Book Review: ‘Maya, Modi, Azad’ by Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar attempts to decode Dalit politics
1 year, 3 months ago

Book Review: ‘Maya, Modi, Azad’ by Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar attempts to decode Dalit politics

The Hindu  

This is a must-read for understanding why Dalits are attracted to the Hindu right wing. 599 The dominance of Hindutva politics, its appropriation of marginal groups and their symbols, the shift of Dalit votes to the BJP, the BJP’s welfare politics, and the RSS’ growing influence among marginal sections strongly indicate the end of the era of identity politics, and a faint hope of revival of Dalit politics. The book maps the shifts in Dalit politics with a focus on Uttar Pradesh because this is the State where Mayawati dreamt of forming an “Umbrella Party” with a Dalit core. This section is the strongest part of the book with its analysis of the BSP’s success and the inherent limitation of its social base that finally led to an existential crisis for Dalit politics. But the experiment eventually failed because of push factors such as the dominance of some communities in Dalit politics, deepening democracy, and rising aspirations of new middle-class Dalits, and pull factors such as the BJP’s appropriation of Dalit symbols under the Hindutva flag, welfarism to attract people at the grassroots and incorporation of smaller Bahujan communities into that party’s fold.

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Opinion: The fight for Ambedkar's legacy signifies a big churn in Dalit politics
18 hours, 1 minute ago

Opinion: The fight for Ambedkar's legacy signifies a big churn in Dalit politics

India Today  

The treasury benches and the Opposition have been engaged in a war of words over Dr BR Ambedkar’s legacy in Parliament and outside. Setback and recovery In the 2024 general elections, the BJP lost three per cent support of Dalits and its allies lost two per cent. On the other hand, the Congress lost one per cent support but its …

DC Edit | The battle over Ambedkar’s legacy mainly for dalit votes
22 hours, 48 minutes ago

DC Edit | The battle over Ambedkar’s legacy mainly for dalit votes

Deccan Chronicle  

The political slugfest that is on nationally and which led to a day in the Winter Session becoming its worst in India’s parliamentary history may be owed to the facetious comments the home minister Amit Shah made on the floor. Ambedkar is no less than a god to his followers who constitute about 17 per cent of India’s 968 million …

BJP’s Dalit Dilemma | Power Play by Anand Mishra
3 days, 4 hours ago

BJP’s Dalit Dilemma | Power Play by Anand Mishra

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 20, 2024 18:37 IST - 4 MINS READ Dear readers, What’s in a name? Nishikant Dubey of the BJP responded by filing a privilege notice against Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of showing a “criminally edited” version of Shah’s speech. BJP leaders shared photographs of the injured Sarangi and Rajput, insisting that “pictures don’t lie”, but refused to …

The Future of Dalit Politics in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati’s Decline and Azad’s Emergence Lays A Shaky Ground
4 days, 7 hours ago

The Future of Dalit Politics in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati’s Decline and Azad’s Emergence Lays A Shaky Ground

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 19, 2024 16:28 IST - 5 MINS READ Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh is at crossroads. Though Azad has asserted that his party will contest all seats in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, the Dalit discourse in the State—where Punjab-born Dalit leader Kanshi Ram had succeeded in creating an environment where a Dalit woman, Mayawati, could …

Congress silent on atrocities on Dalits in Bangladesh, trying to woo Muslims with Sambhal issue: Mayawati
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Congress silent on atrocities on Dalits in Bangladesh, trying to woo Muslims with Sambhal issue: Mayawati

New Indian Express  

She claimed that these people were mostly from a Hindu-majority area which was forcibly handed over to Pakistan during Partition -- and is now in Bangladesh -- as a "punishment" for electing Dr B R Ambedkar to the Constituent Assembly. "Now when they are being exploited, the Congress, despite being the main opposition party, is silent on their plight and …

A Precursory Look at Community-wise Voting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

A Precursory Look at Community-wise Voting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand

The Quint  

In Maharashtra, caste is the very foundation of the political battleground. The OBCs, who constitute 38 percent of the state’s population, played a decisive role in this election, won by the Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, the Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's NCP. Despite agitation over the reservation and dissatisfaction with unresolved demands, the BJP managed to retain a significant …

Why is there widespread discontent in Maharashtra?
1 month, 1 week ago

Why is there widespread discontent in Maharashtra?

