If the attitude of the administration and political parties towards Dalits does not change, more women from the community might meet the fate of the Dalit student murdered in Perumbavoor, P. Ramabhadran, State president of the Kerala Dalit Federation, has said.
He was inaugurating a symposium on the topic “The administration and the rights of the Scheduled Communities” here on Friday.
He said the overenthusiasm showed by the ruling and Opposition political parties in the Perumbavoor murder case was in the context of the ensuing Assembly elections.
The administration woke up to the necessity of giving her family land and house only after the student was raped and murdered. This was the case in all Dalit development projects.
He said more than 70 per cent of the complaints lodged by members of Scheduled Communities with police stations were ignored.
When a complaint against a Dalit was received there was prompt action, he alleged.
