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BJP Ruled States Outdo Others in Crime against Dalits
BJP Ruled States Outdo Others in Crime against Dalits
-SR
Darapuri, I.P.S.(Retd) and Organiser, Jan Munch Uttar Pradesh
It has
again come up prominently in National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) “Crime in
India-2016” Report that BJP ruled States outdo other states in atrocities
against Dalits (Scheduled Castes). The same scenario was during 2015 also. At
present BJP ruled states are Gujrat, Rajsthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,
Haryana, Chhatisgarh, Goa and Jharkhand where Dalit atrocities cases are more
than non-BJP ruled states. This situation exposes Modi’s show of abundant
sympathy and love for Dalits. Apart from it, there are some other states like Orissa,
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar where Dalit atrocities are
also higher than National Rate (Crime per one lac population).
Total Crime against Dalits during 2016
During this period the total number was
40,801 which exceeds the figure of 38,670 (during 2015) by 2,131. As such there
has been an increase of 5.5% over the last year’s figure. During 2016 the
National Average i.e. crime against one lac Dalit population was 20.3. Among
these figures the number of cases relating to outraging the modesty was 3,172
which was 7.7% of total crime against Dalit women. Similarly the total number
of Rape cases was 2,541 which is 6.2% of total crime against Dalits.
Similarly during 2016 the total of crime
against Scheduled Tribes (Tribals) was 6,568 which was 4.7% more than the crime
figures of 2015. There were 974 Rape cases on Tribal women which is 14.8% of
total crime committed against Tribal women. The cases relating to outraging the
modesty of Tribal women were 835 which was 12.7% of total crime. Thus it
becomes clear that Dalit/Tribal women are not safe under BJP rule.
If we look at the number and rate of
incidence of crime against Dalits in BJP ruled states it transpires that Madhya
Pradesh stands first where the number of crimes was 5,134 and the crime rate
was 42.0 which is just double of National Rate of 20.3. Similarly Rajsthan with
total crime figure of 5,134 and crime rate of 42.0% which is again double of
National crime rate stands second. After it Goa stands third with the crime
rate of 36.7. Gujrat stands 5th with the crime rate of 32.3 which is
just 1-1/2 times of National Crime Rate.
From it, it becomes clear that in most of the states ruled by BJP the
rate of incidence of crime against Dalits and Tribals is much higher than the
National Crime Rate.
Crime wise State position is as follows:-
1. Murder: During the above period the crime figure of murder of Dalits was
786 and the rate per 1 lac population was 0.4%.
Gujrat where 35 Dalits were murdered in 32 cases with 0.8 crime rate
stood first in whole of the country. After this Madhya Pradesh with 81, Haryana
with 34 and Uttar Pradesh with 274 murders in 271 cases with crime rate of 0.7
stood second. Rajsthan with 67 murders in 66 cases with crime rate of 0.5
occupied 5th position. From it, it transpires that the incidence of
the crime of murder against Dalits in BJP states is higher than national rate.
2. Attempt to Murder: During the above period the total incidence of this crime in the whole
country was 732 and the rate per lac was 0.4. In this crime Rajsthan with 106
and Gujrat with 35 cases with crime rate of 0.9 which is just double of
National rate stood first. Maharashtra
with crime figure of 60 which affected 71 persons and crime rate of 0.5 is higher
than the national rate. It makes it very clear that Dalits are not safe in BJP
ruled states.
3. Grievous Hurt: During 2016 there were 1,070 cases in the whole country in which 1,148
Dalits were grievously hurt and the national rate was 0.5. This rate in Gujrat
was 1;6, 1.5 in Bihar, 1.3 in Orissa,
1.0 in Kerala and 0.8 in Madhya Pradesh which is much higher than the national
rate.
4. Crime of Attempt to Outrage the
modesty of Dalit Women: During this period the total number of cases under
this category was 3,172 and the national rate was 1.6. Under this head the rate
of incidence of crime in Madhya Pradesh was 6.0, 3.6 in Andhra Pradesh, 2.7 in
Maharashtra, 2.0 in Haryana and 0.6 in Gujrat showing that this rate is higher
than the national rate.
5. Crime of outraging the modesty of
Dalit women: Under this head the total incidence of
crime in the country was 1,268 and the national average was 0.6. The rate of
this crime in Madhya Pradesh was 3.6, 1.1 in Chhatisgarh, and 1.3 in
Maharashtra, 0.8 in Rajsthan, 0.7 Haryana and 0.6 in Gujrat which is higher
than the national average.
