Re: [humanrights-movement:4815] Re: Why Are Dalits Not Enthusiastic About Anna’s Movement?: Bhanwar Megwanshi

[Yogi Sikand]

i thought mayavati was herself mired in corruption! so, her supporting anna,
as mr hooda says, does seem quaint!

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Ajay  wrote:

>
> The biggest Dalit Icon today Mayawati has endorsed Anna's campaign ,
> was among the first political parties to do so .  Anna is getting
> plenty of support from Muslims who
> have ignore Bukhari's convoluted reasoning . Anna has worked all his
> life for Dalits in his village . It needs no economist to say that the
> poorest are worst hit by corruption
>  & Dalits constitute the poorest of the poor . Mayawati may have
> political reasons for doing so , but it seems weird why the so called
> vocal & visible Dalit figures do not
> see any merit at all to the movement , nor do they have the courage to
> ask Mayawati to withdraw her support to Anna .
>
> The loss of bad governance the root cause of corruption to India has
> been colossus & more so to the poorest economic class Dalits ,
> minorities & lower castes . An estimation :
>
> In sixties Korea was poorer than India . Their per capita GNP was
> lesser than ours . Now a Korean is on an average 16 times richer than
> an Indian. Our per capita GNP is ranked No. 138 India... 1,265
> while  South Korea   is ranked 33 $ 20,591 . Corruption & good
> governance go hand in
> hand . An Indian today is poorer by $19,326 per year . Multiply it by
> 120 cr  people = $231,912,000,000,000.00 ...$232 trillion annually of
> people's wealth has been stolen before it was earned , wasted away ,
> whatever you may call it . Add to it lesser amounts that have been
> lost annually for past 64 years & it will be a colossal unimaginable
> amount.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Independent_Commission_Against_Cor...
>
> During the 16th National Assembly, which was formed in May 2000, civic
> groups came together to form the Citizens' Coalition for Anti-
> Corruption Legislation in order to file a petition for the legislation
> of anti-corruption policies during the National Assembly. The public
> responded favorably to this audacious move by the civic groups, whose
> subsequent outcome was the passing of the Anti-Corruption Act (ACA)
> on
> 28 June 2001. The ACA was roughly sketched, lacking substantive
> provisions and measures against corruption. It was through the ACA,
> however, that KICAC was born.. The KICAC was integrated into a larger
> agency entitled the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission
> (ACRC), which was formally launched on 29 February 2008. This
> integration involved not only the KICAC, but also the Ombudsman of
> Korea and the Administrative Appeals Commission.
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[humanrights-movement:4814] Re: Jan Lokpal or Janvirodhi Lokpal?

[Ajay]

The loss due to bad governance ( non transparent , unaccountable  ,
devoid of merit ) the root cause of corruption to India has been
colossus & more so to the poorest economic class Dalits , minorities &
lower castes . A bill that aims to stop corruption can hardly be
called Jan Virodi . If the worse the critics say does  come true ,
well the parliament can always amend it.

An estimation of the national loss due to bad governance :

In sixties Korea was poorer than India . Their per capita GNP was
lesser than ours . Now a Korean is on an average 16 times richer than
an Indian. Our per capita GNP is ranked No. 138 India... 1,265
while  South Korea   is ranked 33 $ 20,591 . Corruption & good
governance go hand in
hand . An Indian today is poorer by $19,326 per year . Multiply it by
120 cr  people = $231,912,000,000,000.00 ...$232 trillion annually of
people's wealth has been stolen before it was earned , wasted away ,
whatever you may call it . Add to it lesser amounts that have been
lost annually for past 64 years & it will be a colossal unimaginable
amount.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Independent_Commission_Against_Cor...

During the 16th National Assembly, which was formed in May 2000, civic
groups came together to form the Citizens' Coalition for Anti-
Corruption Legislation in order to file a petition for the legislation
of anti-corruption policies during the National Assembly. The public
responded favorably to this audacious move by the civic groups, whose
subsequent outcome was the passing of the Anti-Corruption Act (ACA)
on
28 June 2001. The ACA was roughly sketched, lacking substantive
provisions and measures against corruption. It was through the ACA,
however, that KICAC was born.. The KICAC was integrated into a larger
agency entitled the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission
(ACRC), which was formally launched on 29 February 2008. This
integration involved not only the KICAC, but also the Ombudsman of
Korea and the Administrative Appeals Commission.

