Uttar Pradesh is among those states where the percentage of atrocities on Dalits is "higher", National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Chairman P L Punia said.
After taking over as NCSC Chairman in October 2010, he visited states like UP, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra among others. But complaints of atrocities on Dalits is maximum in UP and most of these cases go unreported, Punia told reporters here.
The NCSC Chairman was in the city to participate in programme organised for Scs He alleged that the funds under Special Component plan for dalits in UP have been diverted by the ruling BSP government in the state to open five medical colleges.
After UP, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh figure among those states where atrocities on Dalits is high. He said that NCSC has its offices in 12 states and the rights body has asked the Central government for funds to set-up offices in eight more states.
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