http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Punia-SC-ST-panel-can-probe-backward-girl-rape-case/articleshow/7207640.cms
Punia: SC-ST panel can probe backward girl rape case
TNN, Jan 3, 2011, 08.18am IST
LUCKNOW: Reacting to cabinet secretary, Shashank Shekhar Singh's
statement at that the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes had no right to investigate the Neelu rape case as
the girl was an OBC and not the SC or ST, Punia said that the
commission was well within its rights to probe the case.
Once the principal secretary to Mayawati, Punia said that the
commission was empowered under article 338(10) of the Constitution to
investigate cases of atrocities against the backward castes including
the OBC.
Taking a pot shot at the cabinet secretary, Punia said that Singh was
acting like a BSP spokesperson. "He is a government functionary. If at
all he wishes to act like a BSP spokesperson, then he should first
resign," Punia said.
The Congress MP from Barabanki, termed Shekhar's allegations as highly
offensive and misleading.
Addressing a press conference earlier in the day, Shashank Shekhar had
said that Punia was indulging in petty politics regarding the case. He
said that Punia's demand of a report from the state government was not
under the purview of the commission, since the victim was an OBC.
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