Mrs. Surinder Kaur, Flat No. 32, 247/1, Minto Park, Alipore, Calcutta -700 027: My husband, Sardar Sher Singh, IAS, has finally won in his case (OA No. 1321 of 1997) in the Central Administrative Tribunal, Calcutta Bench, on 8.12.1999 when it passed the final order to quash the chargesheet against his vide Memo No. 720-PAR (Vig.) dated 2.6.1994 by the West Bengal Govt.
“Accordingly, we hereby direct the respondent No.4 to complete the departmental proceeding and submit its report to the competent authority within 3 months from the date of communication of this order. Thereafter, the competent authority shall pass final order in accordance with the rules and after giving proper opportunity of being heard to the applicant within one month from the date of receiving such report, in default of compliance of this order, entire proceeding against the applicant shall stand quashed”.
The inquiring authority submitted his report on Jan.1 and Vigilance Commissioner R.N. Kali submitted it to the competent authority vide his Memo No. 328/V/ Home-47/92, dated Jan. 19. And the State Govt. could not pass any final order within one month from the date of receiving the inquiry report on Jan.19. With effect from Feb. 19 the chargesheet stands quashed. This order given by CAT follows the latest Supreme Court ruling in the service matters. Other Dalit employees facing similar charges may move the courts to get their chargesheets quashed by following time-limit for completing the proceedings. Dalits in trouble may get in touch with me to have a photo copy of the High/Supreme Court rulings in this regard at a nominal price.
Dr. R.K. Jadhav, Jamnalal Bajaj Inst. of Management Studies, Dadabhai Naoroji House, 164-Backbay Reclamation, Road No.3, Bombay 400 020: The recent judgment of Sept. 16, 1999 of the Supreme Court in the case of Ajit Singh Juneja v/s State of Punjab, 1999-SCC (L&S) 1239 dt.16.9.1999 has declared that right to promotion is not a fundamental right of SC/STs. It is fundamental right of open category. This has raised hue and cry among the SC/ST all over the country and created a feeling of insecurity due to the approach adopted in the interpretation of the Constitution.
R. Anbarasu, <fbanbu@bheltry.co.in>: This email is on the murderous attacks on Dalit youths for garlanding the Budha statue on Jan.19, 2000 at Paravai village, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu by Vanniar community rowdies. The rowdies were arrested under a bailable case but Dalit victims were arrested under non-bailable cases. So far no compensation to Dalits.
L.K. Suryawanshi, D-207-B-1, LIG, Prapat Vihar, Gazhiabad-201 009: I read your report, “DV seeks dialogue with non-Mahar subcastes at Pune” (DV Feb. 1, 2000 p.11). I read it twice. The question raised by Dr. Ashok Adhav of Pune is very important for the Mahars (Budhists) and even rest of India. The repo says the Maharashtra Dalits are the pioneers of Dalit movement because Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a Maharashtrian. This is incorrect. The Mahars (Budhists) were not pioneers of Dalit movement in UP, Karnataka, Rajasthan, MP, Delhi, Bihar, Orissa, Haryana, Gujarat, Jammu etc. The credit goes to different castes. However, you criticised the awakened Mahars for stooging the enemy and thereby they got divided. This is absolutely correct. They are also corrupt. Their stooging of Marathas and Brahmins led to division in RPI. There are six RPI and seven Dalit Panthers. The third point is that it is only the Mahar subcaste people who are embracing the weaker and younger subcastes like the Mangs, Matangs, Chamars but not antogonising them. Only the Mahars embraced Budhism and embraced other Dalit subcastes but other subcastes did not embrace Budhism.
Binou Biplabi, Ward No. 12, Bargarh, Orissa – 768 028: The hidden agenda of BJP (Brahmana Jati Party) Govt. is gradually coming to light. Some of the Hindu nazi leaders are so much intoxicated with power that they do not care making anti-social and anti-national statements in public. Recently, while unveiling a statue of Sardar Vallabbhai Patel in Lucknow, Chief Minister Ram Prasad Gupta of UP said:
“We should practice the caste system. It strengthens the society and the country”.
