Two Days State Level Workshop on Minority Rights

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Date: 1st and 2nd February 2014
Venue: Adhikar office, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Organized by Odisha Regional Organization for Social Action (OROSA)

Bhubaneswar: 1st Feb 2014: The Minority communities from different parts of Odisha have gathered at Adhikar office, Bhubaneswar, to discuss   rights and issues of the minority communities of Odisha. Mr. Dhirendra Panda (Director of CSFHR), Fr. Ajay Kumar Singh (Director of OROSA) and Mr. Jugal Kishor Ranjit (from NCDHR) were the facilitators of the day. Mr. Dhirendra Panda explained about three pillars of the minority rights are: Non-discrimination, Protection of Identity and Effective Participation. Fr. Ajay spoke about the hate Campaign that is carried out since 1930 by Sangha Parivar killed many Christians in 2007 and 2008 in Odisha. Mr.Jugal led the participants to identify the issues related to discrimination, loss of identity and non-participation in the decision making.  He explained about the various rights provided under international human rights mechanism and constitution of India. The issues are lying with the government and the minority community itself. The minority communities have to come forward to make the government accountable to protect them.


Article 30(i) and 30(ii) of the constitution guarantee the minority community to establish and maintain their own educational institution but it completely violated in Sundargarh district of Odisha.  Article 16 (4) spoke about reservation of seats for weaker section in appointment but it is not being implemented for minority communities of India. The minority communities of Odisha are deprived of equal opportunity in employment as their representation in government job is very nominal

The training will continue till tomorrow 2nd February 2014. As today they shared the issues of minorities, tomorrow they will be sorting out the solution to these problems. These will be followed up the effective action plan.
Turning compassion into action, and knowledge into light.

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