Rajasthan: Fear of attack on taking out a marriage procession on a mare of a Dalit groom

Jaipur. With the announcement of elections, the Dalit love of political parties starts rising. Leaders do not hesitate to go to the houses of Dalits and eat food, sweep and even wash their feet. With the end of the elections, their love bond starts breaking. For the sake of vote, at whose house we had food, now there is objection even to drink water from their hands. Not only this, it is not accepted even for Dalits to sit on a mare and keep a moustache. Dalits are even beaten and killed for having a moustache, riding a mare and drinking water from a pot.

The latest case has come to light from Garhmora police station area of ​​Karauli district. Where the MLA and Chairman of the Rajasthan SC Commission, Khiladi Lal Bairwa, had to seek police protection by tweeting for the groom of a Dalit family to be taken out on a mare in Bamouri village. From this one can get an idea of ​​the security and freedom of Dalits in Rajasthan.

According to the information, Jitendra Kumar Bairwa’s elder brother of Bamauri village under Garhmora police station area of ​​Karauli district is married on 22 February. The procession will go to Makanpur, about 25 km from Bamouri village.

Jitendra Kumar Bairwa has written a letter to the Bhim Army naming 4 upper caste people of the village. In this letter, it has been said that the people of the upper caste refused to ask for evacuation on a mare.

The Mooknayak spoke to the groom’s brother, Jitendra Kumar Bairwa, about the Dalit groom’s denial of bindoli (evacuation on a horse).

On this, Bairwa said that it is true that we have asked the upper caste people of the village to take out a horse for my brother’s wedding, but they refused.

After all, why was there a need to take permission from someone to sit on a mare in a marriage in a democracy? On this question, Jitendra Kumar Bairwa said that in our village no bindoli has been drawn on the mare of a Dalit groom. About 6-7 years ago, the people of our society had sought permission from Brahmins for Bindauli. Even then these people refused. (Though Jitendra could not confirm the authenticity of this.)

Jitendra said that we work as laborers living in Delhi. Now this is the first marriage of the boy in our house. We wish that my elder brother’s marriage should be grand. Sitting on his mare also took out bindoli in the village.

He said that we have apprehension that in the past, when the upper castes did not allow the Dalit groom to remove Bindauli. We have been refused even on asking. If we have a bindoli on the mare, then we can create disturbance in the procession. Fighting can also happen. For this he has taken shelter of the police.

He said that on our complaint the police had come to the village. Those opposing the procession have been identified and explained. The police have assured us that you will take out the groom’s bindoli by sitting on a mare.

On the whole matter, The Mooknayak spoke to Garhmora police station officer Jagdish Sagar regarding the safety of the groom and the wedding procession of the Dalit family. On this, the SHO also agreed that he cannot rule out the possibility of anything untoward happening here with the procession. In such a situation, on February 22, the Dalit bridegroom himself is going to stay in Bindauli with additional police presence. The SHO said that in this regard he was informed by the victim’s family that there could be disruption in their marriage procession. Some people will not allow the groom to mount the mare. The SHO says that “I myself had reached Bamori village on information. I have talked to the apprehensive family. Assured them that there will be no disturbance if you take out a procession on a mare or an elephant. But we are not doing any favor. It is our duty and the right of that family.”

banned half a dozen

SHO Jagdish Sagar said that by identifying the potential disruptors in the procession, half a dozen persons are being banned so that there is no dispute over the mare being mounted in a Dalit’s marriage. He said that on February 22, on the day of the procession, he himself would be on the spot. From the point of view of security, additional police force has also been sought from the higher officials.

The Garhmora police officer told The Mooknayak that he was told by the people of Bairwa community of Bamori village that so far no Dalit groom’s procession has taken place on a mare in this village. This is a big deal. However, the SHO further said that there is no such case on record in our police station that any Dalit has ever taken out a marriage procession on a horse and someone stopped them. Nor have the villagers given the date and year of any such incident.

He said that in such a situation, we cannot deny that there will be no disturbance in the procession. It can also happen that someone throws a stone in the procession without coming forward. We have informed the villagers in this regard.

The SHO said that half a dozen people have been booked. Twice a meeting was held with the villagers and discussions were also held. So far no one has come forward openly against the Dalit groom riding a mare. Still, we are keeping a close watch. If someone tries to disrupt the procession, legal action will be taken.

these things have happened

In February 2018, in Govardhanpur village of Bhilwara district, a Dalit groom was beaten up for mounting a mare and some people from the same village forced him to dismount, ANI reported. In February 2020, a bindori (procession procession) of a Dalit bridegroom was taken out amidst police guard in Sagawada village of Bundi. This was not the first incident in Bundi’s village Sagawada. Even 2 years before this incident, a police constable had sought police protection for sitting on a mare in his wedding bindoli. After this, Bindauli was taken out on the mare of the Dalit policeman groom under tight police security.

When the Home Minister accepted in the House

According to a BBC news published on March 6, 2018, Gulabchand Kataria, when he was the Home Minister of Rajasthan, had given an interesting, but worrying information in the assembly. According to this report, he had told that in the last three years (before 2018), cases were registered in 38 incidents of preventing Dalit grooms from riding a mare in Rajasthan state. These incidents are not stopping.