Buta calls for change in social mindset
Bhopal, June 19 (UNI) National Scheduled Castes Commission Chairman Buta Singh today called for a change in social mindset for the uplift and overall development of Dalits.
''Even 60 years after independence, there are villages where SC hutments are away from the general category. We will have to rise above this old mindset through dissemination of education,'' he said while responding to media queries after the first day's meeting of a two-day state-level review of SC welfare schemes.
Calling for more strictness on part of the government, the former Union minister added that the Commission's objective was not criticism but to inspire the government to do excellent work towards SC welfare.
Lauding
the
Madhya
Pradesh
regime's
work
for
SC
welfare,
he
however
said,
''this
state
is
second
when
it
comes
to
atrocities
against
SC.
The
government
says
that
SC
comprise
22.45
per
cent
of
the
population.
Land
should
be
allotted
for
their
residence
and
livelihood.'' UNI
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