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Caste Hindus of Adayur village near Tiruvannamalai opposed theadmission of two dalit boys in the local Panchayat Union MiddleSchool on Monday and prevented their children from attending schoolin protest. The caste Hindu students returned to school in the afternoon aftera peace meeting convened by Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) V.Bupathi, officials said. Till now, the dalits used to send their children to the AdiDravidar Welfare Middle School in the village. For the first time,Muthuraj and Sathish, sons of Kumar, a dalit migrant worker, wereenrolled in the PUMS in class I and VI on June 6. Taking objection to this, the caste Hindu parents assembled at theschool on Monday and urged headmaster Mohammed Usman to expel thedalit boys. He refused. RDO V. Bupathi, Tahsildar Ravichandran and Police InspectorPooncholai rushed to the spot and held a meeting with therepresentatives of both communities. Mr. Bupathi told the meetingthat parents alone could decide where their children should studyand not others. "When someone comes to a government school for admission, wecannot turn down the request based on caste. Our law does not allowthis kind of discrimination in school admission. We need not runtwo middle schools in the village for less than 400 students. Wemay consider merging the two schools if things go on likethis," he warned. When some caste Hindu women argued that their girls were teased bydalit boys, Mr. Bupathi said it was irrelevant to the issue at handand assured them that action would be taken if there was a specificcomplaint. M. Srinivasan, a DMDK functionary representing the caste Hindussaid, "No dalit has ever been admitted to PUMS and theyusually go to their welfare school. This is in practice for 50years and why should they come here now?" Mr. Bupathi retorted: "Our nation was enslaved for 300 years.Why then did we seek Independence?" Panchayat president R. Ramamurthi, a caste Hindu, argued againstthe exclusion of the dalit boys. He pointed out that in all other villages in the region, dalit andcaste Hindu children studied together in schools. "Even children of this village go to school along with dalitsfrom class IX," he said and urged the parents to send theirchildren to school. Soon, the parents relented. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Centrifugal Screener , China Spice Processing Equipment, and more. For more , please visit Powder Mixing Machine today!
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