Gujarat: Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani has said he will contest next month’s Gujarat assembly elections as an Independent candidate from Vadgam in north Gujarat, a seat reserved for scheduled caste (SC) candidates.Mr Mevani, 35, announced his decision to contest in a Facebook post this morning, also requesting the Congress not …
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10 things that prove how BJP is desperate to woo Dalit and OBCs
With vidhan sabha election in UP in a few months from now, BJP despite claiming to contest election on development plank, has expedited its Dalit-OBC outreach by various acts and statements. 1) Amit Shah attends lunch at Pasi MP from BJP Kaushal Kishore’s residence ads by adgebra 2) Caterer meant …
Read More »Read where did Dalit youth die & why people gheraoed police outpost in Kanpur
In a sensational incident, a Dalit youth detained for interrogation with regards to a case of robbery, died in the police custody leading huge protest by the locals forcing the police to cane charge the crowd in Kanpur. The irked mob even pelted stones on the police party. SSP Shalabh Mathur …
Read More »Read how Dalit couple was axed to death in Mulayam’s Mainpuri
In yet another case of Dalit atrocity, a couple was axed to death over a trivial dispute of a few rupees, which the couple had due on them at Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s hometown in Mainpuri on Thursday. The killer fled the spot before the police and district …
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