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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Street vendors of Delhi unite to protest against "police terror"

Street vendors of Delhi unite to protest against "police terror"

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published Published on Jan 21, 2013   modified Modified on Jan 21, 2013
-The Hindu

Demand institution of murder charge against the Mumbai ACP Vasant Dhoble

The street vendors of Delhi launched a nation-wide campaign against “police terror” on Sunday, demanding that the police be made accountable to the public.

Under the umbrella of the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), they formed a human chain at Parliament Street to demand institution of murder charge against the Mumbai Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble.

A street vendor named Madan Jaiswal had died during the anti-hawking drive carried out by the ACP in Mumbai after which he was transferred pending a CID inquiry.

The protesting vendors also demanded that the Maharashtra Government immediately pay a compensation of Rs. 25 lakh to the family of the deceased and threatened that if their demands were not met, the hawkers and vendors from across the country would assemble in Delhi to march to the Union Home Ministry.

NASVI national coordinator Arbind Singh said the death of the fruit vendor was not a natural one as the police and the medical authorities tried to project. “Rather it was a death due to the shock and awe created by the Dhoble brigade. The establishment treats tragedies according to its convenience. When a constable Subhash Tomar dies in Delhi during people protest, the police establishment gets outraged, but when a poor vendor Madan Jaiswal dies in Mumbai during police action, the agencies and the authorities do not feel ashamed.”

Addressing the street vendors, Mr. Singh called upon the vendors and hawkers to get organised and form unions in every market to safeguard their interests. “After every incident, accident and outrage, there are talks of the country needing police reforms. Police reforms essentially mean making police accountable to the public, accountable to the citizen, accountable to the working poor and accountable to the civil society. It is really disturbing that the police in even cities like Mumbai and Delhi are not accountable to the public.”

Describing the transfer of Mumbai ACP as an “attempt to shield him and an exercise to hush up the incident of police crackdown which triggered the death of the street vendor,” he demanded that “the charges of murder be filed against the ACP and he must be sacked.”

Highlighting the importance of street vendors as professionals, who facilitate vigil on the public space, the NASVI statement said: “We make markets and public places safe and secure. If we are not at railway and bus station premises, the areas would be prone to loot and crimes. We serve people, help local economy grow and make cities inclusive and dynamic. In spite of this the police and municipal officials exploit us financially and when we refuse to entertain them, we face threats, harassment and forced eviction.”

As part of the “police-terror” campaign, NASVI affiliate Azad Hawkers Union would organise a huge vendors/hawkers rally at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on January 24.

Besides, the street vendors’ organisations in northern and southern States would organise week-long protests and would send protest and demand letters to the Union Home Minister, Union Home Secretary, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Maharashtra Chief Minister, Maharashtra Home Minister, Maharashtra Director General of Police, Mumbai Police Chief as well as the National Human Rights Commission.

The Hindu, 21 January, 2013, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/street-vendors-of-delhi-unite-to-protest-against-police-terror/article4327517.ece


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