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Fight against casteism: Prof Chalam
Noted political economist Prof. KS Chalam called for fight against untouchability and casteism. He lashed out against capitalism and neo-liberal policies that support casteist forces.
Says capitalism is co-opting with casteism to exploit Dalits
Vijayawada: Noted political economist Prof. KS Chalam called for fight against untouchability and casteism. He lashed out against capitalism and neo-liberal policies that support casteist forces. He delivered key-note address at a seminar organised by the CPI State council to mark the 125th birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar at Dasari Nagabhushan Rao Bhavan, here on Sunday.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Chalam said that the teachings of Ambedkar are relevant even today. “Capitalist forces, big businesses and neo-liberal policies have not only co-opted casteism, but in many ways have strengthened castiest practices and untouchability, “ he remarked. He recalled Dr Ambedkar’s saying that untouchability and casteist practises against Scheduled Castes are not mere division of labour, but it is the division of labourers.
“That is what we see today, these Hindutva forces say there is no casteism before and that it was only division of labour. From the beginning, the Hindutva forces want to conceal the reality that India had existed on the exploitation of the labour of Dalits through the centuries by dividing the laborers,” he added.
Social activist U Sambasiva Rao said that Ambedkar always believed in economic equality and one of the instruments he developed for that was reservation for SCs and STs. “In the context of the present economic policies, the number of jobs available are shrinking in the government and public sector. These economic policies have spelt the virtual end of the reservation policies because there are fewer and fewer jobs to reserve for Dalits and Adivasis.
When the corporate India and the private sector get so many concessions from the government, why should they be outside the framework of the Constitution of India,”he questioned and demanded that reservation be extended to the private sector. CPI State secretary K Ramakrishna, State leaders Muppala Nageswara Rao, G Obulesu and Former MLC Jelli Wilson and others also took part in the seminar.