The upper castes have never learnt anything from history. They must know that whenever India lost its independence it was due to the obnoxious caste system. On the other hand it is our tragedy that our Dalit MPs and MLAs have become spineless.
Mrs. Sunanda Anand Sable, “Tapodhan”, Room No. 16, Four Bunglow, J.P. Road, Andheri (W), Bombay – 400 053: President Narayanan’s Republic Day speech has provoked lot of criticisms from upper caste writers. They are ridiculing the President because he is an Untouchable. This mere 10% of the ruling upper castes have created a great deal of chaos and social injustice in the country.
Kartar Singh, 403-A, Jai Bharati, Veer Savarkar Nagar, Thane (West)-400 606: As a poet and writer, I send a few points for the consideration of Chief Justice A.S. Anand of the Supreme Court. In a secular country like India, where in the name of religion, certain disabilities/infirmities are imposed on a major group of people, by birth, I invoke justice and equity that is:
Medical profession is forbidden for a dvija (Brahmin) as per the Hindu scriptures like Yajurveda. Manusmriti etc. and if a person does a medical profession he loses his Brahmin status, so says Vashisht. The food served in the house of a medical practitioner is like a pus and hence should be avoided. Ashwini brothers, the medical caretakers of the Devas, are looked down upon like shudras.
Then how a dvija (Brahmin) can take to medical profession? Who else remains in the field for the purpose? Only shudra, the dirty worker. A dvija (twice-born) traditionally has no interest in and contempt for manual skill and dexterity, which is exclusively the forte of a shudra. As a matter of fact, a shudra is most suitable for both medical and technical fields by all standards. A shudra is denied human rights by reason of birth whereas a dvija (Brahmin) is granted everything by virtue of birth, without any merit when rights can be snatched away on the basis of birth, why these cannot be restored on the same basis? Why the question of “merit” is raised? Perhaps no national interest can be served by harming the SC/ ST because national interest include the matter of SC/ ST as well. Can centuries-old injustice be remedied within few years? Though able/capable people were in-charge of the country’s affairs, yet India remained slave and miserable for centuries. Does it not speak volumes of merit of the ruling class of India? How can they raise the question of merit of SC/ST?
Nilesh Kathad, Asst. Manager, State Bank of Saurashtra, Majevadi, Junagadh dt. -362 001: I heard you last year at the BAMCEF conference in Bombay. I have read issues of English DV and also the December issue of Hindi DV which carried your Bombay speech. I write Gujarati Dalit poems. My three books are published. One poetry collection was released at Gandhinagar by Joseph Makewan. I am spreading Dalit literature in Junagadh area. In the Keshad taluk of this district there is a village called Yonkhon where Dalits were attacked. Their hands and legs were cut. Three Dalits were shot. My small book on this incident is under print.
C.J. Krishnan, secretary, Mavilan Cultural Movement, Cheers, Poodumkallu, Rajapuram, Kasargod, Kerala 671 532: I am a Dalit youth, graduate in civil engineering, now working in a private firm. I belong to SC (Mavilan). Our organisation wants to get in touch with Dalit organisations in Kerala and outside.
C.C. Hadke, Dy. SE (C), ONGC, Civil Section, IEOT (GF), Panvel, New Bombay-410 221: Hazlitt has said:
“A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man”.
(Quotation from Great Masters, Author: Chho Dev p.101).
In view of the above quotation, M.K. Gandhi is indeed a devil because he gave us a nickname, harijan. That is why Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had declared him as our Enemy No.1. Raju Thomas has very correctly said that Gandhi is dead, buried and forgotten by history. Whereas Dr. B.R. Ambedkar has been resurrected and become deadly to the upper castes.