The Hindu  

In Maharashtra, the extensive network of cooperatives, particularly in the banking, sugar, and dairy sectors, has been instrumental in forging strong patronage linkages that have reinforced the Maratha community’s dominant hold on State power. Maharashtra’s latest Maratha quota law and its challenges | Explained However, this patronage system has marginalised other communities by concentrating economic and political power within the …

‘Casteist people of Jat community…’: Mayawati's theory for BSP's Haryana election debacle
2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Casteist people of Jat community…’: Mayawati's theory for BSP's Haryana election debacle

Hindustan Times  

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday blamed the "casteist people of the Jat community" for her party's dismal performance in the Haryana assembly elections. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} "The BSP and the INLD fought the Haryana assembly general election in alliance. But today's result shows that the casteist people of the Jat community did not vote …

Battle for Dalit votes heats up in poll-bound Haryana
3 months ago

Battle for Dalit votes heats up in poll-bound Haryana

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI There’s a certain concern that’s crept into the otherwise confident camp of the Congress in Haryana. Along with the dominant Jat community that comprises approximately 27% of the electorate, Muslims who make up 7% and Sikhs who are about 5%, the Congress’s internal surveys told the party brass that it could have got up to 70 seats in …

Chinta Mohan decries unjust treatment of Dalits in India
4 months, 1 week ago

Chinta Mohan decries unjust treatment of Dalits in India

The Hindu  

Former Union Minister and Congress leader Chinta Mohan on Friday expressed concern over the unjust treatment of Dalits in India. Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Mohan took objection to the sub-categorisation of the SC/ST communities and cautioned against potential division and foreign interference — comparing the imminent outcome to the uprising in Bangladesh. “It’s a warning to Prime Minister …

Possible revival of Dalit politics today
4 months, 1 week ago

Possible revival of Dalit politics today

The Hindu  

In the 2024 general election, with the decline of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi in Maharashtra, the independent political assertion of Dalit politics has been relegated to a new low. However, Dalit political parties like the Lok Janshakti Party in Bihar and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi in Tamil Nadu showcased a promise that Dalit …

How Mayawati is trying to win back Dalit, backward caste vote base
4 months, 1 week ago

How Mayawati is trying to win back Dalit, backward caste vote base

India Today  

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has recently held two media conferences over the Supreme Court verdict favouring sub-classification within Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for extending reservation benefits. Till the Supreme Court order is not made ineffective through an amendment in the Constitution, state governments could use it for implementing the ‘creamy layer’ ruling and also sub-classify SCs and STs …

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Caste Aspersions’: Here’s The Congress Strategy Behind Halwa Ceremony Bitter Note
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Caste Aspersions’: Here’s The Congress Strategy Behind Halwa Ceremony Bitter Note

News 18  

The Congress has struck a bitter note in the halwa ceremony before the Budget presentation, with Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi raising the issue of caste of the officers seen with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Senior Congress leader and Rahul Gandhi’s mother Sonia Gandhi hit out at the BJP saying: “It is clear that the government has no intention whatsoever to …

Reading caste in a political murder
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reading caste in a political murder

Hindustan Times  

The murder of Bahujan Samaj Party Tamil Nadu chief K Armstrong, allegedly the fallout of a gang war, has created ripples in state politics. Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu have said the murder of the state head of a national party outside his home in Chennai points to the collapse of law and order. Tamil Nadu’s long tryst with social …

Interview | SP's RK Chaudhary on BSP, Kanshiram, and the Bahujan Voter
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Interview | SP's RK Chaudhary on BSP, Kanshiram, and the Bahujan Voter

The Quint  

You have demanded that the Sengol in Parliament be replaced with the Constitution, describing the former as a symbol of monarchy. This is the country where till 20 years back, Kanshiram ji used to talk about the Constitution, reservations and democracy but the society was not prepared for it. It is a matter of joy that Akhilesh Yadav ji is …

Mayawati derails Dalit politics: Is there redemption in the future?
6 months, 1 week ago

Mayawati derails Dalit politics: Is there redemption in the future?

