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Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar shared the statistics in a written reply to a query by a BSP member in Lok Sabha.
Chittarikkal police had charged her with unlawful restraint under Section 341 of IPC, cruelty towards child under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, and forcibly tonsuring head, which was derogatory to human dignity.
The anti-ragging committee of the college found three students guilty of making derogatory comments.
The Minister spoke at a seminar on 'Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of Kerala: Issues of Socio economic Development'.
The fourth accused received a jail term of 30 years. It was in 2021 that the Dalit minor was gang-raped by four youths from the Janakikkad ecotourism forest area.
Those belonging to the unreserved category, which denotes the proverbial upper castes who dominated politics till the Mandal wave of the 1990s comprise 15.52% of the total population.
Krishna Mohan, who revolted against the discrimination, said political leaders use the issue only to come to the limelight and make news
The state committee of the Akhila Kerala Thanthri Samajam said priests who are performing 'deva pujas' do not touch anyone, be it Brahmin or non-Brahmin, till the same is over.
The Devaswom Minister also indicated that he was not going to pursue any legal action against the discrimination he faced.
K Radhakrishnan, who is a Dalit, said he was discriminated against over his caste at a temple function.