Cong will scrap Dalit reservation to appease Muslims, says Nadda
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Cong will scrap Dalit reservation to appease Muslims, says Nadda

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Thursday said if voted to power INDIA bloc parties, including Congress, will snatch reservation from Dalits and give it to the Muslims. BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda with party’s Amritsar candidate Taranjit Singh Sandhu during a poll campaign in Amritsar on Thursday. Addressed a poll event in support of Hans Raj Hans in Faridkot, Nadda said: “INDIA bloc is planning to rob the Dalits of their reservations. In Amritsar, JP Nadda addressed a rally in support of the party candidate from Amritsar Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Manjit Singh Manna, party candidate from Khadoor Sahib and said Punjab is being run from Delhi.

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BJP, Congress Clash Over Dalit Votes, Ambedkar’s Legacy
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2 days, 5 hours ago

BJP, Congress Clash Over Dalit Votes, Ambedkar’s Legacy

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi:Behind the ongoing political battle over the alleged insult of B.R. Union home minister Amit Shah’s remark in the Rajya Sabha gave the Opposition an opportunity to whip up anti-BJP sentiments among the Dalits, the objective is clear — the Congress wants to further consolidate the 4 per cent Dalit votes it gained in the last general election over …

BJP’s Dalit Dilemma | Power Play by Anand Mishra
3 days, 11 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 …

Amit Shah reaffirms BJP’s UCC push in poll-bound Jharkhand – ‘won’t allow reservation for Muslims as long as…’
1 month, 1 week ago

Amit Shah reaffirms BJP’s UCC push in poll-bound Jharkhand – ‘won’t allow reservation for Muslims as long as…’

Live Mint  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on November 12 called Congress an ‘anti-reservation’ party and said that as long as there is one Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, the party won't allow reservations for Muslims. As long as there's even one BJP MLA, we won't allow reservations for Muslims,” Shah was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. BJP's UCC promise in …

Rahul Gandhi in Jharkhand: ‘Will hike SC ST OBC reservation’; ‘90% people should run this country’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi in Jharkhand: ‘Will hike SC ST OBC reservation’; ‘90% people should run this country’

Live Mint  

Leader of the Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that the INDIA bloc "will raise reservation cap above 50 percent if voted to power. While speaking at the Congress' rally in Jharkhand's Simdega, Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting violence-hit Manipur and waiving off loans of corporates worth ₹16 lakh crore. The …

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 …

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 …

The BJP’s poll showing and Dalit anxiety on reservation
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The BJP’s poll showing and Dalit anxiety on reservation

Hindustan Times  

The 2024 general election results point to the significant erosion of Dalit support for the Bharatiya Janata Party. According to the recently published CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey data, the BJP’s vote share among Dalits has slipped to 31% from 34% in 2019 and that of the National Democratic Alliance allies to 5% from 7%. The first category comprises six major states: …

The Dalit vote is not a monolith despite the BSP
7 months ago

The Dalit vote is not a monolith despite the BSP

Hindustan Times  

Who will the Dalits vote for in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections? The question is being asked by many for two reasons: One, the hold of Dalit-led parties such as the Bahujan Samaj Party in the North, the Republican Party of India in Maharashtra, and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi in Tamil Nadu has weakened substantially, and two, mainstream political parties …

Voters Will Punish Anti-Ram and Anti-national Leaders, Says Nadda
7 months, 1 week ago

Voters Will Punish Anti-Ram and Anti-national Leaders, Says Nadda

Deccan Chronicle  

Motihari : Launching a scathing attack on the opposition INDIA bloc, BJP national president JP Nadda on Wednesday said this election is about holding those accountable who oppose the core values of 'Ram', nationalism, reservation, Sanatan Dharma, and the Constitution and hinder the Centre's mission to make India 'Viksit Bharat'. If anyone can do good for the poor, then it's …

INDIA bloc will give quota to Muslims by changing Constitution: BJP over Lalu Prasad's remarks
7 months, 2 weeks ago

INDIA bloc will give quota to Muslims by changing Constitution: BJP over Lalu Prasad's remarks

