Dear All,

Jai Bhim,

On 17th Feb. 2009, a National Conference was held in Ambedkar Hall (A.P Bhawan, New Delhi) by Dalit Students' Solidarity Movement (DSSM) in which almost 1000 people participated across the country. The speakers were prominent politicans, academicians, doctors, judges, and activists from various backgrounds.

On behalf of United Dalit Students' Forum (UDSF) of JNU, Kshipra K. Uke addressed the conference with her emphasis on following points about the SC/ST (de)reservation bill 2008..... 1. The passage of the bill by Rajya Sabha and its approval by Cabinet in spite of the presence of our representatives in both the places should be seen as an example of great irresponsibility, carelessness and insensitivity towards their duties and responsibilities.

2.The roots of this irresponsible behaviour by our reperesntatives lies in the Poona Pact (a suicidal deal forced upon Ambedkar by Mr. gandhi and Congress). This pact actually gave rise to Gandhian puppets and the present represenatives are proving this fact.

3. In her speech Com. Brinda karat said "we opposed the bill in rajya sabha on that day". Kshipra asked why this information was not given to public? The bill was paseed on 23 Dec. 2008 and it came in public notice after 40 days on 19^th Jan 2009. If CPI (M) opposed the bill from the beginning than why CPI(M) or its student body, SFI did not bring even a single condemning pamphlet, posters etc. in JNU.