“Mujhe garv hai ki mai Chamar hu,” said Bindeshwar Ram, a Vikas Mitra and resident of Bihar’s Gaya district, at an event in Patna to commemorate the 647th birth anniversary of Sant Shiromani Ravidas, a 14th-century saint from the Chamar caste associated with the Bhakti movement and considered an icon of the Scheduled Castes. While the State Congress unit held …
Dalit icon Jaglal Choudhary’s son on Wednesday alleged that he was not allowed to meet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, nor was he given a place on the stage at the function organised on his father’s birth anniversary in Patna. I felt very bad that I was not given due respect at the function organised on my father’s birth anniversary,” Bhudev …
Ahead of Assembly elections scheduled in Bihar later this year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made an attempt to attract the Dalit voters by taking part in the 130th birth anniversary of Scheduled Caste leader Jaglal Choudhary who played an important role in the Independence movement. Memorial Hall in Patna, Mr. Gandhi said he was waiting for the day …