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad's remarks on Muslim quota have made it clear that if voted to power, the INDIA bloc will provide reservation to the minority community by making changes in the Constitution's fundamental structure, the Bharatiya Janata Party d charged on May 7. This makes it clear that they want to provide reservation to Muslims from the …

Modi and Lalu Prasad spar over the issue of reservations for Muslims
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi and Lalu Prasad spar over the issue of reservations for Muslims

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday sparred over the issue of reservations for Muslims, with Mr. Modi accusing the Opposition of being unable to look “beyond appeasement” after Mr. Prasad had supported the idea of reservation for Muslims. Hours later, Mr. Prasad clarified that he was in favour of extending reservation benefits to …

BJP-led NDA Will Not Get Even 150 Seats in Lok Sabha Polls: Rahul Gandhi
7 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP-led NDA Will Not Get Even 150 Seats in Lok Sabha Polls: Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

Alirajpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday claimed the BJP-led NDA will not even get 150 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls and that these elections were aimed at saving the Constitution which the saffron party and RSS want to change. Addressing an election rally at Jobat town in Alirajpur district under the Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha seat in Madhya …

Congress Against Quota to Dalits, Backwards; Attacked Constitution by Amending Preamble: BJP
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress Against Quota to Dalits, Backwards; Attacked Constitution by Amending Preamble: BJP

News 18  

The Congress has been against providing reservation to the Dalits and the backwards and the party also “attacked” the Constitution by inserting the word ‘secular’ in the Preamble when it was in power, the BJP alleged on Friday. Slamming the Congress at a press conference in the BJP headquarters here, party national general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam said, “They are …

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, …

Congress spreading lies on reservation quotas to defeat BJP: Bandi Sanjay Kumar
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress spreading lies on reservation quotas to defeat BJP: Bandi Sanjay Kumar

New Indian Express  

KARIMNAGAR: Alleging that the Congress was unable to take on the BJP in the polls, the saffron party candidate from Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, stated that grand old party leaders had resorted to provoking fear among the SCs and STs for political benefits in the Lok Sabha polls. Addressing the media later, the BJP national general secretary claimed that the …

Clear Signs of BJP Retaining Power: Vishweshwar Reddy
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Clear Signs of BJP Retaining Power: Vishweshwar Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BJP Chevella candidate Konda Vishweshwar Reddy said that the party’s graph was soaring consistently as per recent surveys, and the nation was leaning decisively towards retaining the BJP at the Centre and Narendra Modi as Prime Minister. Reddy pointed out that Rahul Gandhi's advocacy on certain issues appears to contradict the principles enshrined in the Constitution and the ideals …

Sangh Parivar never opposed reservations, says Mohan Bhagwat amid row
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sangh Parivar never opposed reservations, says Mohan Bhagwat amid row

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday declared that the Sangh Parivar had “never opposed reservations extended to certain groups," with his statement coming at a time when opposition parties are claiming that if the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party gets a third successive term by winning the ongoing national polls, its government will “change" the Constitution of India and …

Ranjith Says Vote Out BJP, if You Want Reservation
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ranjith Says Vote Out BJP, if You Want Reservation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Congress Chevella candidate Gaddam Ranjith Reddy appealed to voters to ensure the victory of the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections if they wanted the reservations to continue in education and employment. He cautioned voters that if the BJP comes to power for the third-term, it will abolish reservations on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the RSS …

BJP will end reservation for Muslims in Telangana, says Amit Shah
7 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP will end reservation for Muslims in Telangana, says Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party will end reservation for Muslims introduced by the Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana and provide the benefit to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, if it wins the Lok Sabha elections in the southern state, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday. inister Amit Shah and BJP Medak candidate, Raghunandan …

‘Will end Muslim reservation granted by Congress & BRS’: Amit Shah in Telangana
7 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Will end Muslim reservation granted by Congress & BRS’: Amit Shah in Telangana

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will end Muslim reservation granted by Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana and instead provide reservations to SCs, STs, and OBCs. Shah also attacked Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM, saying,"The Congress and the TRS never celebrate the Telangana Liberation Day as they are afraid of the Majlis. …