Santosh Behera, at: Bhandi Street, PO/dt: Koraput, Orissa 764 020: “Thread ceremony” is a practice confined to the Brahmins. Lately, this disease is spreading among the others also. This thread is the symbol of social discrimination and encourages untouchability. It is this thread that finally forced the reservation policy on the Indian society. It is a crime like the satidha or satipratha. “Thread ceremony” costs about Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 50,000 and such a huge expenditure is made to establish the superior status of the vaidiks. So, I appeal to members of the DV family to file writ petitions for the abolition of such discriminatory practises. “Thread ceremony” should be treated as a heinous crime like the satipratha.
Miss. K. Srujana, Dalit Women Research Centre, Lumbhini Vanam, Ambedkar Colony, Ponnur-522 124: I am the daughter of Kathi Padma Rao and a regular reader of Dalit Voice. In the book, Thoughts on Linguistic States, Dr. Ambedkar talks of the essentiality of two capitals for India. The feelings of the South about its alienation from the administrative sector of the Union is a point to be discussed and given due importance. In the light of Babasaheb’s thoughts why can’t India have two capitals? Even the Mughals and the British had two capitals. For all practical purposes Delhi is far away from most of the southern parts of India. Babasaheb says:
“Now we have popular Government and the convenience of the people is a important factor. Delhi is most inconvenient to the people of the South. They suffer most from the ditance as well as cold. Even the Northern people suffer in the summer months. They do not complain because they are nearer home and they are nearer to the seat of power”. (Thoughts on Linguistic States, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar p.86).
Considering the defence point of view also a capital should not be at a bombing distance from other countries. Hyderabad fulfils all the requirements of an ideal capital. It is more advantageous to keep Hyderabad as the summer capital as it is much advanced in facilities such as administrative buildings at a comparatively less finance. (Since the capital is situated in the Northern part of the country, the voice of the Southern people in Parliament is controlled by the North). Even the calculated distance point out that Hyderabad is equidistant from almost all the states. If the Northern states unite on linguistic basis over a particular point in Parliament, the Southern states have to see a setback in the union in spite of the cultural maturity. A few Southern parliamentarians left a mark on the decisions of the union. I would request President Narayanan and Speaker Balayogi to take a proper decision representing the Southern part of the country. Why should certain states such as UP remains so big and vast? Governance in a large state is not possible in a proper manner. Moreover small administrative blocks curtail the possibility of their union and large linguistic group domination over the smaller. Development of regional parties is a clear indication to the slow disappearance of “national unity”. This will lead to a serious threat to the Indian union itself. Some day or other regional parties would lead to linguistic breakup or formation of a federal form of government as seen in the USA. This important issue has to be taken into due consideration.
N.G. Das, 17-Dattabad Road, Salt Lake, Calcutta – 700 064: Brother Balwant Singh of Saharanpur, UP, has criticised me for supporting your “caste identity” thesis and says by this I am dividing the Dalits. But he does not know that to promote “Dalit unity” I have disregarded my subcaste and got my two sons married to subcastes other than mine. They are married to Rajbhanshi and Poundra Kshatriya though I am a Namashudra. I also did not take dowry though my sons are well-placed in govt, services. The Namashudras of Bengal were divided into 8 sections. Our social reformer, Guru Chand Thankur, tried his best to make them one single Namashudra community but he could not succeed. After the division of Bengal, we have come here and subcaste divisions are gradually fading though it will take much time. When I go to Bombay and ask for shelter in a SC family other than the Namashudra, they will not agree. So, to reach a higher level we have to start from the bottom. Our Editor is not a narrow-minded person. He is a supporter of all Dalit subcastes. But heavens cannot settle the disputes among the Malas, Madigas. So, he has started from the root. Please do not misunderstand the Editor. The second edition of my book, Was Gandhi a Mahatma? is out. Many hitherto unknown incidents in the life of Gandhi have been narrated in the new edition.
