Friday, 17 May, 2024
By: Yash Gupte
In a private school in Rajasthan's Jalore district, a nine-year-old Dalit kid died on Saturday after allegedly being assaulted by a teacher for touching a drinking water pot. On July 20, the incident happened at a private school in Surana village, Rajasthan's Jalore district.
In a private school in Rajasthan's Jalore district, a nine-year-old Dalit kid died on Saturday after allegedly being assaulted by a teacher for touching a drinking water pot. On July 20, the incident happened at a private school in Surana village, Rajasthan's Jalore district. Indra Meghwal, the injured child, was transported to an Ahmedabad hospital for medical attention. But on Saturday, while receiving treatment, he passed away in the hospital, according to police officials. The teacher Chail Singh has been arrested and charged with murder and under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The internet was also suspended in the areas to prevent the situation from escalating. In a letter to the district magistrate, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) stated that the situation is grave and asked for copies of the FIR, action taken by the administration against the accused and a transcript of the action taken by the police administration within seven days.
Post his death, asserting that he had "no moral right" to remain in the government following the incident, a Dalit MLA of the ruling Congress submitted his letter of resignation to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday. Besides attacks from the Opposition BJP, the Ashok Gehlot government is also facing the heat from within its ranks as the issue has sparked a congress Vs congress war in the state. Former Deputy CM of Rajasthan and MLA Sachin Pilot took a dig at his own party by targeting CM Ashok Gehlot for his failure to protect the backward classes in the state.
Apart from this, a 50 year-old vegetable vendor was allegedly thrashed by a mob on suspicion of being a thief in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Monday. Around 20-25 people thrashed 50-year-old Chiranji Lal Saini, a vegetable vendor in Rajasthan's Alwar who died while being treated at a Jaipur hospital. Local residents blocked roads demanding justice and compensation for the aggrieved family members. They demanded a compensation of Rs 50 lakh and a job to the kin of the victim. The body was finally cremated after the family agreed for post-mortem after assurances from the district administration. Considering the situation, India Tracker- Cvoter conducted a survey on ‘After a Dalit boy was beaten to death by his upper caste teacher, a mob has lynched a 50 year to death. Do you think the state government is failing to maintain law and order? People belonging to different age groups, social backgrounds, voting opinions and locations were asked the question and contrasting opinions were registered. The chart below shows the percent of people in favor and against the question posed.
Source: Team Cvoter- India Tracker
Majority (75%) of the people are of the opinion that the Rajasthan Government is failing to maintain law and order in the state. The state reaction came from people belonging to the Scheduled Tribe as 81.9% of them were in favor of the notion.
Source: Team Cvoter- India Tracker
Different opinions were noticed among people belonging to different locations, gender and voting opinions. The NDA voters registered the strongest opinion as majority of them (81.6%) feel that the Rajasthan government is failing to maintain the law and order situation in the state. Even majority of the opposition (68.2%) voters were of the same opinion. 73.8% males and 75.25 females are in favor of the notion and 75.8% people living in urban areas and 73.3% living in rural areas feel that the state government is not taking any appropriate steps to maintain law and order.
The result of the India Tracker- Cvoter survey clearly shows that majority of the people (74.1%) feel that the Rajasthan government is failing to maintain law and order in the state.
