Job reservations like the proverbial cat are finally out of the bag. And indications are that the step is going to be flaunted as a virtual magic wand through the months to come to sway the electorate once again in the name of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas. The reason for[Read More…]
Tag: Dalits
Dalit activists slams media for ignoring the rise of intolerance against minorities
Udupi: Marking the 50th anniversary of Kilvenmani massacre, Dalit writer and activists G Rajashekhar has slammed the media for ignoring the serious issues related to Dalit atrocities in India. Rajashekhar stated that media has been ignorant in covering the intolerance against Dalits and minorities. District units of Karnataka Komu Souharda[Read More…]
Gujarat: 3 Dalits attacked in Una for objecting to casteist slur
According to the FIR lodged at the Una police station, three Dalits were allegedly attacked on Thursday by four men for objecting to their casteist slur in a village near Una town in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath. The incident occurred at Nandrakh village, about 400km from Ahmedabad, on Thursday. No arrests have[Read More…]
1,500, mostly from Dalit community embrace Buddhism in Meerut
Over 1,500 people from Dalit and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) embraced Buddhism in a huge religious ceremony organized at Subharti University in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. Founder of the university Atul Krishna and his family also participated in the ceremony and converted to Buddhism. Anam Sherwani, spokesperson of the university[Read More…]
Modi government attacking support structures for poor, Dalits, says Rahul in Germany
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Modi government of attacking support structures that were designed to provide relief to the Dalits, tribals and the poor and said some corporates were being favoured over the rights of the marginalised communities. Speaking at the Bucerius Summer School at Hamburg, Gandhi also attacked Prime[Read More…]
Why silent on lynchings, atrocities against Dalits? Nitin Raut puts 15 questions to PM Modi
On the eve of 72nd Independence Day, the Congress on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his silence on mob lynchings and rising atrocities against the Dalits and minorities. Modi ji, why are you silent on mob lynchings and rising atrocities against the Dalits and Minorities across India? Modi ji, you spoke highly of[Read More…]
Congress attitude of treating Dalits patronising: Amit Shah to Rahul
New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday advised Congress President Rahul Gandhi to give some time to facts, accusing his party of treating Dalits with patronising and condescending attitude. Rahulji, when you are free from winking and disrupting Parliament, give some time to facts as well. NDA Government, through[Read More…]
Congress committed to fight male-chauvinist RSS: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said his party was working with other opposition parties to wage an ideological battle against the purely male-chauvinist RSS and its political front the BJP. Making a stinging attack on the saffron parties at an event organised by All India Mahila Congress,[Read More…]
Electoral tactics alone cannot defeat BJP: CPI-M
New Delhi: It will be wrong to underestimate the pan-India strength of the BJP and to think that electoral tactics alone will be enough to defeat it, the CPI-M has said. The key link at this juncture is to gather the growing discontent against the BJP rule, especially due to[Read More…]
Collegium system stopping Dalits, OBCs from entering higher judiciary: Upendra Kushwaha
Union minister Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday alleged that the collegium system of appointment of judges was giving rise to favouritism and preventing Dalits, OBCs and the poor among the upper castes from entering the higher judiciary on the basis of merit. Kushwaha, the Union Minister of State for HRD, who[Read More…]
Dining with Dalits not enough, need to address their aspirations: Udit Raj
New Delhi: BJP MP Udit Raj said on Friday that merely having food at homes of Dalits is not enough, as the need of the hour is to address their aspirations and grievances, which are not the same as it were in 80s or 90s. Addressing a press conference at his[Read More…]
Modi woos Dalits, tribals in Maoist-hit Bijapur, says he is PM because of Ambedkar’s contributions
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): Invoking Dalit icon Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar on his 127th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sought to woo Dalits and tribals, saying he could become PM because of Ambedkar’s contributions to the society and exhorted Maoists to join the mainstream for development and assured that he would[Read More…]
Political Circus: Should BJP worry about growing Dalit alienation?