Hindustan Times  

After forming a majority government in 2007 in Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati often used to stoke the political ambitions of Dalits with her stirring statement: “If a Dalit party can give chief minister to the largest state of the country, why can’t it give the nation its first Dalit prime minister?” It was the vision …

In Defence of Mayawati | BSP is Fully Entitled to Alter Tactics to Stay Relevant
6 months, 2 weeks ago

In Defence of Mayawati | BSP is Fully Entitled to Alter Tactics to Stay Relevant

The Quint  

‘Blame’ is a strong word. Mayawati’s statement says that despite attempts over the last few elections, the BSP has not been ‘understood’ by Muslims and she will give space in the future only after careful consideration. In this light, how the Muslim voters, especially Pasmanda/marginalised sections, vote to protect their best interests is a tactical decision for the community. In …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: The three main takeaways
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: The three main takeaways

The Hindu  

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections were unique. Subaltern reach First, the BJP somehow managed to protect its carefully nurtured constituency of voters — upper caste Hindus, OBCs, and Adivasis; as well as Dalits on a somewhat lower scale. For instance, the Hindu upper caste continued to support the party, though a small fraction also moved towards the Opposition. The BJP’s …

The return of social justice and ‘Marathi Asmita’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The return of social justice and ‘Marathi Asmita’

The Hindu  

Maharashtra has played a crucial role in causing drastic changes to the Lok Sabha seat tally of the Bharatiya Janata Party — from 23 in the 2019 election, it plummeted to a dismal nine seats this time. In the early 1990s, the BJP was celebrated in Maharashtra as a party that was led by humble social elites, and which stood …

Mamata Banerjee’s Attack on Hindu Monks: The Deep Shadow of Appeasement Politics
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mamata Banerjee’s Attack on Hindu Monks: The Deep Shadow of Appeasement Politics

News 18  

The 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign may be over, but West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee once again seized the headlines, this time by taking a bold and controversial stance against a section of Hindu monks. While it remains to be seen how effective Banerjee’s strategy was in securing electoral gains in the 2024 elections, her apparent attempt to rally …

Two Dalit narratives in Kharge heartland
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Two Dalit narratives in Kharge heartland

Hindustan Times  

Among the politicians with the highest stakes in the constituencies that go to the polls today is one who is not contesting. Irrespective of the specific type of Dalit identity that was being highlighted, identity politics eroded Kharge’s Dalit-led inclusive politics. His son, Priyank Kharge, has used his position as minister in the Karnataka government to present a much more …

Election In Pincodes: Amid welfare push, the shifting sands of Dalit politics in Agra
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Election In Pincodes: Amid welfare push, the shifting sands of Dalit politics in Agra

Hindustan Times  

Clumps of darkness are descending on a young man as he rappels down the remnants of a 60-foot stage, its skeleton stripped of its cloth finery but still held up by gaunt poles of bamboo-throwing menacing shadows. “It is what makes Agra India’s Dalit capital.” This year, the stage was designed in the likeness of the London School of Economics, …

Dalit anger threatens to trip BJP’s grip on a stronghold
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Dalit anger threatens to trip BJP’s grip on a stronghold

The Hindu  

The sun is at its peak and the yellow earth is shimmering, radiating back the heat. Meanwhile, we struggle to find two meals a day for our children”Santosh Dhimar Fear of lack of vacancies “Sab samanay ho jayenge,” and “arakshan khatam ho jayega” is a phrase repeated village after village, in this reserved constituency of Chhattisgarh, as they express fear …

What direction will politics in Uttar Pradesh take after 2024 general elections?
8 months ago

What direction will politics in Uttar Pradesh take after 2024 general elections?

