Tag: Dalits

3-yr jail term for mob lynching in Gujarat

Though Gujarat has witnessed fewer mob lynching cases leading to deaths than in other BJP-ruled states, Dalits and Muslims here remain in perpetual fear while transporting cattle for legitimate purposes.

September 18, 2018

BSP has no truck with Bhim Sena: Mayawati

Party supremo denies any relation with such outfit or its leader.

September 17, 2018

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar says Dalits will ensure BJP’s rout in 2019

The Dalit leader claimed that he met several inconsolable youngsters inside the jail who were falsely implicated by the police due to their caste. 

September 14, 2018

Refrain from using ‘Dalit’, Information Ministry urges private TV channels

The letter referred to a June directive by the Bombay HC asking the ministry to consider issuing a direction to the media to stop using the word 'Dalit'.

September 4, 2018

Uldepur violence: Rajputs accuse police of one-sided action

In the clash between Dalits and Rajputs at Uldepur village, a youth Rahul was killed while more than a dozen people from both sides sustained injuries

August 14, 2018

SAD accuses Khaira of humiliating Dalits

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday accused Aam Aadmi Party’s rebel faction, led by former leader of opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira, of humiliating and subjugating Dalit community in the state. In a statement, president of SAD’s Dalit wing Gulzar Singh Ranike said Khaira was playing with the sentiments of the Schedule Castes and backward …

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August 5, 2018

No separate law for caste discrimination among Indians, rules UK govt

Following a long-drawn campaign by UK-based Dalit groups, the House of Lords had voted in March 2013 in favour of outlawing caste discrimination by including it as a category in anti-racism laws.

July 24, 2018

TMC burnt down over 1,000 houses of Dalits, alleges BJP

The BJP on Friday alleged that over 1,000 dalit families’- houses were burned down by TMC activists for not voting their candidates in recent panchayat poll. Addressing a Press conference at state BJP headquarters BJP national spokesperson Bizay Sonkar Shastri asserted that the law and order situation has deteriorated in West Bengal, and he on …

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July 14, 2018

Dalits, Adivasis being let down by Narendra Modi govt: CPI leader D Raja

There has been a systematic letting down of Dalits and Adivasis ever since Narendra Modi became the country’s Prime Minister, CPI Leader D. Raja alleged today. “There is an unprecedented increase in atrocities against Dalits in BJP-ruled states. There is a systematic, gradual letting down of Dalits and Adivasis happening ever since Modi became Prime …

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July 5, 2018

Dalits attacked in Gujarat for adding ‘sinh’ as suffix

Upper caste people in BJP-ruled Gujarat have added yet another item in the long list of reasons for which Dalits can be beaten up in the state. This time it is addition of the salutation ‘sinh’ as suffix to the names of children in the invitation card of a Dalit youth in Banaskantha district of …

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May 15, 2018

INLD-BSP demand compensation for wheat crop destroyed in fires

The new alliance partners in Haryana, Indian National Lok Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party (INLD-BSP) on Wednesday demanded Rs 4,500 per acre compensation for farmers whose standing wheat crop has been gutted by fire. In first joint Working Committee meeting of the combine in Kurukeshtra on Wednesday, both parties expressed anguish at the destruction of …

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May 2, 2018

I’m not Lord Ram, can’t purify Dalits, says BJP MP Uma Bharti

  The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had last month asked its lawmakers at the Centre and in states to spend at least one night with Dalit families in villages and restore the faith of the community in BJP. At a time when the party leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is trying to change how …

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May 2, 2018

Flogged by cow vigilantes, Dalits embrace Buddhism

The family infamously flogged by cow vigilantes for skinning a dead bovine in 2016 today led nearly 300 Dalits who embraced Buddhism under heavy police security. Two boys of the Saravaiya family, who had earlier announced their intention to convert to Buddhism to escape caste discrimination as Hindus, were waylaid by the accused last week …

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April 29, 2018

SAD seeks withdrawal of cases against Dalits

Days after clashes between the Hindu and Dalit groups over a poster of BR Ambedkar in Punjab’s industrial town of Phagwara, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday demanded withdraw all cross cases registered against Dalits. The SAD said the Congress government should withdraw all cross cases registered against Dalits who were attacked and fired …

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April 17, 2018

From ‘Make in India’ to ‘Rape in India’: Tejashwi

The main Opposition RJD on Friday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for keeping mum on the incidents of rapes taking place in BJP-ruled states. The party also wondered over the mysterious silence of the BJP leaders over the issue. “Make in India to Rape in India,” Bihar Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav …

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April 14, 2018

Dalits on hunger strike to protest ‘false’ cases

In the wake of the hunger strike by Bheem Army chief Chandrashekhar in Saharanpur jail, Dalits from 22 villages have also demanded withdrawal of cases against those of their community falsely implicated in cases of violence during the Bharat Bandh on 2 April against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act in a Supreme Court …

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April 13, 2018

States asked to be vigilant for anti-quota bandh on Tuesday

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory to all states to take necessary precautionary measures in view of calls on social media by some groups for a Bharat Bandh on Tuesday by various anti-reservation groups to protest clashes during the SC/ST Bharat Bandh held on 2 April. The MHA advised the states …

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April 10, 2018