All India Congress Committee SC wing chairman K Raju on Wednesday said here that Dalit cells would open in every panchayats to help Dalit people in many ways, including imparting them job-oriented training. Besides, the cells would mount pressure on the State Government to check the gangrape on Dalit women.
Raju reviewed the PCC SC Cell activities here and interacted with 33 district SC cell chairmen, vice-chairmen, office bearers and executive members for drawing up a future plan of action.
Raju stated that he visited three villages like Paramahnsa, Nimeinshapur and Fakirpada under the Cuttack Sadar and found all anti poverty programmes were not properly implemented in the Dalit dominated villages.
The villagers complained of not having been issued with BPl cards and deprived of benefits under many Central schemes for the development of the Scheduled Caste people, he alleged at a Press meet here.
Among others, PCC SC chairman Ripunath Seth, vice-chairman Nimain Sarakar, Haladhar Sethy, Binod Patra and State executive member Naraotam Nayak were present.