INDIA bloc candidate Amra Ram expects to regain lost ground for Left forces in Sikar
8 months ago

INDIA bloc candidate Amra Ram expects to regain lost ground for Left forces in Sikar

The Hindu  

In the hotbed of agrarian politics, once considered a bastion of Left parties, the election at the Sikar Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region has offered an opportunity to Communist Party of India leader Amra Ram to regain lost ground. As an Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance bloc candidate, Mr. Ram has reached out to the voters reminding them …

Home Minister says BJP backs quota, takes on Congress over nepotism
8 months, 1 week ago

Home Minister says BJP backs quota, takes on Congress over nepotism

New Indian Express  

JAIPUR : Stoutly defending the government’s reservation schemes, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at a rally in Rajasthan’s Alwar, launched a scathing attack on Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, accusing them of nepotism. “While Prime Minister Modi advocates ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’, Congress seems to have only one agenda, ‘Son bachao and make him PM’. Addressing concerns about the …

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 …

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 | After Ram temple, BJP gets down to correcting its caste calculus
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Keeping up with UP | After Ram temple, BJP gets down to correcting its caste calculus

Hindustan Times  

Despite Modi’s guarantee and the Ram temple hype, the Bharatiya Janata Party is busy setting its caste calculus right in Uttar Pradesh where it is aiming for a 100% result for the National Democratic Alliance in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The BJP and its ally had won 64 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Lok Sabha election despite …

BJP president JP Nadda accuses Telangana government of corruption, calls for change
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP president JP Nadda accuses Telangana government of corruption, calls for change

India TV News  

In a fervent rally at Narayanpet, BJP national president JP Nadda launched a scathing attack on the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Telangana government, accusing BRS MLAs of collecting a hefty 30 per cent commission in the state's 'Dalit Bandhu' scheme. Accusing Rao of engaging in appeasement politics for electoral gains, Nadda criticised the decision to make Urdu the second official language …

Difficult for Dalit leaders to rise to the top in BJP
1 year, 1 month ago

Difficult for Dalit leaders to rise to the top in BJP

The Hindu  

Ramesh Jigajinagi, BJP MP and senior Dalit leader, has said that there is no space for Dalit leaders to grow in the BJP. Former Deputy CM and BJP MLA Govind Karjol welcomed the appointment of Mr Vijayendra. Mr. Karjol told reporters in Vijayapura on November 14 that Mr. Vijayendra would play a major role in organising youth and strengthening the …

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 …

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 …

Amit Shah defends scrapping 4% reservation for Muslims in Karnataka
1 year, 7 months ago

Amit Shah defends scrapping 4% reservation for Muslims in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 25 defended the BJP Government’s decision in Karnataka of scrapping 4% quota for Muslims saying the party never believed in ‘religion-based reservation.’ The former BJP chief also took a dig at the Congress for its stand that the quota would be restored if it is voted to power in the State after the …

Dalits, Muslims stage protests in Karnataka against reservation rejig plan
1 year, 8 months ago

Dalits, Muslims stage protests in Karnataka against reservation rejig plan

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 29, 2023 15:29 IST - 3 MINS READ Members of certain Dalit communities, known as “touchable” Dalits, and Muslim groups have been protesting in Karnataka over the past two days demonstrating their opposition to the radical rejig of the reservation matrix proposed by the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government after its Cabinet meeting on March 24. In the …

Suspect moves: The Hindu Editorial on changes to reservation policy in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

Suspect moves: The Hindu Editorial on changes to reservation policy in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Statecraft involves management of competing demands for accommodation and inclusion, without unduly affecting the interests of any section of society. The Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the 4% quota for Muslims within the Other Backward Classes category and earmark an additional 2% each to the dominant Vokkaliga and Veerashaiva-Lingayat communities is a divisive gamble in the expectation of electoral dividends. …

The race for the Dalit vote in U.P.
1 year, 11 months ago

The race for the Dalit vote in U.P.

