K Rajamallu, MP, has been appointed chairman of the SC & ST commission in place of Bola Paswan Shastri, a former CM of Bihar the Commission had already submitted two reports, but both of them are gathering dust. The first annual report was reviewed in the Dalit Voice of Aug. 1 and Shastri in a letter dt. July 3 expressed appreciation of the work of the Karnataka Dalit Action Committee. As for the Dalit Sahitya Akademy, he says: “Your publications are quite informative and useful to the Dalits The Commission would certainly like to place order”.
While greeting the new chairman, we hope he would bring fresh enthusiasm to the commission. Being a ruling party leader from Andhra he should try to implement the commission’s recommendation regarding special police force comprising SCs to tackle caste riots. Our dalit comrades may write to the chairman at the Lok Nayak Bhavan, V floor. New Delhi-110003 or to K. Arumugham, IAS, Director of SCs & STs, Govt. of India, Shastri Bhavan, Il Floor, V Block, Madras – 600 006. Dalits all over India should also agitate for the implementation of the commission’s findings.
