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[1] http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/16/stories/2006061616801500.htm Delay in decision on Religious Freedom Bill Special Correspondent JAIPUR: Governor Pratibha Patil is yet to act on the Rajasthan Religious Freedom Bill 2006, re-sent to her by the State Government after a Cabinet decision on Monday. A decision is likely only after Ms. Patil, now in Mount Abu, reaches the State capital on June 19. The Governor had acted under the Provision of Article 200 of the Constitution to return the Bill "reserving it for the consideration of the President." She had reportedly objected to certain provisions, which infringed upon individual freedom. Referred to legal experts The Cabinet meeting, while deciding to re-send the Bill, noted that the points raised by Ms. Patil had been referred to legal experts, including the Advocate-General of the State and clarifications provided. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Singh Rathore communicated the decision of the Cabinet on the Bill -- along with other decisions -- to media persons. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has maintained her silence. The Bharatiya Janata Party, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and front organisations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh welcomed the Government's decision while human rights bodies, minority organisations, Congress and the Left condemned it. Expert's view "The Rajasthan Government has not respected the Constitutional discipline by deciding to send back the Bill to the Governor. The Government should have forwarded it to the President as it was suggested by the Governor," legal expert Rajeev Dhavan said. "In order to appreciate the Governor's decision we have to bear in mind that India is not just a democracy but a constitutional democracy founded on secular principles designed to protect the freedom of thought and belief of all, including any minority, however big or small," he said. The legal experts are of the view that the Governor might forward it to the President directly and leave it to him to decide. There is at least one precedent in Rajasthan in which a Bill -- for renaming Jodhpur University Jainarain Vyas University -- was sent directly to the President by the then Governor O.P. Mehra. "The struggle will continue. We will approach the President to request him not to give assent to the Bill," Bishop Oswald Lewis, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jaipur, said. -------------------------- [2] From: SANSAD <sansad@sansad.org> Date: Wed Jun 14, 2006 Subject: Bangladesh: Garment workers' struggles Dear friends: Over the last several weeks workers in the garment industry of Bangladesh (which provides 76% of the total foreign exchange eanings for the country) have been struggling against the conditions of their work and, at less than a US dollar A DAY, against the low wages. Scores of factories have been burnt down. Police firings and arrests have occured. Here are some links for the stories. SANSAD <http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/06/13/d6061301044.htm>;http://www.thedailystarnet/2006/06/13/d6061301044.htm http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/06/01/index.htm <http://www.meghbarta.org/nws/nw_main_p01b.php?issueId=6§ionId=19&articleId=141>http://www.meghbarta.org/nws/nw_main_p01b.php?issueId=6§ionId=19&articleId=141 <http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/06/04/d6060401011.htm>;http://www.thedailystarnet/2006/06/04/d6060401011.htm <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5044874.stm>;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/so\ uth_asia/5044874.stm -------------------- [3] All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations # 85, Pocket 6, Sector 12, Dwarka, New Delhi 110 075, Tel. 09868184939 Dr. Unit Raj (IRS) – National President Mr. M. Madhu Chandra – Human Rights Coordinator Press Release Manipur State Unit of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations formed Imphal: June 15, 2006 Manipur state unit of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations is formed at the closing session of One Day State Level Consultation on Current Affairs related to SC/ST and OBC Reservation held at Yambem Mani Sahitya Bhavan, Kakching on June 14, 2006. Dilip Kshetriya and Y. Premchand were selected anonymously as State President and State Vice-President along with nine other executive members representing different communities of state. One day state level consultation was presided over by Shri Naorem Kalimohon - former Block Development Officer and Public leaders while M. Madhu Chandra – Human Rights Coordinator of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations base at New Delhi spoke on current issues of Union HRD Minister – Arjun Singh's proposal of 27% OBC Quota in Central Professional Institutions and its relation to the prevailing SC/ST Reservation. Union HRD Minister's proposal and decision of UPA Government of 27% OBC Quota in Higher Professional Institutions will highly benefit majority of Meitei Communities in Manipur who fall under OBC categories. Why the public of Manipur particularly Public leaders kept silent spectator to such future promising proposal? Madhu Chandra asks. Mr. Madhu Chandra said further that 27% OBC Quota will give bright prospective for OBC communities of Manipur in higher professional studies. Presently Scheduled Caste communities of Manipur enjoy 15% and 7.5% by Scheduled tribe in central employment and educational studies. However the UPA governments 27% OBC quota will give 27% to OBC communities of Manipur in Higher Professional Studies, which is much higher percentage comparing to the SC/ST communities of Manipur are enjoying presently. The Anti Quota movement led by Medicos, IIT and IIM students back up by upper caste communities have questioned the validity of Reservation in 21st Century. SC/ST communities in India could come up in education and economic through reservation provision available in Indian Constitution but it has become a threat when upper caste communities question its validity and mushrooming of private