Rajula V., Programme Secretary, Ecumenical Christian Centre, Post Bag No. 11, Whitefield Bangalore560 066: Eleven staff of ECC under the leadership of the Director, Rev. Dr. M.J. Joseph, visited Kambalapalli on March 27 to express our solidarity with the afflicted Dalits there. We visited the gory and gruesome scene at Kambalapalli in Kolar dt., about 100 km, where 7 Dalits were burnt alive on March 11, 2000. It is very shocking that many churches and Christian organisations are silent over the Kambalapalli carnage.
Mrs. Samata B. Deshmane, Lecturer in Sociology, Bangalore University, D.N. 134, 17th Cross, Lakkasandra, Bangalore 560 056: I have some comments to make on the “Status of women in emerging India” which I prepared for Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademy’s national conference in Delhi. We have no organised women’s movement making the Indian society completely hypocritical. Even in the freedom struggle men dominated. Forms of exploitation are varied and range from more acute forms such as child marriage, dowry, taboo against remarriage of widows and domestic confinement to more subtle pressure such as the absolute dominations of the male at home, making the wife perform menial tasks and regarding her as merely a sex object and thereby stunting her personality. The change from a position of utter degradation of women in the 19th century to a position of equality, in the middle of the 20th century is not a simple case of the progress of women in the modern era. Under the Hindu society, the woman is considered a
“completely inferior species, inferior to the male, having no significance, no personality, socially, she was kept in a state of utter subjection, denied any right, suppressed and oppressed. She was further branded as basically lacking the ethical fibre. The patriarchal joint family, the customs of polygamy, the purdah, the property structure, early marriage, self- immolation of widows (sati) or a state of permanent widow-hood, all these contributed to the smothering of the free development of women”,
says Neera Desai. Vivekananda (1863-1902), said “that country and that nation which did not respect women have never become great nor will ever in the future and, however, when she is no longer oppressed she will become a lion”.
Gobind Roy, Nanded, Maharashtra: Dr. R.P. Harsh is thanked for drawing the attention of Sikh intelligentsia towards a few intellectual corruption perpetuated by the agents of sanatana dharma by using the 10% “creamy layer” in his article, “Brahminical sabotage of Sikh history: Guru Nanak is called Khatri” (DV Dec. 1, 1999 p. 8-9). Such calculated and well-planted traps have given death blows Sikhism in a planned and phased manner. Dy adopting similar tactics and strategies, less than 15% Aryans. had earlier finished Budhist, Jains, Yadavs etc. Those very tricks worked well on the Sikhs. As a result most of the Sikh intelligentsia had become either silent spectators or spokesmen of the Brahminical Social Order (BSO) soon after the passing away of the 10th Garu. Intelligentsia are many but honest ones among the Sikhs are a rare commodity. Most of them are notorious for not listening to reasoning. Such a people had made mess of Sikhism and a laughing stock of the Sikhs nationally/internationally. An organisation raised to free the weaker sections of the society (Dalits, women etc.) from the brahminical tyranny has itself become a tyrant and perpetuating the worst type of tyranny against the Bahujans including the Sikhs. Who is responsible for blocking the way of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and his lakhs of disciples from embracing Sikhism? Why the Sikh leadership is silent on the character assassination of Guru Gobind Singh in the nazi bible, Bunch of Thoughts (p.139), written by Golwalkar who says:
“A true Sikh is one who has faith in the Vedas and Bhagvat Gita and who worships Rama and Krishna.”
Why the Sikh leadership is hesitating to honour Editor V.T. Rajshekar as one of the nirmalas of Guru Gobind Singh for his wonderful work?
