SC/ST meet held; Complaint on encroachment of Dalit land raised

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August 26, 2013
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Mangalore, Aug 25: At the monthly SC/ST grievance meeting held at Police Commissioner's office in the city on Sunday, a Dalit representative Shridhar alleged that a person named Suresh Poojary had encroached a part of the land allotted to the Dalit community by the government.
Mr Shridhar alleged that Suresh Poojary had provided forged documents which showed that land under survey 101/3 in Derebail village in Mangalore taluk, belonged to him.
The land records show that Suresh, a builder, has illegally encroached 20 cents of land each belonging to Ramu and Akku who are both Dalits. However, the Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crop Inspection (RTC) made on July 6, 2013 has been forged, he alleged, urging that suitable legal action be taken against the accused Suresh.
To this, Commissioner of Police Manish Kharbikar instructed him to lodge a specific complaint of forgery of official documents at the concerned police station.
A case came to light at the meeting, wherein Sumitra Umesh, a resident of Konaje, expressed her grievance that her family faced harassment from few neighbours, who had now resorted to contaminating the drinking water in their water tank.
“My family faces threats from particular persons living in the vicinity, especially my son. Despite having lodged several complaints from the past two years at the Konaje police station, no strong action has been taken in this regard, although we have already filed an atrocity case against case,” she claimed.
Naming Shridhar and Harish Poojary as those who threatened them, she said that they found several types of waste dumped in their water tank, including rotten snakes.
The Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police M Muthuraya promised strict action in this regard.
In the Bajpe landslide case, a Dalit leader requested that an atrocity case should also be registered (along with the existing criminal case) against the owner of the encroached land since four Dalits were killed in the mishap.
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October 4,2024

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Mysuru: Chairman of JD(S) core committee and Chamundeshwari constituency MLA G T Devegowda on Thursday expressed his solidarity with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah saying the latter need not resign, while lambasting leaders of his own party and alliance partner BJP, including Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

In his speech during Mysuru Dasara inauguration he said that if persons against whom FIR is registered have to resign, many leaders from all the three parties, including Opposition Leader R Ashoka, will have to resign.

“All are sitting in glass houses... Since I know Siddaramaiah well, I am talking about him. At a time when mines and real estate are ruling politics, Siddaramaiah has survived in politics. He has never done any favour,” Devegowda said.

He added, “Allegations against Siddaramaiah are unexpected and accidental. If the Governor and Chief Justice order an investigation, it does not mean that he should resign."

He continued, asking, "Have they told Siddaramaiah to resign or have they asked to imprison him? When a person becomes a Central minister, he or she should realise their dignity and responsibility. Instead of recognising the good work done by Siddaramaiah, they ask him to resign. Will Kumarswamy (facing an FIR) resign? Should Siddaramaiah, who has become CM with a support of 135 MLAs, resign?"

"Opposition leaders are not remembering the good work of earlier CMs Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Veerendra Patil, Ramakrishna Hegde, H D Deve Gowda or S M Krishna. Karnataka is a model state. It is a bad trend to topple an elected government which is doing good work,” he further said.

Devegowda added, “Siddaramaiah is Goddess Chamundeshwari’s ‘Varaputra’ and hence has her blessings during tough times. He won the election in Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, when the BJP-JD(S) government was in power in 2006. With the blessings of the Goddess, he has held varied positions right from becoming an MLA for the first time in 1983. He presented 15 budgets and has become CM for a second time. He took H C Mahadevappa, a Dalit leader to the state level. Siddaramaiah has the support of Deputy CM D K Shivakumar as ‘Jodeththu’. Blessings of the beneficiaries of guarantee schemes are with him (Siddaramaiah).” 

Siddaramaiah said, “Devegowda was a MUDA member. He knows the truth. Hence, he is saying this. His words have filled strength in me. ‘Satyameva Jayate’, Truth will always triumph.” 

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