sectors. Shri Naorem Kalimohon, in his concluding remark, appealed to whole public of Manipur that the reservation is a much needed mechanism for weaker section of the society, therefore UPA Government's proposal of 27% OBC reservation should be welcomed by whole state as it will benefit majority of Manipur who fall under OBC categories. Shri Kalimohon has also appealed to all Schedule Caste communities (Lois) of Manipur to stand united and fight the forces fighting to cease the reservation in employment and education. He further says, instead of fighting within ourselves, it will be better to fight the constitutional right of SC/ST which upper caste communities of the country are trying to take away. The state Unit of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations will join hands with National Head office of the Confederation to tackle any issues related to the welfare of SC/ST and OBC communities in the state. Press Release by Mr. Dilip Kshetriya, State President, All India Confederation of SC/ST Organization, Manipur ----------------------- [4] From: Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Jun 14, 2006 Subject: Research warns about toxic effects of GM crop and other dangers. jagchat01 Genetically modified crops highly toxic to humans - insects seem to thrive on them << http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/id451.html Uh Oh; The Bugs Are Eating Those "Pest Killing" Crops Two research teams in England and Venezuela have discovered something alarming about the new genetically modified crops filled with insecticide. The insects not only eat them, they seem to thrive on them. Read the messages in full at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mahajanapada http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indiadebates ----------------- [5] HINDI NEWS Dominant caste people beat a dalit to death Source : Rastriya Sahara Date: 14-06-2006, Frozabad, Uttar pradesh A Dalit Mukesh resident of Nagla Madari village, Firojabad district went to attend a religious ceremony of Bhagvat Geeta at Bhuda Bharthana village. While he was participating in the ceremony the dominant caste people could not bear him there so they started beating him. While his family members and some villagers tried to rescue him the accused assaulted and chased them away. Finally the victim was died due to beating. The perpetrators then left his body on National High Way and ran away. The victim’s family members lodged a complaint against the accused. police have arrested two of the accused out of twelve. http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Rastriya_Sahara/400x60/0 No power supply for Dalits in Khoh village for the last six months. Newspaper & Date : Dainik Jagran, 14-06-2006 Dist- Chitrakoot, State-Uttar Pradesh Victim (s) : Gajraj, Chunbad, Ramsharan, Ramanand, Rajendra Prasad, Devraj and others Incident brief : The dalits of Khoh village have been suffering without electricity for the last six months. A wooden pole holding electricity wire had been fell down and broken six months ago. Due to that the dalits of the colony do not have power supply in their location. The department of electricity is not paying any attention towards it even after making complaints by the victims. http://us.jagran.com/newssite/citynews.asp?storyid=2453722&cityid=194&stateid=1&lpageno=1 ---------------- [6] From: "Ram Narayanan" <ramn_one@adelphia.net> Date: Thu Jun 15, 2006 Subject: The contents of this article are troubling for multi-religious pluralist democracies the world over j http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20060611-094354-8871r.htm THE WASHINGTON TIMES Why strike Canada? TODAY'S COLUMNIST By Joel Mowbray June 12, 2006 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mahajanapada ------------------- [7] Hindu- AP Wedded to the cause of inter-caste marriages Mukthiravvala Koteswara Rao, the Dalit reformer who has performed 265 inter-caste marriages in a span of 15 years. TIRUPATI: Envisioning a `harmonious society', he has taken up the task of performing inter-caste marriages and has finished 265 in a span of fifteen years. For Mukthiravvala Koteswara Rao, a senior telephones supervisor in BSNL, Tirupati who is with Adarsha Vivaha Vedika, wedding is just the unification of two hearts. No need to look for religion, caste, horoscope and dowry. Adarsha vivaham Before preaching, he practised the same to let others emulate. The Dalit reformer married a Tamil mudaliar girl in 1991, which incidentally was the first `Adarsha vivaham'. And of course there was no looking back. He performed marriages of a Marwadi girl with a Brahmin boy in Tirupati, Marwadi girl with a Muslim boy in Nellore and Dudekula girl with Madiga boy in Kadapa. He also had to incur the wrath of a couple of factionists for ruffling their feathers in 1996. He shot into fame when he got a Hindu boy married to a Christian girl, in Christian style in the vicinity of the famous Kanipakam Vinayaka temple near Chittoor. Odd combinations "My `odd combinations' often created a rift between TDP and Congress followers, RSS and Muslim activists, Reddy and Kamma families'', he says with a smile. On the face of it, it is only about two individuals, their tastes and preferences. But, the issue assumes alarming proportions when two families, two communities or two villages intervene, he adds. During crises, he had rushed with the potential couple to be, to the Press Club here, considered a safe haven. A number of marriages were performed in the glare of media flashlights. His job, needless to say, was never a bed of roses. He had to escape four murder attempts and was kidnapped sixteen times for his `unwarranted intervention' in the social custom called caste. Success rate How about the success rate? " Twelve out of the 264 marriages failed due to intervention of either of the families trying to prevail upon one to get rid of the other.'' `Getting rid' is not easy, he says, recalling the horrific incident in Sodam mandal where a girl was stripped naked, made to dip in three tanks and three wells and her tongue scorched with a heated iron rod. ----------------- |
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