Caste is his comrade: Manjhi wields Dalit officers to gain grip over Bihar
Patna:As he pursues a markedly pro-Dalit agenda to move out of the shadow of his predecessor Nitish Kumar, Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi is ‘doing a Mayawati’ to come to grips with levers of power. Following in the footsteps of the BahujanSamaj Party (BSP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Manjhi has been […]
Dalit CM: Look who’s talking
Bengaluru: It began with veteran Congress leader MallikarjunKharge joining the race for the Chief Minister’s gaddi when his party was voted to power in 2013, but the chorus for a Dalit leader’s ascent to the top post seems to be growing louder now, much to the discomfiture of incumbent Siddaramaiah. More leaders in the ruling party […]
Conversions? How about untouchability-free India?
Agra:One marvels at those who feel sorry for fellow Indians who have got converted to Christianity and Islam. They try to free such unfortunate individuals of their wretched existence by “reconverting” them back to Hinduism! In reality, they are more concerned about the dilution of the Hindu majority in India; what happens to those who […]
VHP rushes to prevent Dalits embracing Islam in Meerut
Meerut:The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has rushed to the “rescue” of about 60 members of a Dalit community who had threatened to embrace Islam after they were not allowed to worship at the Balmiki Ashram in Baghpat. The Dalits who are residents of Jamaalpur village in Meerut alleged they were not allowed to celebrate BalmikiJayanti, birth […]
Plea for CBI Probe into Dalit Killings
MADURAI:The Madras High Court bench here has issued notice to the State on a petition seeking a CBI enquiry into the murder of Dalits due to inter-caste rivalry in southern districts of the State in 2013 and 2014. The petition also sought compensation for the victims’ families. The petitioner, S BaskarMathuram, the youth wing secretary […]
Newly-wed couple hacked to death in Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur:In a case of suspected honour killing, a newly wedded couple was hacked to death allegedly by the girl’s family at Mughowal village in Garhshankar subdivision of the district on Sunday. The couple had got married in the Punjab and Haryana high court about three months ago against the wishes of the girl’s parents and […]
Bharat Ratna to two Brahmins discrimination against Dalits: Mayawati
Lucknow: BSP supremoMayawati Saturday accused the NarendraModi-led NDA government of discriminating against Dalit icons like party founder Kanshi Ram and social reformer JyotibaPhule while awarding Bharat Ratna to two Brahmins AtalBihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malaviya. She said the move shows the “casteist” mindset of the Modi government. She also attacked the Centre for adopting […]
Quota for Dalits in Pvt Sector Essential
Thiruvananthapuram:Lok Janshakthi Party(LJP) leader and Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan said that providing quota for Dalits in jobs in the private sector was essential for their uplift in the country. Speaking to ‘Express’ here on Wednesday, he said that it was not true that the living conditions of […]
