Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
By Dheeraj Fartode
Launching salvo at Republican leaders of Maharashtra state for derailing Dalit movement, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister and National President of Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said, these leaders have divided the movement in factions for their personnel goals. “Republican Party of India (RPI) has been divided in various factions in names of Ramdas Athawale, Jogendra Kawade, Prakash Ambedkar and others. This groupism lead to spoiling of Dalit movement in the state,” Paswan claimed.
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| Leaders of Dalit Sena presenting memento to Lok Janshakti Party Chief Ram Vilas Paswan at Pragati hall on Saturday. |
Paswan was in city to attend meet of Dalit Sena workers at Pragati Hall. Interacting with mediapersons, Paswan said, RPI have lost its sheen due to its leaders. Buddhist and non-Buddhist Dalits are too divided in the state. RPI is become party of only scheduled caste people and members of other communities don’t want to join the party. “We have made Lok Janshakti Party as party of all sections of society and classes in Bihar state just like Mayawati did in Uttar Pradesh,” said Paswan.
At the same time, he once again raised the demand of reservation for Dalits in private sector and warned of stir. “Dalits needs reservation in Private sector as vary less number of jobs are available in the government sector,” Paswan claimed. On the issue of spate of rising atrocities against Dalits, Paswan said, Lok Janshakit Party will make efforts to strengthen Atrocity Act. Lok Janshakti Party and Dalit Sena will jointly conduct rally in Pune and then mega rally in Waransai at Uttar Pradesh, he said.
Supporing BJP led NDA government on the issue of Land Ordinance, Paswan said, the ordinance is the need of hour as land is the important factor in the development. “The government wants to boost infrastructure in the country and it cannot be done without land acquisition. The act have promised good compensation and government jobs to farmers, whose land would be acquired,” he said. National working president of Dalit Sena Suryamani Bhiwgade, State President of Lok Janshakti Party Shamim Hawa, General Secretery of Dalit Sena Anil Tayde, Madan Kuttarmare, Satish Lonare and Prashant Chordiya were present.
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