Two castes based political parties Jai Adivasi Yuva Sangathan (JAYS), a party which was formed to provide a vision to tribal youths and SAPAKS which is a political outfit for upper caste in Madhya Pradesh is ready to play the crucial game ahead of state assembly election 2018. JAYS, a[Read More…]
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Madhya Pradesh Polls 2018: SAPAKS to launch political party on October 2
The anti-quota organization SAPAKS (Samanya Pichhra Varga Alpsankhyak Kalyan Samaj) on Sunday declared that they would float a political party on October 2 and contest all the 230 constituencies in the Madhya Pradesh. The anti-reservation dispute, which was raised by SAPAKS in August and September, created a buzz among the[Read More…]
Encouraging Caste politics? SC/ST, OBC outfit calls for no vote to upper castes
With the nearing Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, the caste politics in the state has also geared up following the protests against SC/ST Act and reservations. Now coming openly in public, SC/ST and OBC leaders have requested their communities to abstain from voting for candidates from upper castes in the[Read More…]
Police retort to lathi-charge on Swarna protesting against SC/ST Act in Patna
In a protest against SC/ST in Bihar, Swarna community members took out a procession and surrounded Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s residence in Patna on Friday. However, police retorted to lathi-charge leading to severe injury to many protesters. Serious injury on heads of protestors and other journalists have been reported. Chairman[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh elections: Obscured 148 seats makes electoral calculation complex for BJP
The SC/ST Act has become a millstone around BJP’s neck in the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. The anger of upper caste before the Mahakumbh is emerging as a huge challenge for the Bharatiya Janata party. Since the backward regions of upper caste and lower caste constitutes of 148 seats in the[Read More…]
SC/ST Act: MP bus operators protest; denies bus services for CM Chauhan’s meeting
Adding fuel to the fire for Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh, the bus operators have clearly refused to provide bus services for government’s conference. The government is planning to organise a Maha-Kumbh Sammelan for backward class in Satna district on September 18. For the conveyance purpose, the MP govt[Read More…]
Parties should come together to discuss SC/ST Act: Sumitra Mahajan
Amid widespread anger, including calls of ‘Bharat bandh’, against the amendment to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Thursday said all political parties should get together to discuss the issue. A Bharat bandh was called Thursday by some anti-reservation bodies against the amendment to the Act last month. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya[Read More…]
Bihar: ‘Bharat Bandh’ supporters attack Pappu Yadav in Muzaffarpur
A member of parliament from Madhepura constituency Pappu Yadav attacked by supporters of ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Thursday in Muzaffarpur Bihar. Reports suggest that MP is injured in the attack. Pappu Yadav was going to participate in ‘Nari Bachao Padyatra’ in Madhubani district along with his bodyguards. His bodyguards had a[Read More…]
70 Dalit families escorted out of village in Rajasthan
Dalit families of Rajasthan’s Barmer district have been escorted out of the village causing tension in the village. As many as 70 Dalit families’ were excluded from the village following an FIR on few members of a Rajpurohit family on atrocities against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. The matter came[Read More…]
SC/ST Act: Delayed Govt response to Dalit’s Bharat Bandh call
As politicos, and among them mainly the Government, took over four-and-half months time to pass the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the Lok Sabha after the Supreme Court had ruled to change some of its provisions millions of Dalits and their organisations spread across the[Read More…]
Government won’t dilute SC/ST Act, says Paswan
Mumbai: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said the government will not dilute the SC/ST Act and that is why it has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court, adding that if required, it may bring an ordinance to uphold the rights of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe[Read More…]