Hindustan Times  

The first two phases of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh will not only indicate which way the wind will blow, but also send some significant political messages across the country, primarily because of the region’s social demography, dominated by three castes and communities – Muslims, Dalits and Jats; the region is also called UP’s ‘Jat land’. The party’s ally, …

Mayawati invokes dalits, OBCs, and minorities at Ghaziabad rally
8 months ago

Mayawati invokes dalits, OBCs, and minorities at Ghaziabad rally

Hindustan Times  

Ghaziabad: The Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday chose to speak about the suffering of the backwards, Dalits, Muslims and other religious minorities as she attacked the present Bharatiya Janata Party government and previous Congress governments. Experts observed it was BSP chief’s attempt to garner votes of these classes besides making an endeavour to retain her party’s core vote …

DSS condemns ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal
8 months ago

DSS condemns ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal

The Hindu  

Opposing the “One Nation, One Election” report submitted by the high-level panel headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind, the Karnataka State Dalit Sangharsha Samiti alleged that the Modi-led BJP government was trying to dismantle the Constitution, with the objective of ‘One Nation, One Election’, State convener of the samiti D.G. He alleged that the Modi-led government at Centre was …

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh
8 months, 1 week ago

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

With less than two days left for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is witnessing troubling signs in western Uttar Pradesh, a region where it won the majority of seats in the last decade due to a consolidated Hindu vote. Saharanpur Caste equation Muslim: 42 per cent Jatav + other SC: 17 per cent Rajput: 8 …

Keeping up with UP | As young leaders emerge, Dalit community seeks their share of power
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Keeping up with UP | As young leaders emerge, Dalit community seeks their share of power

Hindustan Times  

Young leadership is taking centre stage in Dalit politics around the country and certainly in Uttar Pradesh. Anand launched his campaign on April 6 from the Muslim-Dalit dominated Nagina constituency from where another upcoming Dalit leader, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is contesting his first Lok Sabha election as the nominee of four-year-old Azad Samaj Party that he founded in …

Will Bharatiya Janata Party continue to dominate reserved seat matrix in Uttar Pradesh?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Will Bharatiya Janata Party continue to dominate reserved seat matrix in Uttar Pradesh?

Hindustan Times  

With the Lok Sabha poll process having been set in motion, the BJP is out to retain 15 of the 17 reserved seats it had won in the 2019 parliamentary election to continue to dominate the caste matrix in Uttar Pradesh in 2024 by once again denting the Dalit votebank of its poll rivals. This time, the ruling party is …

Plan manifesto to curb caste violence, says Dalit Intellectual Collective
9 months ago

Plan manifesto to curb caste violence, says Dalit Intellectual Collective

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Dalit Intellectual Collective issued a statement on Tuesday urging political parties in the state to include action plans to eradicate caste atrocities against Dalits in their election manifesto. “Sadly, political parties remain either passive or immune to these, save for the rhetorical condemnation bereft of any action,” the statement said. The collective also urged the political parties to …

Fight for the Dalit vote hots up in Uttar Pradesh
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Fight for the Dalit vote hots up in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s latest bid to reach out to Dalits in Uttar Pradesh comes at a time when the State is simmering with Dalit anger over the death of a Jatav teenager in police firing in Milak area of Rampur district. On Thursday, as the State reeled under the news of the father of one of the victims of …

Keeping up with UP | BJP's welfare schemes challenge the Dalit movement's legacy
1 year ago

Keeping up with UP | BJP's welfare schemes challenge the Dalit movement's legacy

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-acclaimed scheme of distributing free ration to the poor under the Garib Kalyan Yojana Scheme came under attack recently from unusual quarters. Now they need economic empowerment and government schemes are only aiding in bringing in economic revolution,” Lalji Nirmal, chairman of the Ambedkar Mahasabha, told HT Badri Narayan Tiwari, director at Allahabad’s GB Pant Institute …

