In
vellore District, Those who travel in Walajapet
Sholingur Road, will be attracted by the Huge Padavettamman Statue of
the padavettamman Temple situated opposite to the Walajapet BDO Office. But
they may not be aware of the sorrow behind the Temple and the social evil of
untouchability perpetrated by the Trustees of the Temple with the backing of Police and District
Administration.
Before five generations, the Oppressed section of
people with three bricks worshipped as Lord Padavettamman and gradually it
emerged as a small temple. The philanthropist to whom the land belongs gave
some land to the temple and some land to the Dalith people. Ambedhkar Nagar
thus came into being and there is vast government land between the temple and
Ambedhkar Nagar.
Slowly the fame of the Temple spread and income for
temple started generating. So it attracted the attention of affluent persons
and they captured the control of the temple sidelining the people who created
and developed the temple. They had no other alternative other than to accept
the humiliation, discrimination shown on them.
But that is not the end of the story and they were
in for more attacks and shocks. The vacant land increased the greedy of those
vested interests and the chairman of the trustees who is a fleet owner wanted
to convert this land as his Lorry Shed and also wanted to construct a Marriage
Hall which will mint money.
Daliths of Ambedhkar Nagar using the Government
Land as their path way was a big obstacle for their game plan and they decided
to implement their plan at any cost. How?
Doing good deeds, it is always difficult, but when
it is a matter of destruction, lakhs of ideas will pour in a second. This is
the case here too. They put a board that
they are going to erect a Huge Statue of Lord Hanuman and a compound wall and
asked for donations from the devotees.
Without waiting for any collection, they
constructed a base for Lord Hanuman and dropped the plan in an abrupt manner
and completed a lengthy, huge wall surrounding the temple and government
land preventing the Daliths, their path
used for more than 50 years.
When the people of Ambedhkar Nagar staged a Road
Roko Agitation, few angered youth made way by demolishing a small portion. Police
intervened and assured solution through talks. But they stood by the vested
interests and foisted false cases on the youth. Though there were two rounds of
peace talks and one powerful demonstration by CPIM and VCK has taken place, the solution is still
eluding.
It is an issue of Prestige and Money for the vested
interests where as it is an issue of Life and Right for the Dalith.
Constructing a wall in the Government Land is a criminal offence of
encroachment. Preventing Daliths is an untouchability crime. It is pity that
Government is defending the criminals and there is presence of large police
force to protect the illegal untouchability wall.
Yesterday on 22.09.2012, Com P.Sampath, Central
Committee member, CPI(M) and also the president of Tamilnadu Untouchability
Eradication Front along Com N.Gunasekaran, State Secretariat member, CPI(M) and
other district level leaders visited the spot and discussed with victims.
When the Government is not in a position to render
justice, do we have any other alternative to take justice ourselves? This is
the prevalent position here. So it has
been decided to launch a direct struggle on 30.09.2012. Communist Party of
India (Marxist), Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, Bahujan Samaj Party and
Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication
Front will take part in the struggle along with the victims.
Pulling Down of the Untouchability Wall,
Creating Proper Road,
Handing over the Temple to Daliths or to the
Government Department of
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments.
The Struggle will be September 30 on the Death
Anniversary of the veteran left leader
Com P.Srinivasarao, who even before 80 years, fought for the oppressed,
gave them courage to struggle.
When we saw anger in the eyes of women and the
words of youth, it is sure that not only the wall, also the discrimination and
shatter the Ego of the Vested Interests.
The Comrades of AIIEA who are part of the TNUEF
also will play their role in this struggle.
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