BJP Ruled States Outdo Others in Crime against Dalits
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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.