Mayawati: the rise and fall Frontline Newsletter
1 year ago

Mayawati: the rise and fall Frontline Newsletter

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 28, 2023 15:30 IST - 3 MINS READ Dear reader, In Gabriel García Márquez’s The Autumn of the Patriarch, buried within the long, winding paragraphs is a phrase that could possibly elucidate what Mayawati might be contemplating now: “.we’ve had more enemies than we had soldiers”. Emerging from the depths of a caste-ridden society, Mayawati, the four-time …

KCR is against to dalit community-BSP Chief Mayavati
1 year ago

KCR is against to dalit community-BSP Chief Mayavati

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao was against the Dalit people and was treating the community as a vote bank while trying to suppress them politically, alleged Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati. Speaking at an election campaign meeting in support of BSP candidate Dasari Usha from Peddapalli, Mayawati said that it was because of the Indian Constitution written by Dr …

Muslim-Sikh-Dalit Union is Waging Anti-Hinduism Campaign, Not Protecting Dalit in US - News18
1 year, 1 month ago

Muslim-Sikh-Dalit Union is Waging Anti-Hinduism Campaign, Not Protecting Dalit in US - News18

News 18  

Sociologist and professor Salvatore Babones speaks exclusively with News18 on his new paper titled ‘The Weaponization of Caste in America’ in which he contends that Dalit is not a caste in India, and the term does not meet the definitions of “caste” that have been used in or proposed for American legislation to ban caste-based discrimination. Nonetheless, the Muslim-Sikh-Dalit coalition …

Chinta Mohan decries ‘growing atrocities’ against Dalits in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 1 month ago

Chinta Mohan decries ‘growing atrocities’ against Dalits in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Senior Congress leader Chinta Mohan alleged that atrocities on Dalits have been at their peak in the present YSR Congress Party government in the State. In a statement on Saturday, the former Union Minister termed the death of Vizag-based doctor Sudhakar and Dalit youth Bontha Mahendra of East Godavari as “political murders.” He said that the unprecedented atrocities on the …

The present and future of Dalit politics
1 year, 1 month ago

The present and future of Dalit politics

The Hindu  

Dalit politics in India evolved with the rise of various independent Dalit political parties such as the Republican Party of India, the Bahujan Samaj Party, other political parties such as the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, the Puthiya Tamilagam in Tamil Nadu, and the Praja Rajyam Party in the Andhra Pradesh and adjoining States. Most of the independent Dalit political parties still …

For more Dalit-Adivasi presence in INDIA
1 year, 2 months ago

For more Dalit-Adivasi presence in INDIA

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party could face a tough fight in the 2024 general elections with the Opposition’s announcement of the INDIA alliance. Other Dalit political parties, especially Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi in Maharashtra and the VCK, are limited due to their regional specificities and incapacity to expand their political base to win important electoral battles. Dalit political outfits have …

Can the INDIA coalition revive social justice politics to counter Hindutva?
1 year, 2 months ago

Can the INDIA coalition revive social justice politics to counter Hindutva?

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 05, 2023 11:00 IST - 11 MINS READ The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes comprise around 25 per cent of India’s population. Highlights Although the concerns and issues of socially marginalised groups are often raised and defended by major political parties, they remain peripheral to political deliberations, at a distance from powerful capitalist and social assets. The …

U.P. Congress to start ‘Dalit Gaurav Samvad’ on BSP founder Kanshi Ram’s anniversary
1 year, 2 months ago

U.P. Congress to start ‘Dalit Gaurav Samvad’ on BSP founder Kanshi Ram’s anniversary

The Hindu  

The Uttar Pradesh Congress plans to start a roughly 45-day ‘Dalit Gaurav Samvad’ from October 9, the death anniversary of Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram, in an outreach effort towards Dalits. “We have planned various programmes under Dalit Gaurav Samvad. Through the events, we will discuss agendas related to Dalit issues in each parliamentary segment,” Anil Yadav, Uttar Pradesh …

