Despite lot of talk about social justice, Dalits in T.N. face atrocities every other day: Governor Ravi
The Hindu
The Governor was of the view that while Ambedkar was earlier used only for political mobilisation, it was thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that everyone started talking about him. Mr. Ravi was speaking in Chennai at a function to release Tamil translations of two books.
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Sunday said despite “talking so much” of social justice, Dalits in Tamil Nadu were facing atrocities “every other day”.
In a reference to the recent incidents, he said it could be mixing of human faeces in a water tank, public humiliation or assault, denial of entry into temples or discrimination at anganwadis.
According to him, the response of the law enforcement and criminal justice system was “awful” when it came to crimes against the Dalits and the rate of conviction was only 7% in rape cases, in which the survivors were women from the Scheduled Castes.
Citing a report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, he said 30% of Central government funds for building houses for Dalits was unspent in Tamil Nadu, while the majority of the remaining were diverted for other purposes. “So much for social justice,” he quipped.
Mr. Ravi was speaking in Chennai at a function to release Tamil translations of the books, ‘Modi@20: Dreams meet delivery’ and ‘Ambedkar & Modi Reformer’s ideas performer’s implementation’.
The Governor was of the view that while Ambedkar was earlier used only for political mobilisation, it was thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that everyone started talking about him. Stating Ambedkar was a great nationalist, Mr. Ravi said people who spoke “too much” about the leader used to go blank when he asked a few questions about his contributions.
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