Dr. Jotirmay Mandal, Qtr. No. G-69/36, South T.T. Nagar, Bhopal 462 003: In the last many issues I have been reading about your dejection over the failure to set up our own “Media Centre” in Delhi. I assure DV readers, who are aware of the needs of society, will be ready to contribute generously for the cause and I as a Class III employee of the State Govt. besides having lot of liabilities at the age of 50 am willing to contribute Rs. 1,000 towards this. Similar contributions must come from other and 2000 will be the year of establishing the coveted “Media Centre”. The widely circulated and famous Dalit media (Dalit Voice) has been safeguarding the human rights of Bahujans. I came to know of many Bahujan social and employees’ organisations through DV. For the past three years I have been reading the views of our Bahujan intellectuals on “caste identity“. I myself had a chance to express my views (May 1, 1999 p.19). Sorry to note that no reader has so far tried to guide the Bahujans to establish “caste identity” free from vilification. We have hundreds of organisations for SC/ ST/BC and minorities and almost all of them are either after political power or employment benefits. The day the BSP entered Parliament the vaidiks launched their looting era. Misuse of funds by the vaidik rulers is rampant. Bribery has become deep-rooted. These two modes of economic frauds are very simple to speak and hear but has anybody in the Bahujans ever thought of its repercussion on the Bahujan population? The Aryan rulers are terrified with the Bahujan awakening. Hence they are planning to bury the country under a heavy burden of debt. Even if the aborigin Indians succeed to take over the rulership, they will soon fail because of dearth of funds. The Aryan rulers are draining all our resources. Cases of cheating and embezzlement of millions of rupees are not punished by the BSO-manipulated judiciary and administrative machinery while a theft case of mere Rs. 50 or a kilo of atta or rice is sternly punished because the thief is a Bahujan. There are hundred other ways the Bahujans are cheated by the Aryans. So, in this context I don’t understand what can be achieved by gaining “political power” in a devastated or economically impoverished land. As our Editor has reached the final conclusion on the “caste identity’ as the only forceful weapon to fight the political battle, it has been accepted by a majority of the Bahujan Intellectuals. He says that political power can be achieved faster and with greater strength if the Bahujan leadership thoroughly studies the origin and development of caste as discovered by many earlier scholars. But this needs elaborate discussion and good lot of education. But the vaidiks have destroyed our education system which is now converted into brahminical education. This aspect of the Aryan strategies has not been seriously studied by the Bahujans. Our highly educated and highly placed Bahujans are “educating” their children in the vaidik system and wasting a large portion of their income. which is directly helping the enemy and indirectly damaging their own community. Hence what is the use of achieving “political power” if we ourselves become Aryan slaves? The existing education system is preparing good slaves for the Aryans. I am deeply worried over this vaidik mischief because even if we get “political power” our children would have been then turned into Aryan slaves. Ambedkarites, who always advocate Budhism, admit their children in Saraswati Vidya Mandir or Maharshi Vidya Mandir but never try to establish their own educational institutions or force the govt, to make govt, institutions functional to impart education suited to Bahujan needs. We the readers of Dalit Voice do not impart social education to the Illiterate Dalits and guide them for economic betterment. Hence “caste identity” in the prevailing circumstances, though helpful to capture political power, may not be result-oriented until the correct education system is introduced and come out of the trap laid by vaidiks. So, I request the Bahujan politicians and intellectuals to bestow serious thought on the economic and educational deception of vaidik rulers.
Brother Jyotirmay is repeating what Dr. Ambedkar has said that political revolution will be successful only when preceded by social and cultural revolution. This was the theme of our May 1, 2000 Editorial. More than the economic devastation, the Aryan havoc is felt particularly in the cultural field. Union HRD Minister M.M. Joshi has started hinduising (enslaving) the Bahujans right from the primary class or even before that. All plans have been finalised and implementation is about to begin -silently but surely. The vaidiks have never met with any failure right from the days they destroyed Budhism. But our Dalit leaders and intellectuals have bestowed no thought on the finer aspects of life. That is why we had warned of “Sun set on Dalit world“. In this mad, mad race “to capture political power”, our people have become blind to the nazi mischief. “Political power has been so much diluted that if and when the Dalits actually get it there will no “power” left. We are tired of giving this warnings after warnings but nobody is listening to us. We had several rounds of talks with Kanshi Ram. He agrees with us but he has no time to spare for a cultural revolution – EDITOR.