6. Rape: Under this head total number of cases
of Rape of Dalit women was 2,536 in which 2,540 Dalit women were victims and
the national average was 1.3. The rate of incidence of this crime was 4.7 in
Kerala, 3.9 in Madhya Pradesh, 2.9 in Chhatisgarh, 2.7 in Rajsthan, 1.9 in
Haryana and 1.7 in Maharashtra which is much higher than the national
rate. In fact rape is used as a weapon
to demoralise the Dalits.
7. Crime under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act: The total
incidence of crime under this head was 35,676 in which 36,855 persons were
affected and the national rate was 18.0 per 1 lac population. The rate of this
crime was 43.4 in Madhya Pradesh, 41.1 in Rajsthan, 32.9 in Bihar, 28.4 in
Gujrat, 25.0 in Orissa, 23.7 in Kerala, 22.6 in Uttar Pradesh which is much
higher than national rate of 18.0.
From the above analysis it is clear
that most of the BJP ruled states are ahead of non-BJP ruled states in crime
against Dalits and Tribals. These statistics show that Modi’s slogan of
“Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas” and show of his love and sympathy stands exposed.
The recent incident of attack on Dalits in Koregaon also exposes the hypocrisy
of BJP.
Friday, 30 March 2018
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Dalit Resistance And Violence
in Annihilate Caste — January 6, 2018
From past few days we have been witnessing on our television channels
or social media news portals debating over just and unjust forms of protest.
But the mootable theme that underlies all these debates and news reporting is
how we construe, what is Resistance? And what is Violence? A common dictionary
meaning of Resistance is: the act or power of resisting, opposing, or
withstanding. The opposition offered by one thing, force, etc., to another.
Violence as a term according to dictionary meaning is: an unjust or unwarranted
exertion of force or power, as against rights or laws.
In a society like ours which is sharply divided between the
depressed classes and the oppressor classes, any form of protest, dissent
against the dominant classes by the depressed classes will be termed as
Violence. During Mahad Satyagraha speech Babasaheb Ambedkar also raised the
same argument where he said that:
“We wish to carry on our movement as peaceful as we can. However,
our determination to remain non-violent will to a large extent depend upon the
attitude of our opponents. We are not the aggressors and our oppressors for
generations should accuse us of aggression a strange thing.” (BAWS, Vol-17_1,
64)
Similar, accusations have been labelled upon every form of
resistance happening in this country, whether it is the recent Maharashtra
bandh call given by the depressed classes under the collective leadership of
various progressive organizations led by Babasaheb’s Ambedkar’s grandson
Prakash Ambedkar, or whether Bhim Army protests against the burning, loot, and
violence over Dalits in Saharanpur, or whether Najeeb’s mother protesting on
streets to find her son, or whether Radhika Vemula trying to demand justice for
Rohith Vemula’s institutional murder, or whether a 90% disabled man protesting
against Operation Greenhunt and loot of natural resources, or whether people
protesting against lynching of minorities. All this labelling is done by the
ruling class propaganda machinery so that the coercive machinery can crush the
Resistance.
Babasaheb Ambedkar was well aware of the nature of the Indian ruling
classes and the Colonial British Regime, thus he founded Samata Sainik Dal on
25 November, 1926 with the objective of safeguarding the rights of all
oppressed sections of Indian society. He also laid down the rules and
regulations of SSD of which few are as follows:
Samata Sainik Dal training shall consist of physical, intellectual
and military type. The Samata Sanik Dal shall organise training Camps, Schools,
Clubs, Classes, Lectures, Debates, Libraries etc. and such other forms of
activities as it may consider expedient from time to time.
OATH
I, a member of the
Indian (Scheduled Caste) Community, entering the ranks of the Samata Sainik
Dal, do hereby take an Oath and solemnly swear to be an honorable, brave,
disciplined and resolute fighter in the glorious cause of the emancipation of
my class from all oppression, exploitation and slavery.
(http://ssdindia.org/ssd/)
(http://ssdindia.org/ssd/)
It is time to understand like Babasaheb Ambedkar did that the
state apparatus always protects the ruling classes interest sometimes by direct
coercive mechanism and brutal force like in Kashmir, Liberated Zones created by
CPI(Maoist), Working class movements like the ban on Mazdoor Sangathan Samiti
in Jharkhand, framing democratic rights activists under fabricated charges
through its Draconian laws like UAPA, NSA, AFSPA; brutally beating students
protesting for their rights in universities all around India. Indirectly, it
instigate violence through mainstream political parties goon gangs working
under various names like VHP, Bajrang Dal, and other Hindutva factions to
indirectly create an atmosphere of terror among the masses. It is like
psychological violence perpetrated on the struggling people. The more the
ruling classes get repressive economically, socially, culturally and
politically that showcase its desperation to pauperize the already depressed
population under the garbage dump of economic policies that only and only
fulfil the interest of the ruling classes both Indian and their global Imperial
masters. This is Violence which is not just coercive, but also structural and
inherently systematic. It seems that time is not far when the depressed classes
will demolish the headquarters like Babri Masjid was demolished on Ambedkar’s
death anniversary. The more the coercive and structural violence, the more
strong resistance will be forged.
