http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Form-panel-to-probe-dalit-atrocities-in-UP-Minister/articleshow/7921659.cms
Form panel to probe dalit atrocities in UP: Minister
TNN | Apr 9, 2011, 06.14am IST
LUCKNOW: Claiming that there has been a steady rise in atrocities
against dalits in Uttar Pradesh, Union minister for social welfare
Mukul Vasnik demanded setting up of committee of SC MPs and MLAs
headed by the chief minister - a mandatory body - to help in speedy
redressal of legitimate grievances.
Vasnik also expressed great concern at the pending cases against the
class and their slow disposal in the state. Maximum number of
complaints received in this regard, he claimed, were from UP. A total
of 7500 complaints were registered only last year which is highest in
the country, the minister said and called for a pro-active role by the
state machinery.
Vasnik, who had come to attend a review meeting with the state
officials, claimed that most of the points and queries raised by him
during the interaction went unanswered. "It is surprising that despite
spiralling graph of dalit harassment, no action was taken against any
official during the BSP rule," he said.
The Centre, he said, has raised the funds for SC/ST welfare from Rs
390 crore to Rs 850 crore this year. Exhorting UP Congressmen to
monitor the expenditure of the funds, the minister said the government
must be made accountable and siphoning off of the amount must be
plugged.
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