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Restore house sites to Dalits

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K. Mohamed Ali, vice-president, Tamilnadu Vivasayigal Sangam, speaking at a demonstration in front of the Revenue Divisional Office in Krishnagiri on Thursday. –

KRISHNAGIRI: Tamilnadu Vivasayigal Sangam has said that action should be taken to restore the house sites given to 22 Dalit families in Ramapuram village, Kaveripattinam Union in Krishnagiri district. G. Latha, MLA, participated as special invitee at the demonstration staged in front of the Revenue Divisional Office in Krishnagiri on Thursday.

Later, she told reporters that a section of upper caste Hindus were preventing the Dalits from building huts on the land.

She asked Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and the district administration to restore the lawful rights of the Dalits. District police should provide enough security to the Dalits to build houses on their land. The government should take immediate steps to build houses under the Kalaignar Veetu Vasathi Thittam, Indira Awaz Yojana and other schemes.

Ms. Latha asked the police to take immediate action against the perpetrators of violence against Dalits in Ramapuram village. She said no arrests had been made so far though cases were filed against 17 persons. K. Mohamed Ali, vice-president, Tamilnadu Vivasayigal Sangam threatened to launch a state-wide agitation if the district administration failed to take appropriate action to restore the land to the Dalits.

He alleged that DMK activists were supporting upper caste Hindus in many places and denying justice to Dalits.

D. Ravindran, district secretary, CPI(M); R. Shankar, district committee member, Tamilnadu Vivasayigal Sangam, among others spoke on the occasion.

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