K. Rajendra, Ambedkar Pratishtana, Thorlakki PO, Malur Tq., Kolar dt., Karnataka-563 137: I read about your shifting back to Bangalore. It is not that anybody sent you back from Delhi. We Dalits are not fortunate enough to retain you in Delhi. We Dalits lack the consciousness to make use of you. Even after your 20-year-long service, we have failed to become a thinking people. Like Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy, you too have wasted your life. You have done the best as per your conscience. Hope your services and sacrifices will bring the necessary consolation to you.
B. Balu Vardha Raju “Sunil Niketan”, 8-58 E/3, Shedigure, Ashok Nagar, Mangalore 575 006: It is disheartening to note (DV March 16, 2000) that you made a second “retreat” to Bangalore after undergoing a great disappointment in New Delhi. My heart bleeds. It is a matter of shame on Dalits in particular and BCs and minorities in general that none heeded your words and helped you in establishing our own “Media Centre though many promised heaven and earth. Do not treat your disappointment seriously. As a human rights leader and writer you have done your duty more than your capacity. You shall be remembered for ever for your yeomen services to free the slaves from the tharldom of mental slavery. Who can help the slave if he wishes to be a better slave even after telling him of his slavery?
Prof. Nizam Uddin Ansari, 205/92, Sahukara, Ujhani (Budaun) 243 639: The news that the Kesho Bhai Patel Govt. of Gujarat has lifted the ban on its employees to join RSS created fear in the minds of various sections of society because RSS is a Hindu nazi force. The RSS was founded (1925) by K.B. Hedgewar to establish the supremacy of vaidiks and establish the Hindu Rashtra. RSS was against India’s freedom movement against the British. RSS is specifically anti-Muslim and anti-Dalit. The RSS was declared illegal during the British rule. Again the RSS was banned when M.K. Gandhi was assassinated by one of its followers and that was why it was banned. Hedgewar was succeeded to by Golwalkar who turned more anti-Muslim and declared that Muslims had no place in India. If non-Hindus want to stay in India they can live here as second-rate citizens. “Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan” was the slogan of RSS. RSS was again banned in 1975-77 during the Emergency. India is a country of several diversities, the diversities of religion, faith, creed, language, culture and customs and traditions but RSS is not prepared to accept this historical fact. It launched a campaign to demolish the historic Babri Masjid and construct a Ram temple on its very place. It also formed a religious parliament which also recommended a draft constitution of India for the country where a Constitution is already working very well. After the imposition of the Emergency on June 25, 1975, Deoras, the RSS chief, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, tendering apology and seeking the lifting of ban on RSS. Every action of the RSS proves that it is a political party. These facts are sufficient to verify that RSS is a political organisation and its cultural face is a total farce. The fact is that if the BJP had secured a clear majority without the necessity of a National Democracy Alliance, it would have been radically different from what it is today. But still events indicate that BJP is not so apart from Gujarat Govt. The UP Govt. has a scheme to transfer officers recommended by the RSS and the govt. has allowed its employees to join the RSS.
Obaidur Rahman Nadwi, Mazhar Library, West Bengal Mazhar Educational & Welfare Society, Village Hossainpur, Telagachi post, Goalpara, WB-732 126: We are running a public library here. We shall be grateful if you request your members to send their publications including the Dalit Voice for the benefit of our readers.
Syed Shah Ghaziuddin, Advocate, 209-Shaniwar Peth, Solapur-2: The DV “failure to build a dedicated work force” (Raju Kamble) and your reply (DV Feb. 16, 2000) can be a good subject for a debate in DV to discuss its achievements (and also failures if any) during the last two decades. Kamble laments:
“…We also noticed that you have not created a movement around DV. You should have created a work force of at least 20 people in Delhi who should all the time rally round DV.”
