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MLAs want official jailed for misuse of atrocities act

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s proposal to let off a tribal official with a warning for apparently filing a ‘malicious’ case against the Leader of the Opposition Eknath Khadse under the SC,ST Prevention of Atrocities Act,was rejected by the Assembly on Wednesday.

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Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s proposal to let off a tribal official with a warning for apparently filing a ‘malicious’ case against the Leader of the Opposition Eknath Khadse under the SC,ST Prevention of Atrocities Act,was rejected by the Assembly on Wednesday. MLAs demanded that the official be sent to jail for his action so that a strong message was sent to the bureaucracy.

Speaking on behalf of the Privileges Committee,Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar (NCP) said that the Project Officer of Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) at Yawal (Jalgaon),G N Walvi,had filed the case and also moved the Aurangabad Bench of the High Court against Khadse,after Khadse had demanded action against him,for being allegedly involved in irregularities in the ITDP.

Chavan then moved a proposal that Walvi be summoned to the House and reprimanded.

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However,several MLAs,including Subhash Desai (Shiv Sena) and Gopal Shetty (BJP) said the punishment proposed by Chavan was very mild and that the erring official be sent to jail.

Speaker Dilip Walse-Patil said that Walvi’s contention that he had been targeted because he was a tribal was wrong and that while dealing with officials,things like caste and tribe were not taken into account. He said that the report of the privileges panel could either be accepted or referred back for revision as the House could not change it. He adjourned the House for 15 minutes to discuss the matter with group leaders. Later,he said that considering the chairperson of the privileges committee Gopaldas Agarwal was absent and the members wanted a revision in punishment,the proposal be referred back to the panel.

He added that it was a fundamental issue and a serious one if officers started misusing laws like the atrocities act against legislators. Walvi,incidentally,is under suspension.

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