A petition has been filed with the Governor of Andhra Pradesh in opposition to the Chairman of the state Scheduled Caste Fee over prices of encouraging church planting and conversions, falsely invoking SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, derogating Mahatma Gandhi, and performing in opposition to the orders of the Supreme Court docket.

Victor Prasad, the Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Scheduled Caste Fee, has been accused of directing the Bapatla District Superintendent of Police to invoke sections of SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act in opposition to those that had objected to the development of an unlawful and unauthorized church in Pittavanipalem village of the district.

“This motion of the Chairman of the AP State Fee for Scheduled Castes is extremely detrimental to the bigger pursuits of the folks of the Scheduled Caste neighborhood in Andhra Pradesh.”, mentioned the grievance filed by SC ST Rights Discussion board, a authorized activism group that work to safeguard authorized and constitutional rights of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities.

The grievance additionally added that an individual holding a constitutional place meant to safeguard the pursuits of SCs is encouraging church planting and conversions to Christianity by writing such letters as cited above to the police authorities.

“By no stretch of the creativeness, objection to church development may be construed as an ‘Act of Atrocity’ in opposition to members of Scheduled Caste. If accepted, the demand for inclusion of the availability of the SC-ST Prevention of Atrocity Act within the instantaneous case will quantity to gross abuse of authorized and constitutional safety given to members of the SC neighborhood.”, the grievance famous, a duplicate of which has been accessed by The Commune.

Victor Prasad has additionally been accused of slandering and derogating Mahatma Gandhi. In a Fb put up he allegedly mentioned that between the interval of twentieth to twenty fourth of September, 1932, hundreds of villages in India had been attacked, homes of Scheduled Caste folks had been burnt down and hundreds of individuals belonging to Scheduled Castes had been murdered. He additionally alleged that, after the mentioned incident, Dr B.R Ambedkar was blackmailed into accepting the Poona Pact as an alternative of the Communal Award.

“This put up has been preceded/adopted up by emotional speeches by Sri Victor Prasad reiterating his place. This has led to critical discord between members of varied communities and members of Scheduled Castes.”, the grievance mentioned.

“Members of the Arya Vysya neighborhood who objected to remarks on Mahatma Gandhi had been additionally issued critical warnings by members of SC organisations. Taking a cue from the remarks of Sri Victor Prasad, these organisations have been pushing ahead the slander marketing campaign in opposition to Mahatma Gandhi.”, the grievance filed by SC ST Rights Discussion board mentioned.

Victor Prasad had additionally directed all District Collectors and District Superintendents of Police in Andhra Pradesh to provide permission, assist and safety for the set up of statues of Dr BR Ambedkar in public locations stating that the Supreme Court docket verdict prohibiting the set up of statues in public locations doesn’t apply to the set up of statues of Dr BR Ambedkar.

Nonetheless, the Supreme Court docket had acknowledged that the State Authorities shall not grant any permission for set up of any statue or development of any construction in public roads, pavements, sideways and different public utility locations.

Following the above judgment of the Honourable Supreme Court docket, an order was handed by the Transport, Roads & Buildings Division of the Authorities of Andhra Pradesh that states that permission shall not be granted for set up of any statue or development of any construction in public roads, pavements, sideways and different public utility locations.

The SC ST Rights Discussion board famous that Victor Prasad’s letter is in direct violation of the Supreme Court docket verdict and the order of the Andhra Pradesh Authorities.

“The acts of Shri M. Victor Prasad are tantamount to abuse of his powers and his additional continuance within the place as Chairman of AP Scheduled Castes Fee is detrimental to the pursuits of the Scheduled Caste. Therefore, we request you to order an inquiry into the actions of Sri M. Victor Prasad and concern appropriate directions to safeguard the curiosity of Scheduled Castes and keep away from additional rupturing of harmonious relations between members of varied communities within the state of Andhra Pradesh.”, the grievance mentioned.

Filed petition with Honorable Governor of Andhra Pradesh, searching for motion in opposition to Mr M Victor Prasad, Chairman, AP Station SC Fee for abuse of his place by:
– Directing Police officers to e-book those that object unlawful Church constructions below SC/ST Act and thereby + pic.twitter.com/d0mbjocSBD

— SC ST RIGHTS FORUM (@SCSTForum) November 5, 2022

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