A team of Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLAs and an
MP has blamed the November 7 attack by caste Hindus on three Dalit
colonies in Dharmapuri on a host of factors, including intelligence
failure and the authorities not cracking down on kangaroo courts.
Coimbatore
MP P.R. Natarjan, MLAs K. Balakrishnan (Chidambaram), P. Dillibabu
(Harur) and K. Beemrao (Maduravoyal) visited the colonies and consoled
the affected people on Saturday. They distributed mats, rice and other
materials worth Rs. 2.5 lakh to the affected families.
They
told reporters that the attack could not be prevented because of the
total failure of the intelligence. They alleged that an inflammatory
speech by PMK leader J. Guru a month ago at a public meeting in
Naikkankottai encouraged caste Hindus to indulge in violence against the
Dalits. The team referred to the allegation that a kangaroo court
ordered that the marriage of the Dalit youth with the caste Hindu girl
be called off.
The attack seemed to have been
well-organised. Hence, the police should take action against those
responsible under the SCs/ STs (Prevention of Crime) Act.
The
Government should build new houses for the affected families. The exact
loss they suffered should be calculated and appropriate compensation
should be given. Adequate police protection also should be provided. The
children should be provided with books, uniforms and the certificates
they had lost in the fire. Families should be issued fresh ration cards
as these too were destroyed.
The CPI (M) would submit its report on the visit and assessment of damage to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa soon. Office-bearers of the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front were part of the team.
(Courtesy : The Hindu)
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