Many narratives of social justice politics
1 year, 2 months ago

Many narratives of social justice politics

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar caste survey report has revealed that the other backward classes constitute 63% of the state’s population; the Scheduled Castes are 19% and the savarn constitute only 15.52%. This caste survey, bearing the imprint of the social justice discourse in the state, will impact politics, governance and the social fabric of Bihar. Within the framework of OBC politics, dominant …

Bihar caste survey: A new strand to India’s identity politics
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey: A new strand to India’s identity politics

Hindustan Times  

Here is what Bihar’s caste survey does not do. For the ruling alliance in Bihar, and the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance nationally, it offers an opportunity to attack and fracture the BJP’s umbrella social coalition in north and central India, stitched carefully by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah over the past decade, by playing …

Dalit groups in call to identify atrocity-prone areas of new Rajasthan districts
1 year, 2 months ago

Dalit groups in call to identify atrocity-prone areas of new Rajasthan districts

The Hindu  

Dalit groups in Rajasthan have released a manifesto for the upcoming Assembly election with a call to identify atrocity-prone areas in the 19 newly created districts of the State. Caste violence “Caste-based discrimination and violence are issues of social justice, which should get the highest priority in the manifestos of political parties seeking votes,” Mr. Singh, a former Inspector-General of …

The Dalit of the new millennium has matured: Sudha Pai
1 year, 2 months ago

The Dalit of the new millennium has matured: Sudha Pai

The Hindu  

The Dalit of the new millennium has matured and there is no reason for anyone to analyse their motivations, aspirations, and anxieties as different from those of anyone else in society, Professor and scholar Sudha Pai argued on Tuesday at a discussion to launch her new edited book titled Dalits in the New Millennium. The book contains 24 essays from …

Making sense of Mayawati’s ambivalence
1 year, 3 months ago

Making sense of Mayawati’s ambivalence

The Hindu  

Is Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati losing grip on her vote bank? While the local SP leadership believes that such a drop is normal during a by-poll, sources in the BSP contend that Ms. Mayawati’s appeal to the voters was the reason for the drop. They also recall how she ensured the SP’s defeat in the Azamgarh Lok Sabha by-poll …

Akhilesh, Mayawati hit out at BJP over Manipur violence
1 year, 5 months ago

Akhilesh, Mayawati hit out at BJP over Manipur violence

The Hindu  

Opposition leaders in Uttar Pradesh, including former Chief Ministers Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati, on Thursday reacted sharply to the continuing violence and tension in Manipur and the video of two women being paraded naked in the State, which went viral on social media. Ms. Mayawati, the Bahujan Samaj Party president, asked if the BJP would still continue to give protection …

Mayawati calls BJP, Congress 'anti-Dalit', says BSP to go it alone in four poll-bound states
1 year, 5 months ago

Mayawati calls BJP, Congress 'anti-Dalit', says BSP to go it alone in four poll-bound states

Firstpost  

“Congress party is forging alliance with like-minded casteist and capitalist parties to come into power. BJP is also strengthening NDA… But their policies are anti-Dalit and anti-Muslim,” said the BSP chief Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday said that her party will fight elections alone in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana and forge an alliance with regional parties …

Atrocities against tribals and Dalits have increased in BJP’s rule: Congress
1 year, 5 months ago

Atrocities against tribals and Dalits have increased in BJP’s rule: Congress

The Hindu  

Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party over the incident in which an alleged BJP worker urinated on a tribal man in Madhya Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that the episode exposed the “disgusting face” of the BJP and its “hatred” towards tribals and Dalits. Mr. Gandhi, however, claimed on Twitter that atrocities against tribals and Dalits were increasing …

The best summer reads of 2023, Dalit politics in U.P., a dose of Vitamin N and more
1 year, 5 months ago

The best summer reads of 2023, Dalit politics in U.P., a dose of Vitamin N and more

The Hindu  

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. In reviews, we read Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar’s book on Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh, Aasheesh Pittie’s book on the philosophy for birdwatching, an excerpt from a new biography of Vivekananda and more. Books of the week Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar’s Maya, Modi, Azad: Dalit Politics in the …

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