For the third time since the Narendra Modi government’s assumption of office, the Dalits have come into conflict with the Hindutva brigade. The first time was in Una in Gujarat, where a group of Dalits were thrashed by saffron activists for skinning a cow, a traditional occupation of the “untouchables”.[Read More…]
Anti-Dalit violence in Maharashtra disrupts Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after ruckus over the violence against Dalits in Maharashtra that some opposition members blamed on the BJP and the RSS. Satish Chandra Mishra of the Bahujan samaj Party alleged that the Rashtriya Swayemsewak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party[Read More…]
“We condemn targeting of Muslims, Dalits,” Armed Forces veterans write PM Modi
Over 100 armed force veterans have written to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi condemning the targeting of “Muslims and Dalits… the clampdowns on free speech by attacks on media outlets, civil society groups, universities, journalists and scholars.” “We have spent our careers working for the security of our country. Collectively, our[Read More…]
Andhra Pradesh: 1,200 Dalits to protest against ‘social boycott’ in Andhra village
Around 1,200 Dalits at Garagaparru village in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh will initiate an indefinite fast from Tuesday. They will protest against social boycott by the upper caste in their village. About 360 families from Mala community, a predominant Scheduled Caste group in Andhra, have been facing social[Read More…]
Mayawati to hit back at NDA with party workers conferences
Mayawati who recently resigned from Rajya Sabha for not being allowed to speak on Dalit atrocities”, will address party workers at divisional conferences from18 September onwards to rally the scheduled castes, her core vote bank, around her party which has been suffering electoral reverses since 2012. Mayawati, who directed the[Read More…]
Mayawati resigns from RS, after not ‘being allowed to put across views’
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo, Mayawati resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, hours after she had threatened to quit the Upper House for “not being allowed to speak” about atrocities against Dalits and minorities. “I was speaking about the atrocities against Dalits, since I belong to that community. But[Read More…]
Gujarat saw three-fold rise in Dalits embracing Buddhism post-Una Incident
Year after the Una incident, where four Dalits were flogged on the allegation of slaughtering a cow, Gujarat saw nearly a three-fold rise in the number of Dalits converting to Buddhism. As per the data of the Buddhist Society of India, about 1,500-1,600 Dalits have embraced Buddhism post the incident.[Read More…]
How the BJP’s Tacit Support is Fanning a Lynching Movement in India
The Sangh Parivar excels in camouflaging. The ruling dispensation basically thrives upon promoting intolerance emanating out of exploiting identity based societal fault lines. The mandate it won in 2014 was a vote for the chimera of ‘development’ and aspirational pandering rather than identity based mobilization. After winning the elections that[Read More…]
Dalit activists protest at Jantar Mantar
Hundreds of people gathered at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on Sunday, protesting against the ongoing caste disturbances in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.They were led by the Bhim Army, an organisation fighting for Dalit rights. Despite being denied permission by the Delhi Police, members of several Dalit groups gathered at the protest[Read More…]
Nine ‘Dalits’ injured in communal attack in Hisar village
Nine Dalits were severally injured after 20 persons allegedly attacked them after a disagreement in Mirchpur village of Hisar district. Notably, CRPF troops were withdrawn only last month from the area. Around six years ago two people were burnt alive in an inter-caste violence in the same village. As per[Read More…]
Alleging ‘inaction’ in land grab case, Haryana Dalits threaten conversion
Elevating tension in Haryana, a fraction of Dalits from a village have threatened conversion alleging the inaction by state authorities against some persons who allegedly ‘illegally occupied’ land given to them, by the state. The land was allotted to them by a cooperative society formed under the Punjab Nazul Act 1956. The villagers[Read More…]
Centre asks Supreme Court to ban ‘Snana’ in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
The Central government has requested the Supreme Court to ban a 500 year old temple ritual in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu where Dalits are made to roll over the leftover meals of Brahmins. The ritual (called “snana” which means bathing) is apparently backed by the belief that rolling over leftovers[Read More…]
PM Modi lashes out at ‘self-appointed guardians’ of Dalits
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview with CNN-News 18, his second interview to an Indian television news channel, spoke on various issues ranging from Indian economy, Dalits,Uttar Pradesh polls and his relationship with the media. PM Modi lashed out at ‘self-appointed guardians’ of Dalits for creating tensions in the[Read More…]