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[humanrights-movement:4813] Re: Why Are Dalits Not Enthusiastic About Anna’s Movement?: Bhanwar Megwanshi

[Ajay]

The biggest Dalit Icon today Mayawati has endorsed Anna's campaign ,
was among the first political parties to do so .  Anna is getting
plenty of support from Muslims who
have ignore Bukhari's convoluted reasoning . Anna has worked all his
life for Dalits in his village . It needs no economist to say that the
poorest are worst hit by corruption
 & Dalits constitute the poorest of the poor . Mayawati may have
political reasons for doing so , but it seems weird why the so called
vocal & visible Dalit figures do not
see any merit at all to the movement , nor do they have the courage to
ask Mayawati to withdraw her support to Anna .

The loss of bad governance the root cause of corruption to India has
been colossus & more so to the poorest economic class Dalits ,
minorities & lower castes . An estimation :

In sixties Korea was poorer than India . Their per capita GNP was
lesser than ours . Now a Korean is on an average 16 times richer than
an Indian. Our per capita GNP is ranked No. 138 India... 1,265
while  South Korea   is ranked 33 $ 20,591 . Corruption & good
governance go hand in
hand . An Indian today is poorer by $19,326 per year . Multiply it by
120 cr  people = $231,912,000,000,000.00 ...$232 trillion annually of
people's wealth has been stolen before it was earned , wasted away ,
whatever you may call it . Add to it lesser amounts that have been
lost annually for past 64 years & it will be a colossal unimaginable
amount.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Independent_Commission_Against_Cor...

During the 16th National Assembly, which was formed in May 2000, civic
groups came together to form the Citizens' Coalition for Anti-
Corruption Legislation in order to file a petition for the legislation
of anti-corruption policies during the National Assembly. The public
responded favorably to this audacious move by the civic groups, whose
subsequent outcome was the passing of the Anti-Corruption Act (ACA)
on
28 June 2001. The ACA was roughly sketched, lacking substantive
provisions and measures against corruption. It was through the ACA,
however, that KICAC was born.. The KICAC was integrated into a larger
agency entitled the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission
(ACRC), which was formally launched on 29 February 2008. This
integration involved not only the KICAC, but also the Ombudsman of
Korea and the Administrative Appeals Commission.

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[humanrights-movement:4812] Re: Anna movt reflects streak of fascism- Dr Anand Teltumbde

[Ajay]

Anna &  his team have spent considerable time educating the people on
their aspects of their bill ...all the whys & wherefores are being
repeated on the stage daily by Arvind Kejriwal & Prashant Bhushan in
quite a detail .  This bill has been in the open for quite a few
months , has received 1600 suggestions & in the best judgement of the
people connected with the movement it best intends to do what it sets
out to dois far better option than the sarkari bill .

 If others have a better idea the best place is to launch their own
agitation or go to the government with folded hands .Anna has at
least gotten the  media sun to shine on all & sundry ...quite a few
like Arundhati , Naqvi many others are using the opportunity quite
well ...and please concentrate on the issue ...not the
personality ...s people are backing Anna on the issue and not
him ...they only find him the best person to lead ..they trust him
much more than any one else .

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[humanrights-movement:4811] Re: mukul sharmaon" The Making of an Authority: Anna Hazare in Ralegan Siddhi"

[Ajay]

Anna &  his team have spent considerable time educating the people on
their aspects of their bill ...all the whys & wherefores are being
repeated on the stage daily by Arvind Kejriwal & Prashant Bhushan in
quite a detail .  This bill has been in the open for quite a few
months , has received 1600 suggestions & in the best judgement of the
people connected with the movement it best intends to do what it sets
out to dois far better option than the sarkari bill .

 If others have a better idea the best place is to launch their own
agitation or go to the government with folded hands .Anna has at
least gotten the  media sun to shine on all & sundry ...quite a few
like Arundhati , Naqvi many others are using the opportunity quite
well ...and please concentrate on the issue ...not the
personality ...s people are backing Anna on the issue and not
him ...they only find him the best person to lead ..they trust him
much more than any one else .

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[humanrights-movement:4810] Re: Why Are Dalits Not Enthusiastic About Anna’s Movement?: Bhanwar Megwanshi

[Ajay]

Anna &  his team have spent considerable time educating the people on
their aspects of their bill ...all the whys & wherefores are being
repeated on the stage daily by Arvind Kejriwal & Prashant Bhushan in
quite a detail .  This bill has been in the open for quite a few
months , has received 1600 suggestions & in the best judgement of the
people connected with the movement it best intends to do what it sets
out to dois far better option than the sarkari bill .

 If others have a better idea the best place is to launch their own
agitation or go to the government with folded hands .Anna has at
least gotten the  media sun to shine on all & sundry ...quite a few
like Arundhati , Naqvi many others are using the opportunity quite
well ...and please concentrate on the issue ...not the
personality ...s people are backing Anna on the issue and not
him ...they only find him the best person to lead ..they trust him
much more than any one else .

