Faizabad, January 27: Accusing the Mayawati government of “cheating” dalits, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Chairman P L Punia today alleged that the community was facing “maximum” exploitation and harassment under her regime.
“In spite of the fact that the UP government is headed by a dalit, 90 per cent of the complaints (of atrocities against the Dalits) are from UP,”, punia told reporters here.
Punia, a former IAS officer and a Congress MP from Barabanki (UP), had earlier worked as a principal secretary in Mayawati government.
He alleged that instead of providing security to dalits, the BSP government was shielding the culprits involved in crimes against them.
“The commission will not keep mum to the crimes against Dalits and will ensure justice by taking suo motu cognisance of offences against them,” he said.
Punia accused the BSP government of laxity in implementing central schemes launched for uplift of the dalits.
Criticising the state on the issue of corruption, Punia said, “Every government post is for sale here and every appointment, government or party related, are done only after the demanded amount is paid.”
—PTI—