Nagpur:
Delivering a lecture on Ambedkar and Indian political events and social justice, here at Deeksha Bhoomi, V. R. Krishna Iyer, retired judge of the Supreme Court said : “There is an imperative need for a separate Planning Commission for backward classes with the widest powers of implementation. Unless this is done, the Dalit proletariat will remain as they are. India is free, but not the millions of Indians. This is because the Parliament, executive and judiciary have utterly failed to bring in social justice as envisaged by Dr. Ambedkar in the Constitution”. Stressing the need for a separate planning board for Dalits, he said that while in the first half of the century India struggled for political freedom, the second half should have been devoted to the attainment of economic and social equality. Provisions to that effect were made in the Constitution. Unfortunately the spirit of the provisions was not implemented. Now that the old generation is out, it is left to the younger generation to come forward and fight for the liberation of the Dalit proletariat. Freedom is three dimensional. There cannot be political freedom or equality, without social and economic equality. The oppressed classes can expect no sympathy from the politicians executives and judges, who belong to the upper class. (HITAVADA)
