Dalit Panchayat Chief Not Allowed to Hoist Tricolour at Govt School on I-Day, Alleges Caste Discrimination
4 years, 4 months ago

Dalit Panchayat Chief Not Allowed to Hoist Tricolour at Govt School on I-Day, Alleges Caste Discrimination

News 18  

In another instance of caste-based discrimination, a Dalit panchayat president in a village of Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district has claimed she was not allowed to hoist the national flag on Independence Day. V Amurtham, the 60-year-old panchayat chief of Athupakkam village, about 45 km from state capital Chennai, said she was invited to hoist the flag at a government school. The panchayat chief's son, Sasikumar, said his mother received the call inviting her to the school for flag hoisting at 8:30pm, but was asked half an hour later to not come. Amurtham claimed that the former panchayat chief still held sway over community affairs and that she has been at the receiving end of discrimination and threats.

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