DALIT GROOM FORCED TO WEAR HELMET AS UPPER CASTE VILLAGERS STONE BARAAT
Shamsul Islam writes:This is happening 65 years after the promulgation of a democratic constitution in India which banned Untouchability.
The Indian Express, Tuesday, May 12, 2015
DALIT GROOM FORCED TO WEAR HELMET AS UPPER CASTE VILLAGERS STONE BARAAT
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Written by Milind Ghatwai | Bhopal |
A Dalit groom’s baraat was stoned by upper-caste villagers forcing him to wear a helmet to the marriage venue in Negrun village of Ratlam district late on Sunday.
Arguing that lower-caste grooms were not supposed to ride a horse and take out a procession in the village, upper caste villagers had told the family of Pawan Malviya to abide by their illegal diktat.
The groom’s father had expressed an apprehension that the procession could be stoned and sought police protection.
“The administration had called the two sides for a meeting in which the upper caste villagers agreed to keep their doors closed so that they would be spared the sight of a Dalit groom atop a horse,’’ SDOP R R Bansal told The Indian Express over phone.
Though the upper-caste villagers kept their doors closed, the procession was heavily stoned when it reached the panchayat chowk. More than half a dozen people sustained injuries.
The baraat was stopped for nearly 90 minutes at the chowk. When it started again, the groom’s safa had been replaced by a helmet and police personnel posted on rooftops to thwart more stone pelting.
Bansal said 30 of the 72 villagers against whom an FIR was filed under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act were arrested and more arrests were likely by evening.
The police officer said no Dalit groom had taken out such a procession in the village in the past. Several police personnel were deployed at the venue where the marriage took place well past midnight.
Jayantibhai Manani comments on TEESRI Jung link:
रतलाम के नेगरून गांव में रविवार रात एक दलित परिवार में पास के गांव से बारात आई थी।रात आठ बजे प्रोसेशन शुरू हुआ लेकिन कुछ ही देर में बारात पर पास के घरों से पत्थर फेंके जाने लगे।इसके बाद बारात को रोक दिया गया। पुलिस और प्रशासन के अधिकारी घटनास्थल पर पहुंचे और फिर दूल्हे को पगड़ी की जगह हेल्मेट पहना दिया।ऐसा इसलिए किया गया ताकि दूल्हे के सिर पर चोट न लगे।इस दौरान पड़ोस के मकानों की छतों पर पुलिसवाले पहरा देते रहे।
ये घटना आझादी के पहेले की नहीं लेकिन आजादी के 68 साल बाद 2015 की है. ऐसा सिर्फ एससी समुदाय के साथ ही नहीं लेकिन ओबीसी समुदाय के साथ भी होता रहा है. ये पौराणिक ब्राह्मणधर्म और उनके सम्प्रदायों ने फैलाये चार वर्ण की जन्मजात व्यवस्था की सामाजिक उच्चनीच और असमानता का नतीजा है. क्या मनुस्मृति की वर्णव्यवस्था और देश के संविधान को जाने बिना भारत को जाना जा सकता है.? संविधानिक आरक्षण को जानने के लिए भारत को जानना ही होगा..
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