The Hindu  

In the last week of December, the Allahabad High Court quashed the reservation for the Other Backward Classes in urban local bodies — a decision which the Supreme Court has now stayed. In fact, all the major political parties in Uttar Pradesh are competing to win over the electorally significant but marginalised Dalit voter community that comprises roughly 20% of …

Mainpuri Bypoll: BJP, SP Claim Dalit Support in Absence of BSP in Fray
2 years ago

Mainpuri Bypoll: BJP, SP Claim Dalit Support in Absence of BSP in Fray

News 18  

Ahead of the Mainpuri parliamentary bypoll, the BJP and the Samajwadi Party are making claims of winning Dalit voters to their side in the absence of Mayawati’s BSP in the fray. While the ruling BJP in the state has claimed that traditional supporters of the Bahujan Samaj Party have shifted to its side, boosting its chances of winning, the Samajwadi …

Dalit bodies, allied Left organisations back reservation for converted Dalits
2 years, 1 month ago

Dalit bodies, allied Left organisations back reservation for converted Dalits

The Hindu  

The Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch, an umbrella organisation representing various bodies fighting for Dalit rights across the country, along with the All India Dalit Rights Movement and a few other Left-associated workers’ unions on Saturday unanimously resolved to support the demand for extending reservation rights to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims. However, in the resolution passed at the Convention, the …

Gujarat polls: Dalit votes likely to get divided among BJP, Cong and AAP
2 years, 2 months ago

Gujarat polls: Dalit votes likely to get divided among BJP, Cong and AAP

Deccan Chronicle  

AHEMDABAD: At around eight per cent of Gujarat's population, Dalits are not a numerically dominant community in the state, but their votes are likely to get divided among the ruling BJP, opposition Congress and the new entrant Aam Aadmi Party in the upcoming Assembly elections, say political observers. With the new entrant AAP laying claim to the legacy of Dr …

Reservations to Dalit Christians and Muslims was a ‘Communal Award’ given by Sonia Gandhi for defeating Vajpayee: Why BJP has to resist it
2 years, 3 months ago

Reservations to Dalit Christians and Muslims was a ‘Communal Award’ given by Sonia Gandhi for defeating Vajpayee: Why BJP has to resist it

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of India issued a notice to the Union Government, asking for their response in a plea that said those Dalit Hindus who had converted to Christianity or Islam should be given the same reservation benefits as extended to the Scheduled Caste category. In the C.M Arumugam v S. Rajgopal and others, the court held that …

Ranganath Mishra Commission: When BJP said that converts to Islam or Christianity cannot get SC status benefits
2 years, 3 months ago

Ranganath Mishra Commission: When BJP said that converts to Islam or Christianity cannot get SC status benefits

Op India  

On August 30, the Supreme Court of India sought a response from the central government to a plea that the Dalits who have converted to Islam and Christianity from Hinduism should be eligible for the same quota benefits that are reserved for Scheduled Castes. It is noteworthy that then-Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said in Rajya Sabha last …

JP Nadda asks BJP leaders to deepen bond with weaker sections of society
2 years, 7 months ago

JP Nadda asks BJP leaders to deepen bond with weaker sections of society

Firstpost  

The BJP president cited development schemes of the Modi government, and said they have benefitted the deprived sections of the society most New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday stressed on the need for party leaders to deepen bond with voters from Scheduled Castes and other deprived sections of the society. In a closed-door meeting with senior party leaders …

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | BSP decline signals crisis of Dalit politics
2 years, 9 months ago

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | BSP decline signals crisis of Dalit politics

The Hindu  

Special Correspondent It was an outpouring of bad news for the Bahujan Samaj Party, once the elephantine force in Uttar Pradesh and Dalit politics, as results of the Uttar Pradesh and Punjab elections came through on Thursday. BSP chief Mayawati and her party had been largely absent in the campaign space, and though alibis that this was the usual ‘silent’ …

Jatavs vs non-Jatavs, Mayawati's losing grip & Akhilesh's Ambedkarite outreach: The Dalit conundrum in UP
2 years, 10 months ago

