Topic: Dalit
‘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.
Punjab: 4-time Congress minister quits party, alleges ‘leaders soaked in blood of SC students’
Mann, a Valmiki Madhvi Sikh and noted Dalit leader of the party, said he was upset over the SC/ST post-matric scholarship scam and lack of district status for Phagwara.
Dalit activist Bindu Ammini, first woman to enter Sabarimala, attacked in Kerala
Dalit activist Bindu Ammini was attacked in Kerala on Wednesday. Ammini said this was not the first attack and blamed Hindutva outfits for targeting her.
Has post-Ambedkar Dalit middle class failed to produce true leadership?
Neither the Dalit political leaders nor Dalit educated class dared to ask, 'What about the land distribution to the landless?' One might argue that such a demand could have derailed the movement.
Lynched 12 days ago; Dalit man’s family say ‘no cremation’ till caste Hindu men arrested
Family members of a Dalit man who had been beaten to death by an upper-caste Hindu mob on 14 December have been protesting on the premises of Hisar government hospital for the 12th day on Sunday, refusing to cremate the body till all the members of the mob were arrested.
Bengaluru: 53-year-old Dalit man forced to clean manhole by colleagues, 3 booked
Three men working at the Chinmaya Mission Hospital in Bengaluru have been booked on charges of forcing a 53-year-old Dalit employee to clean a manhole and unclog sewers at the premises of the hospital.
