BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday accused the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party of using one of its Dalit leaders to gain political mileage in the wake of the Rajput ruler Rana Sanga controversy.
For those unfamiliar, Shikhar Pahariya comes from a prominent political background. He is the grandson of former Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
Azad Samaj Party president and Nagina MP, Chandrashekhar Azad, has alleged that Dalits in Uttar Pradesh are no longer safe.
On Wednesday, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi escalated his political fight for the empowerment of the Dalits, tribals and backward classes of the society and underlined the paradox of representation without power.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has alleged that Congress and BJP are colluding to divide Dalits under the guise of a new reservation system.
Director Shekhar Kapur once shared her story on Instagram and wrote: "It’s a story of courage no less than that of Bandit Queen."
Attacking Congress for ignoring Dalits, The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party( BSP) has appealed to the community to boycott the grand old party in the Haryana assembly elections.
Armstrong was hacked to death on Friday evening by a group of unidentified men near his residence in Perambur, Chennai.
With the general election on its last leg, the political landscape is marked by an undercurrent of discontent among Dalit voters.
Sources said Vemula's mother Radhika Vemula was born into 'Mala' caste, a Dalit sub-group, but got married to a man of a different caste. Her husband had later abandoned her and her children.