Jatavs vs non-Jatavs, Mayawati's losing grip & Akhilesh's Ambedkarite outreach: The Dalit conundrum in UP

India Today  

As polling approaches in Uttar Pradesh, all eyes are on the crucial Dalit vote, which accounts for 21 per cent of the state’s population. This was how UP’s 85 reserved seats voted since 2007 With 54 per cent of the Dalit population, Jatavs dominate the SC vote. Around 14 per cent of Mayawati’s 22 per cent vote share in 2017 …

Fractured but most sought after: The story of Punjab's Dalits this election season
3 years ago

Fractured but most sought after: The story of Punjab's Dalits this election season

India Today  

Dalit politics in Punjab received a new lease of life this election season with the BJP announcing way back in April that it would appoint a chief minister from the community if it comes to power in the agrarian state. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, it received a whopping 58 per cent Hindu Dalit vote as against 37 per …

Jat Reservation Issue Returns to Haunt BJP in West UP Ahead of Polls as 'Cheated' Community Says Rights Denied
3 years ago

Jat Reservation Issue Returns to Haunt BJP in West UP Ahead of Polls as 'Cheated' Community Says Rights Denied

News 18  

The issue of Jat reservation may once again heat up in Western Uttar Pradesh amidst the ongoing farmers’ protest. A meeting of two zones was held by the Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti in Meerut on Tuesday, which has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill the promise of Jat reservation. National president of the Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, Yashpal Malik, …

Will fight all 403 seats in UP elections, declares Chandra Shekhar Azad, keeps alliance door open
3 years, 4 months ago

Will fight all 403 seats in UP elections, declares Chandra Shekhar Azad, keeps alliance door open

India Today  

Dalit leader and president of the Bhim Army, Chandra Shekhar Azad has said his party will contest all 403 seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. Speaking at the Panchayat Aaj Tak on Friday, Chandra Shekhar Azad minced no words to declare his intentions for the UP assembly elections and said that he will fight on all the seats, however, …

Reservation in NEET Is A Political Move By The BJP, Not Social Justice
3 years, 4 months ago

Reservation in NEET Is A Political Move By The BJP, Not Social Justice

The Quint  

Third, though the BJP claims that it has politicised and mobilised the subaltern and powerless Dalit-Bahujans sections, a cursory view would reveal that such politicisation has not brought any substantive change in their socio-economic conditions and educational status. A majority of these groups still survive in the most precarious conditions and remain excluded from the basic human entitlements of health, …

With Mayawati Missing in Action, It is Crunch Time for Dalit Politics in Uttar Pradesh
3 years, 6 months ago

With Mayawati Missing in Action, It is Crunch Time for Dalit Politics in Uttar Pradesh

News 18  

Eight months before Uttar Pradesh goes to polls, a critical aspect that defines and determines its political trajectory seems unsettled. It’s crunch time for Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh that was a crucible for the rise and empowerment of the Scheduled Castes, shepherded by the Bahujan Samaj Party, its late founder Kanshi Ram, and his protégé Mayawati who became the …

How the Savarna construction of reservation vs merit binary has stalled progress of Dalits across sectors
4 years ago

How the Savarna construction of reservation vs merit binary has stalled progress of Dalits across sectors

Firstpost  

The Constitution of India provides equal rights to all its citizens, but the oppressed sections of society, despite constitutional safeguards and rights, have minimal representation in political and governmental bodies. In a casteist society like India, political parties are also majorly dominated by upper caste elites, which helps them in preserving status quo. However, in order to promote and position …

Asaduddin Owaisi: ‘It is not Muslims’ responsibility to keep these parties afloat’
4 years, 1 month ago

Asaduddin Owaisi: ‘It is not Muslims’ responsibility to keep these parties afloat’

The Hindu  

Controversy never seems to leave Asaduddin Owaisi, the articulate leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. For instance, in the recent Assembly election in Bihar, the AIMIM won an unprecedented five seats Yet, Owaisi has been accused of splitting the secular vote to the disadvantage of the Mahagathbandhan headed by the Rashtriya Janata Dal. It has even been implied that …

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