Jammu, June 5 -- B. R. Kundal (IAS, Retd.), Working President of the Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academy (JKUT), has welcomed the government's recent decision to reconstitute the High Power Vigilance and Monitoring Committee to oversee the effective implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and rules of 1995 made under the Act.
Expressing gratitude, Mr. Kundal extended heartfelt thanks to the Hon'ble Chief Minister and Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor for responding to longstanding appeals for stronger enforcement mechanisms under the SC/ST Act. He remarked that in recent times, there has been a noticeable rise in atrocities, particularly against Scheduled Castes, and public concern has grown o...