NewsClick

NewsClick
  • हिन्दी
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Covid-19
  • Science
  • Culture
  • India
  • International
  • Sports
  • Articles
  • Videos
search
menu

INTERACTIVE ELECTION MAPS

image/svg+xml
  • All Articles
  • Newsclick Articles
  • All Videos
  • Newsclick Videos
  • हिन्दी
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Culture
  • India
  • Sports
  • International
  • Africa
  • Latin America
  • Palestine
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka
  • US
  • West Asia
About us
Subscribe
Follow us Facebook - Newsclick Twitter - Newsclick RSS - Newsclick
close menu
×
For latest updates on nCOVID-19 around the world visit our INTERACTIVE COVID MAP
SC/ST/OBC
India

I Was Discriminated Throughout Service for Being Ambedkarite: Retd IAS Officer Alleges in Letter

The now retired IAS officer from MP cadre also alleged that casteist forces trapped him in false cases during his tenure and prevented his promotion to the rank of Principal Secretary.
Kashif Kakvi
01 Aug 2020
Ramesh Thete, Retd IAS, Madya Pradesh

Ramesh Thete

Bhopal: A dalit IAS officer of 1993 batch, Ramesh Thete, who retired on Friday, July 31, has come out with allegations of caste discrimination during his tenure. He expressed his pain and anguish through a letter on the last day of his retirement, alleging injustice meted out to him for being an Ambedkarite

In an open letter titled, “Lekin yeh sabit hua ki tum nyay hee nahi karna chahte (But it is proved that you don’t want to do justice), Thete wrote that his retirement from service feels like being freed from slavery. 

MP retd IAS Ramesh Thete open letter

“I have paid the price for being an Ambedkarite. I was the only IAS from Madhya Pradesh cadre who kept Baba Saheb’s photo on my table and worked for the uplift of downtrodden without any fear throughout my service,” the now retired IAS wrote in his letter, adding, “Organised gangs of casteists hounded me and preyed on me.” 

Targeting the casteist forces, he wrote that ‘they’ did not let him become a Collector despite being a direct IAS officer. “Despite being eligible to be promoted as Principal Secretary, ‘they’ got me entangled in illegal cases,” he alleged.

The letter further said that the officer’s contribution to the construction of a model road in Jabalpur through public participation and giving permanent jobs to 309 cleaners in Jabalpur Municipal Corporation anguished “them” (the casteist forces).

Also read: MP: Days After Guna, Upper Caste Men Attack Dalits over Land Dispute in Neighbouring Shivpuri

Terming the then Lokayukta as casteist, Thete claimed that he had tried to implicate him in false cases through the Lokayukta trap and filed 25 cases against him. However, the Jabalpur High Court had quashed all charges against Thete. “And yet, they kept frivolous legal cases going against me, against established norms. When the High Court absolved me of all those charges, they framed my wife in a paid loan case of Apex Bank and made her my co-accused to prevent my promotion to the Principal Secretary’s post,” he said.

Ramesh Thete concludes the letter by saying that now he is "freed from shackles of slavery" and has the Constitution with him. “I am an artiste and have a pen with me and a lot of stories of the downtrodden,” he wrote. 

Letter to CM

Earlier, on July 25, a week before his retirement, Thete had written to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan requesting him to promote him to the rank of Principal Secretary before retirement as it was long overdue.

Ramesh Thete letter to CM

“The casteist forces have not only conspired against me, but also trumped up false cases against me just to stop my promotion. Now, I’m free from all charges and am going to retire on July 31. Hence, promote me to the Principal Secretary’s post before my retirement and let justice prevail,” he had written in the letter to CM.

Get the latest reports & analysis with people's perspective on Protests, movements & deep analytical videos, discussions of the current affairs in your Telegram app. Subscribe to NewsClick's Telegram channel & get Real-Time updates on stories, as they get published on our website.
caste discrimination
Discrimination Against Dalits
Dalit IAS Officer
Atrocities against Dalits
Caste Discrimination in Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh government
Related Stories
MP Police Attacks Protesting COVID-19 Health Workers Demanding Regularisation of Jobs

MP Police Attacks Protesting COVID-19 Health Workers Demanding Regularisation of Jobs

Dalit panchayat.

Empowered Yet Demeaned: Discrimination of Dalit Panchayat Heads Continue in Tamil Nadu

J&K DDC Poll.

J&K DDC Polls: Dalit Voters Divided Over Participation

MP Govt’s Committee to Monitor Development Projects Ploy to Accommodate Party Cadres, Alleges Congress

MP Govt’s Committee to Monitor Development Projects Ploy to Accommodate Party Cadres, Alleges Congress

Musahars in Bihar

Bihar Elections: Musahars, Numerically Significant Yet ‘Otherised’

gurmandi

FIR for Littering, Not for Rape and Murder of Dalits, Asks Family of Model Town Victim

MP by-polls

MP By-Polls: As Campaign Gathers Heat, Kamal Nath Focuses on Achievements of 15-month Long Govt

A Dalit Family’s Battle for Justice and Dignity in the National Capital

A Dalit Family’s Battle for Justice and Dignity in the National Capital

Hathras Rape Case: How the State Fails to Uphold SC/ST Victims Rights to Compensation and Rehabilitation

Hathras Rape Case: How the State Fails to Uphold SC/ST Victims Rights to Compensation and Rehabilitation

Hathras Rape Case: Grappling with ground realities of the implementation SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act

Hathras Rape Case: Grappling with Ground Realities of the Implementation SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppShare via EmailShare on RedditShare on KindlePrint
Share
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppShare via EmailShare on RedditShare on KindlePrint
Share

Related Stories

Kashif Kakvi

MP: Tension Continues to Simmer After Trust Run by RSS, BJP Leaders Take Possession of 2.88 Acres of Disputed Graveyard in Bhopal

23 January 2021
Bhopal: A curfew was imposed in the old city of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh on January 17 after a trust run by the leaders of the Rashtriya Swayamseva
Kailash Jeengar

Supreme Court in Hitesh Verma Case Fails to Address Caste Discrimination

28 December 2020
The Supreme Court’s narrow interpretation of the term “within public view” in determining caste-based insults ignores the lived reali
Subhash Gatade

Fake Caste, Enjoy Privileges

11 December 2020
Chandrakant P (name changed) work

Pagination

  • Next page ››

More

  • NetaJi

    ‘Jai Shri Ram’ Slogans Mar Netaji‘s 125 Birth Anniversary Event in Kolkata

  • tractor parade 26.

    Delhi Police Allows Tractor Parade on Jan 26; Route Details to be Decided, Say Farmer Leaders

  • Larry King, Broadcasting Icon for Half-Century, dies at 87

    Larry King, Broadcasting Icon for Half-Century, Dies at 87

  • ‘Refused Police Jobs Despite Domicile Certificate,’ Claim West Pakistan Refugees in J&K, Launch Protest

    ‘Refused Police Jobs Despite Domicile Certificate,’ Claim West Pakistan Refugees in J&K, Launch Protest

  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with
about