Therefore, in one of his polemical editorial article Ambedkar in
1940 and nails it on the head saying: If the means of non-violence would
suffice to attain an end, then there should be no need to resort to brute
force. However, should non-violent means not be sufficient to achieve an end,
and if the end would suffer on this account, then only a fool would insist that
no other means but non-violence should be adopted…it would indeed be a sin to
use brute force as a means to do injustice to someone, but there would be
nothing sinful about using brute force to put an end to brute force.
(http://sanhati.com/excerpted/12442/)
(http://sanhati.com/excerpted/12442/)
Red Panther is a Dalit activist
Saturday, 30 December 2017
Thursday, 9 November 2017
A
Neglected Message from Dr. Ambedkar TO OBCs- Dr. K. Jamanadas
An
article was published recently in Marathi local magazine by Suhas Sonwane based
on daily Loksatta. The following is a gist of it, translated from Marathi.
Mr.
Babasaheb Gawande, the founder president of an Organization of Marathas from
Bombay called "Maratha Mandir" was a close friend of Dr. Ambedkar.
Mr. Gawande asked Dr. Ambedkar, who was then a Law Minister in Nehru Cabinet in
1947, for a message for the Maratha people to be published in the Souvenir of
"Maratha Mandir". Ambedkar declined saying that he had no relation
with the Organization or the Marathas, but on persistent insistence, a message
was given and published in the souvenir on 23rd March 1947. But unfortunately
that special issue is not available in the office of the Organization today.
But it was made available by Shri Vijay Survade recently and was undocumented
till now.
Dr.
Ambedkar said:
"This
principle will apply not only to Marathas but all Backward Castes. If they do
not wish to be under the thumb of others they should concentrate on two things,
one is politics and the other is education."
"One
thing I like to impress on you is that the community can live in peace only
when it has enough moral but indirect pressure over the rulers. Even if a
community is numerically weak, it can keep its pressure over the rulers and
create its dominance as is seen by the example of status of present day
Brahmins in India. It is essential that such a pressure is maintained, as
without it, the aims and policies of the state can not have proper direction,
on which depends the development and progress of the state."
"At
the same time, it must not be forgotten that education is also important. Not
only elementary education but higher education is most essential to keep ahead
in competition of communities in their progress."
"Higher
education, in my opinion, means that education, which can enable you to occupy
the strategically important places in State administration. Brahmins had to
face a lot of opposition and obstacles, but they are overcoming these and
progressing ahead."
"I
can not forget, rather I am sad, that many people do not realize that the Caste
system is existing in India for centuries because of inequality and a wide gulf
of difference in education, and they have forgotten that it is likely to
continue for some centuries to come. This gulf between the education of
Brahmins and non-Brahmins will not end just by primary and secondary education.
The difference in status between these can only be reduced by higher education.
Some non-Brahmins must get highly educated and occupy the strategically
important places, which has remained the monopoly of Brahmins since long. I
think this is the duty of the State. If the Govt. can not do it, institutions
like "Maratha Mandir" must undertake this task."
"I
must emphasize one point here that middle class tries to compare itself with
the highly educated and well placed and well to do community, whereas lower
class all over the world has same fault. The middle class is not as liberal as
upper one, and has no ideology as lower one, which makes it enemy of both the
classes. The middle class Marathas of Maharashtra also have this fault. They
have only two ways out, either to join hands with upper classes and prevent the
lower classes from progress, and the other is to join hands with lower classes
and both together destroy the upper class power coming against the progress of
both. There was a time, they used to be with lower classes, now they seem to be
with the upper class. It is for them to decide which way to go. The future of
not only Indian masses but also their own future depends upon what decision the
Maratha leaders take. As a matter of fact it all should be left to the skill
and wisdom of the leaders of Marathas. But there seems to be a lack of such
wise leadership among the Marathas."
What
he said about Marathas, equally applies to all OBCs, and still holds true after
half a century. Dr. Ambedkar wrote much to educate the OBCs. It is only now
that OBCs are awakening gradually. It must not be forgotten that the future of
this country depends on them.
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