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[humanrights-movement:4809] Re: Prashant Vishe on- NDTV program he saw on lokpal bill

[Ajay]

Anna &  his team have spent considerable time educating the people on
their aspects of their bill ...all the whys & wherefores are being
repeated on the stage daily by Arvind Kejriwal & Prashant Bhushan in
quite a detail .  This bill has been in the open for quite a few
months , has received 1600 suggestions & in the best judgement of the
people connected with the movement it best intends to do what it sets
out to dois far better option than the sarkari bill .

 If others have a better idea the best place is to launch their own
agitation or go to the government with folded hands .Anna has at
least gotten the  media sun to shine on all & sundry ...quite a few
like Arundhati , Naqvi many others are using the opportunity quite
well ...and please concentrate on the issue ...not the
personality ...s people are backing Anna on the issue and not
him ...they only find him the best person to lead ..they trust him
much more than any one else .

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[humanrights-movement:4808] PL FWD OMCT APPEAL FOR SHEHLA MASOOD

[Kamayani]

http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent-interventions/india/2011/08/d21392/
India: Killing of the environmental and civil rights defender Ms. Shehla
Masood

* *
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY

* *

*IND 006 / 0811 / OBS 110*

Assassination

*India*

August 24, 2011



The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint
programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent
intervention in the following situation in *India*.



*Description of the situation:*

* *

The Observatory has been informed by People’s Watch of the killing of
Ms. *Shehla
Masood,* a civil rights and environmental rights defender in Madhya Pradesh.



According to the information received, on August 16, 2011, at around 11:00
a.m., Ms. Shehla Masood was shot dead by an unidentified person while she
was in her car leaving her house in Koh-e-Fiza locality, in Bhopal. Nobody
witnessed the shooting. The Bhopal Senior Superintendent of Police stated
that the police have registered the case as “unnatural death” and started
the investigations.



Ms. Shehla Masood was known for her activities against corruption and in
favour of the enforcement of the 2005 Right to Information Act (RTI), as
well as for her actions for wildlife protection and conservation of natural
resources. She was engaged in denouncing an illegal diamond mining project
in Chhattarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, led by the transnational mining
company Rio Tinto. The day of her murder, she was on her way to join a
demonstration organised by her and other human rights defenders to support
an anti-corruption campaign[1] . She was
planning to ask the people of Bhopal to write the name of the leaders who
are corrupted on a 200 feet (60 meters) wide banner.



The Observatory recalls that several human rights defenders denouncing
corruption by relying on the RTI have been victims of attacks and other acts
of harassment[2] . As the United Nations Special
Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders has stated “Right To Information (RTI)
activists, who may be ordinary citizens, have increasingly been targeted
for, among others, exposing human rights violations and poor governance,
including corruption of officials”[3] .



The Observatory expresses its deepest concern about the killing of Ms.
Shehla Masood which merely seems to aim at sanctioning her human rights
activities.



*Actions requested:*

* *

The Observatory urges the authorities of India to:



i.  Order an immediate, thorough, effective and impartial
investigation into the killing of Ms. Shehla Masood, the result of which
must be made public, in order to identify all those responsible, bring them
before a civil, competent and impartial tribunal and apply to them the penal
sanctions provided by the law;



ii. Put an end to acts of harassment and threats faced by all
human rights defenders in India;



iii.Conform to the provisions of the UN Declaration on Human
Rights Defenders, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 9, 1998,
especially:

- its Article 1, which states that “everyone has the right, individually and
in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and
realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and
international levels”;

- and its Article 12.2, which provides that “the State shall take all
necessary measures to ensure the protection by the competent authorities of
everyone, individually and in association with others, against any violence,
threats, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination, pressure
or any other arbitrary action as a consequence of his or her legitimate
exercise of the rights referred to in the present Declaration”.



iv.   Ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms in accordance with international human rights standards
and international instruments ratified by India.

