Cong Govt. has Failed to bring justice for the wrongdoings of Modi in Gujrat Muslim murders .

8. Cong Govt has Failed to control inflation and spiraling prices .

9.Cong Govt has failed to bring reservation for women in the parliament.

10.Cong Govt has Failed to bring legislation to combat corruption.

RESERVATION IN SERVICE MANUAL

           The reservation rosters are not maintained properly by Govt Department .  DOPT has not communicated any guide lines on the maintenance of reservation rosters.  A manual prepared by Institute of Secretariat Training and management New Delhi has given the details of maintenance of reservation roster.  If the reservation rosters is not maintained properly, the ultimate looser is SC/ST  category employees .  It is the responsibility of each employee who appointed on reservation to see that the rosters are correctly maintained by their dept .  Like wise the SC/ST/OBC Association should keep a watch over the maintenance of the rosters and it should be periodically examined for each category  of post.

           In many Dept the recruiting units are not bothered to close the rosters every year  to tally the requirement of SC/ST vacancies .  if the rosters are not maintained properly  vacancies vacated by SC/ST points are not filled up or carried forward .  The author had seen in many offices in the gradation list against the names of muslim officials, community of the officials were noted as SC! since the rosters are prepared based on the gradation list and if it contains wrong information the roster also become wrong.

           If the reservation roster is not maintained properly there is a possibility of counting the meritorious SC/ST employees who were appointed / promoted in merit as SC/ST category and treated as excess at the end of the year while closing the roster, resulting denial of rightful share of SC/ST in subsequent recruitment and promotion.

          Similarly in every department SC/ST Association is functioning but unfortunately the office bearer of the association  are failed to examine their own office rosters.  Though the rosters are not secrete but no body wants to examine it .  Now after the introduction of RTI act the Govt departments are expected to publish the rosters in their website as per section 4  of RTI act ( Pro active disclosure) but non of the Govt department is come forward to disclose the rosters in their website.  Now the individual and association can have copies of roster through RTI act and see that it is maintained properly.

         The SC/ST Liaison officer  of the Govt department is expected to inspect the rosters but these officer seldom inspect the recruiting unit in their department .  Now the individual and association will resort the RTI act to get the copy of the inspection report and information through RTI and ensure that these officer is regularly inspecting the office.

         The reservation roster manual will give an idea how it should be operated and maintained which can be downloaded by selecting  and right  clicking  the following link.

http://persmin.gov.in/otraining/UNDPProject/undp_modules/Reservation%20in%20Service.pdf