Topic: Chandrashekhar Azad
Anti-mob lynching law, reservation in contractual jobs: Azad Samaj Party’s manifesto in UP
The Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) on Friday launched its manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, promising 80 lakh jobs, free education, and healthcare for all, writing off all farm loans and a law to prevent mob lynchings.
Taking forward ideology of Kanshiram, Chandra Shekhar Azad to contest against CM Adityanath
Azad had co-founded the Dalit rights group Bhim Army in 2015 and has been its national president ever since. He further launched the ASP (K) in March 2020 and became its chief.
‘Akhilesh doesn’t want Dalit leaders, he wants Dalits to vote him’: Bhim Army chief
Ruling out the possibility of an alliance with Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad accused Yadav of insulting Dalits.
OBC reservation protest: Chandrashekhar Azad sent back at Bhopal airport
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and a dozen other Bhim Army cadres were detained by Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday ahead of their plans to organise a huge rally in Bhopal to seek 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes.
Anniversary of Bhima Koregaon; Bhim Army chief to address rally on 1 Jan
Azad Samaj Party has announced that its chief and Bhim Army supremo Chandrashekhar Azad will be visiting the ‘Jaystambh’ in Pune on January 1 to mark the anniversary of the battle of Bhima Koregaon.
Bajrang Dal threatens to kill Dalit family in Bihar
Sanjeev Kumar, a Dalit youth and an egg-seller was faced casteist slurs and beaten brutally along with his family members including his elderly father and young daughter by the people associated with Hindu fringe group Bajrang Dal in Karma village of Rohtas district of Bihar on 7 June.
