Convene special session of Parliament on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

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May 8, 2015

Press Release



Following is the text of the letter addressed to the Parliamentary Affairs
Minister, Shri Venkaiah Naidu by CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury
demanding a special session of Parliament on the occasion of the 125th birth
anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. The letter is being released for
publication.





(Hari Singh Kang)

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office



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Text of Lettter



May 6, 2015







Dear Shri Venkaiah Naidu Garu,



The 21st Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) held from April
14-19, 2015 at Visakhapatnam had adopted a resolution calling for the
convening of a special session of Parliament on the occasion of the 125th
birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar to discuss issues connected with the
status of Scheduled Caste communities in India.



You will agree that the condition of dalits has worsened during the course
of the last two decades. Even while the practice of untouchability and
different forms of violence against Scheduled Caste communities takes place,
the conviction rate of people accused in such cases continues to be low.
Laws such as The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act need to be strengthened and fully implemented. The Manual
Scavengers Act is also yet to be implemented. Large sections of Dalits in
rural India are landless workers without assets. There is a huge backlog in
filling up reserved posts. Development schemes lie unimplemented. Dalit
Christians and Muslims have been denied recognition as Scheduled Castes, and
are consequently excluded from benefits to which Scheduled Castes are
entitled, in addition to existing quotas.



The CPI(M) feels that these and other issues need separate discussion and
resolution by Parliament. A special session would ensure that the attention
of the entire country is focused on this shameful scourge of Indian society
-- inequality on the basis of birth and descent -- and on the urgent need to
take comprehensive and strong measures to eliminate it.



I hope you will consider this seriously and take measures to convene a
special of parliament on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar, who is universally recognized as one of the main architects
of our Constitution.



As the Chairman of the drafting committee he commended the Draft
Constitution for adoption in the Constituent Assembly, whose adoption
completed the transition of independent India to a secular democratic
Republic.







With regards





Yours sincerely



Sd/-



(Sitaram Yechury)

General Secretary







Shri Venkaiah Naidu

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs

Government of India



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