UP Next: In BSP, Jatavs Saw Opportunity to Acquire Power. Mayawati Must Deliver in 2022
3 years, 5 months ago

UP Next: In BSP, Jatavs Saw Opportunity to Acquire Power. Mayawati Must Deliver in 2022

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Have you heard the stories about a Jatav named Sanwal Das who rode a chariot made of silver and had a ‘personal’ ghat on the banks of Ganga in Kanpur, in pre-independence India? Education and Empowerment Swami Achutanand, founder of the Adi-Hindu movement in North India, inspired Jatavs to get educated even before Babasaheb Ambedkar’s call. Further, the emergence of an educated class among Jatavs, even in pre-independence India, prepared them better to claim the benefits of state policies on education and reservation compared to other Dalit groups. Local Leadership Emerges Another important historical event that shaped Jatavs’ political journey was the Nara-Maveshi Movement which started just after Independence in the villages of Uttar Pradesh. A Share in Power Politics Kanshiram realized the importance of Jatavs in Uttar Pradesh, who are not only the largest Dalit community in the state but are also educated, have a local-level leadership and want dignity and a share in power and politics.

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