You have published your own rejoinder. I am of the opinion that readers of DV for the last two decades are best judges to give their own verdict and to opine as to what DV has achieved. They may point out your failures also if any. In my opinion, DV has revolutionized the thinking of many SC/ BC/Muslim/Sikh/Tribal intellectuals. It has influenced International human rights bodies not a small achievement. During the last two decades, it has provoked debates between social activists, journalists, intellectuals, community leaders working for the oppressed sections where any discussion remains incomplete without the mention of V.T. Rajshekar and his DV. Which national (read toilet) paper can boast of such lively “Letters to Editor column in which people participate not only on national level but across the globe. DV was never polluted with humbugs like Sitaron ki Dunya, filmi gossip, fabricated letters (without addresses), planted stories, fact twisting, which are all the mainstay of our “national” (toilet) papers. It has falsified the theory that without advertisements no paper can survive. DV can never be a mass paper as it is published in English but it influences those who influence the masses. All these achievements are not small but remarkable, a heroic deed solely managed by its Editor. In short, it is a unique experiment in journalism. This is my assessment of DV. I invite readers for their appraisal and I hope our Editor will provide space for the same. My only worry is after V.T. Rajshekar, what?
Mustaq c/o Ahmed Pasha, Popular Transport, Opp. Saat Kacheri, PO Raichur-584 101: Most of the Arab govts have not given special privileges to Muslim expatriate workers most of whom in the skilled, non- skilled and white-collar categories come from India. And these Indian-born Muslim expatriate workes working in the Aaab countries are the most discriminated, hated, oppressed and denied human rights people in their own country. These Arab Govts. should have given special privileges and status to the Indian expatriate workers. We have some proposals. We also appeal to the Muslim intellectuals and organisations to take up this issue.
- A Muslim expatriate worker who has completed a two-year term should get a certificate assuring special privileges and status over his non-Muslim expatriate counterpart.
- To ensure that the expatriate is really a Muslim the respective Arab Govt. should regulate certain tests.
- 3. To obtain this certificate the Muslim expatriate must fulfil certain requirements and appear for a test.
- He must produce a certificate by his company. saying that he observes salat, i.e. Islamic rituals and Ramadan fasts.
- The respective Arab Govt. shall have a dept. to test the candidate who is applying for the certificate. The candidate must appear before the officials with the testimony from his company. (A) The Candidate must be able to read the Arabic text of the Quran. (B) Must have memorised at least 10 to 15 short chapters of the Quran. (C) Able to give a practical demonstration of the ablution (wadu) and ritual worship (salat), (D) No company shall refuse a testimony letter to the Indian Muslim expatriate. Law should be regulated to ensure this. (E) And to ensure that every company should allow its every Muslim worker to observe at least the obligatory rakats of salats (i.e. the faraidh rakats).
- (A) The Arab Govt. should fix a quota for each country for the import of work force. (B) Law should be regulated that each company should hire at least 70% Muslims in its work force. The company should provide certain incentives and privileges for employing 70% Muslims.
- When the candidate has fulfiled all the requirements and passed through the tests, the Arab Govt. must issue him a certificate saying that the person is a proven expatriate Muslim. (A) Later, the Muslim expatriate is free to either stay in the same company or find another company and job according to his choice without obtaining employment visa for that company for at least 1 year. If the certified expatriate likes the company and the job he may try to get the company’s kafala. (B). He may even go on changing the companies and the jobs till he finds his choice. He should enjoy total freedom. (C) The only restriction should be that he should not remain unemployed for over 1 year, after that he should go back to his native country and he may come back after a year’s (or 1/2 year’s time) time and continue to avail the earlier privileges.
- Recruiting agents exploit the job-seekers. Hence the above measures will check such an exploitation.
It is already late. The Arab Govts. must act immediately. The Arabs had been all these years totally unconcerned with the non-Arab Muslim expatriates and their success and well being. History will never forget their treatment of Muslims.