* *

*Addresses:*



·   Shri Manmohan Singh, *Prime Minister of India*, Prime Minister’s
Office, Room number 152, South Block, New Delhi, India. Fax: + 91 11 2301
6857 Email: pm...@pmo.nic.in

·   Dr. P. Chidambaram, Union *Minister of Home Affairs*, Ministry
of Home Affairs, 104-107 North Block, New Delhi 110 001 India. Fax: +91 11
2309 2979. Email: h...@nic.in

·   Justice Kapadia, Chief Justice of India* and *RK. Raghavan,
Chairman of the Special Investigation Team,* Supreme Court,* Tilak Marg, New
Delhi -1, India. Fax: +91 11 233 83792, Email:
supremeco...@nic.in

·   Justice K. G. Balkrishnan, Chairperson of the National Human
Rights Commission of India, Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi 110
001, India. Tel: +91 11 230 74448, Fax: +91 11 2334 0016, Email:
covd

[humanrights-movement:4802] In the Name of the Cow: Banjaras Targetted by Hindutva Forces--by Bhanwar Megwanshi

[Yogi Sikand]

*In the Name of the Cow: Banjaras Targetted by Hindutva Forces*

*By Bhanwar Megwanshi*

*(Translated by Yoginder Sikand)*

For several years now, across large parts of Rajasthan Hindutva activists
have been targeting members of the Banjara community in the name of
‘cow-protection’. Scores of such incidents have been reported—more than 200
in the last decade. Typically, Banjaras transporting cows and other cattle
are stopped by such activists and their animals are seized. Sometimes, the
police gets involved and the Banjaras are arrested. Cases are lodged against
them, forcing the hapless Banjaras to do the rounds of the courts and police
stations.

Today, many Banjaras, members of an impoverished former nomadic community,
are engaged in the business of buying and selling cows and bulls. They have
been forced by circumstances to abandon their ancestral profession of
selling salt, going from village to village with salt laden on their
animals. That profession had provided them with a certain dignity and
wealth, but now, with salt-making having been taken over by huge companies,
this way of life of the Banjaras is but a distant memory. Today, it is by
buying and selling cattle that many Banjaras across Rajasthan barely manage
to survive.

This practice continued without any major opposition till 1990, but at
around this time the Banjaras, who are also ‘Hindus’, began being faced with
mounting opposition from Hindu chauvinist forces that began to rear their
ugly head in the wake of the so-called Ramjanambhoomi movement. This
culminated in 1995, when the BJP government of Rajasthan, pandering to Hindu
sentiments about the cow, passed a law that sought to ban cow slaughter and
regulate the transportation of cattle.

The Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of
Temporary Migration or Export) Act of 1995 treats the killing of any bovine
animal, which includes cows, calves, heifers, bulls and bullocks, as a
crime. It is forbidden for anyone to transport or sell beef or anything made
of beef. Exporting bovine animals out of the state for slaughter is also
banned. No person can export any bovine animal himself or through his agent
from any place within the state to any place outside the state for the
purposes of slaughter or with the knowledge that it may be slaughtered.
Custody of seized animals is to be given to any recognised voluntary animal
welfare agency, failing which they can be handed over to any* gaushala* or
‘cow-home’ or a person who volunteers to maintain the animals.

Once this draconian law came into effect, the economic backbone of vast
numbers of Banjaras was crushed. Many Banjaras, being simply unable to take
up another profession, continued with their animal business but in a way
that would not involve breaking the new law. And so, they began buying and
selling cattle not for slaughter but for various agricultural purposes. But,
despite this, they continued to face tremendous opposition from their
‘co-religionist’ so-called saviours of the cows, being regularly targeted by
activists of various Hindu chauvinist outfits. In order to stop the
inter-state transportation of cattle, activists belonging to the RSS, VHP,
Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena and other such ‘cow-loving’ outfits put up
check-points on the roads, forcibly seizing cattle being transported by
Banjaras and even, on occasion, beating the hapless Banjaras up.

>From the point of view of beliefs and customs, the Banjaras are also
‘Hindus’ and return themselves as such in the census. So, using the
terminology of the Sangh Parivar, they are supposedly a limb of the ‘vast
Hindu body’. But, and despite this, the same Parivar, it seems, is hell-bent
on chopping off that very limb from its body.

What is the ‘crime’ of the Banjaras? Till now, the cattle that the Banjaras
have been dealing in have been bought at cattle fairs, which are held in
various parts of Rajasthan, or else purchased by touring individual
villages. In order to transport these animals to other places, the Banjaras
make it a point to procure and keep with them various necessary documents,
including purchase receipts, letters of concerned village officials, health
certificates of the animals as well as certificates permitting their
transportation. Whenever they confront the Hindutva activists, they have to
show them these documents. But the Hindutvawadis don’t care at all for such
papers, certificates and laws, not even for basic humanity. Rather, they
believe in sticks, swords, tridents and abuse. That is why first they beat
up the Banjaras, and then seize their animals, which the poor Banjaras have
bought with their precious little money. Then, the animals sent off to a *
gaushala* run by a Hindutva-oriented organization or individual, so that
these *gaushala*s continue to rake in grants and donations! Without enough
water and food, the hapless animals trapped in these *gaushalas* soon turn
into skeletons and often die before the courts are able to decide