Massive turn out at Chalo Una rally; Radhika Vemula congratulates Dalits for forcing CM’s resignation
Una: Rohith Vemula’s mother Radhika Vemula unfurled the national flag in Una on Monday, during the Dalit Asmita Yatra, saying that the country belongs to all people, and not just to those who belonged to one religion or caste. Organized to protest the atrocities against Dalits and the Mota Samadhiyala assault in particular, the Chalo […]
Dalits give 30-day ultimatum to Gujarat BJP, threaten to block rail routes
Una: Dalits in Gujarat on Monday gave the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state 30 days to meet their demands, failing which they said they will intensify their stir by blocking rail routes. Jignesh Mevani, convener of the Dalit Atyachar Ladat Samiti (Dalit Committee to Fight Atrocity), said at a public gathering in […]
Activists demand UN intervention over Una
Ahmedabad: The Una flogging incident has been taken to the United Nations (UN) by followers of Ambedkar in the US. They have sought the world body’s intervention to protest violation of human rights in Una where four dalit youths who were stripped of their shirts and brutally beaten for skinning a dead cow. In a […]
Gujarat Dalits plan rail blockade, take protest to other states
Gadhada: Una Dalit Atyachar Ladai Samiti, the group spearheading Dalit protests in Gujarat, will intensify its agitation by blocking trains and taking their protests outside the state, its leaders said on Thursday. Members of the Samiti are currently on a 350-km march from Ahmedabad to Una to galvanise the community in the state and protest […]
March for Dalit pride draws huge support in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: The Dalit Asmita Yatra — or Dalit Pride March — started by a group of Dalit activists and civil society leaders to protest against atrocities on schedules castes is receiving huge support in villages where hundreds of Dalits are joining to end “caste-based discrimination” they face in their day-to-day life in Gujarat. The 400 […]
Hundreds of Dalits sit on hunger strike in Amreli to protest against police atrocities, 1 sent to judicial custody
Amreli: Hundreds of Dalits sat on relay hunger strike in Amreli for the second consecutive day on Tuesday to protest “police atrocities” against them for allegedly stoning a policeman to death during the violence following the Una incident in which seven members of a Dalit family were beaten up for skinning a dead cow. Out […]
In Andhra, Dalits Stripped, Thrashed, Tied To Tree For Skinning Dead Cow
Vijayawada: Two Dalit brothers are in hospital in Andhra Pradesh after being stripped, tied to a tree and thrashed after they were seen skinning a dead cow on Monday night. Police say the attackers, eight in all, who have now been arrested, were not members of a cow protection squad, but owned a group of […]
UP’s Dalit intellectuals declare war on BJP but not all agree on Mayawati
Uttar Pradesh: Banaras Hindu University professor MP Ahirwar recently turned down a foreign assignment after a “call of “conscience” to counter the BJP’s Dalit game plan in Uttar Pradesh. Ahirwar is one of the many Dalit intellectuals alarmed by the BJP’s attempts to woo the “vulernable community” to get its caste calculations right ahead of […]
Angry protests open Shiva temple’s door for Dalits after 70 years
Bareilly: A Shiva temple that had remained out of bounds for Dalits for more than 70 years in Bareilly opened its doors to them on Saturday. A week ago, Dalits had complained to the police and administration after a Dalit youth was not allowed to join a Kanwar group because villagers feared he might then […]
10 things to know about Jignesh Mevani, the man leading Gujarat’s Dalit agitation
Gujarat: Ever since the video of Dalit youths being flogged for skinning a dead cow went viral, Gujarat has been ringing with protests. Last Sunday, the state saw one of the most massive rallies by Dalits, protesting against atrocities by upper castes by refusing to remove cow carcasses. This march was led by a 35-year-old […]
