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“After I got here to Tamil Nadu, a state the place social justice is often spoken about, I used to be pained by the plight of our Dalit brothers and sisters,” Governor Ravi mentioned at an occasion to commemorate the beginning anniversary of BR Ambedkar on the Raj Bhavan.
Whereas acknowledging that discrimination nonetheless exists elsewhere, the Governor mentioned that the sorts of incidents reported from Tamil Nadu are notably “heartbreaking”.
“A Dalit crushed up for sporting slippers and strolling on a village avenue. A younger Dalit thrashed for using a motorcycle. A pupil praised by a instructor is attacked in his dwelling. Human excreta present in water tanks. These aren’t remoted incidents,” the governor mentioned.
Ravi claimed that the state noticed a steep rise in crimes in opposition to Dalits.
“Crimes in opposition to Dalits are rising. After 2020, a 50 per cent enhance. Crimes in opposition to Dalit ladies are rising. The conviction charge for such crimes in Tamil Nadu is lower than half the nationwide common,” he mentioned, claiming these are facts-not political statements.
DMK SLAM’S GOVERNOR’S COMMENTS
“Tamil Nadu Larger Training Minister Govi Chezhiyan hit again on the Governor, dismissing his remarks as ‘pure lies’.
In a press release, the DMK minister mentioned the Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairman had recognized Bihar as rating second in crimes in opposition to Scheduled Caste neighborhood members. Governor RN Ravi hails from Bihar.
Chezhiyan questioned Ravi’s ethical authority to touch upon Tamil Nadu, declaring that such atrocities had been occurring in his native state, “the place the federal government runs on the mercy of the BJP,” in keeping with information company PTI.
Citing statistics from the Union authorities, he claimed that BJP-ruled states topped the checklist of atrocities in opposition to Dalits.
