ANTI DALIT MINDSET

The Congress criticised PM Modi for praising UP CM Yogi Adityanath's "bulldozer" approach, alleging it targets reservations for Dalits, tribals, and backward classes. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused Modi of aiming to amend the Constitution to ...

Congress general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, said Rohith Vemula's death was a grave atrocity that completely exposed the "anti-Dalit mindset" of the BJP.

The BJP has accused the Congress of exposing its "anti-Dalit" face by endorsing Sudheendra Kulkarni's views that Jawahar Lal Nehru's contribution to the making of the Constitution was more than that of B R Ambedkar. BJP leaders shared a screenshot o...

Modi further said that Congress never allowed the talented leadership of SC, ST, OBC communities to emerge. "This is their courtly mentality due to which they keep abusing Modi day and night. While abusing Modi, they have started abusing the entire ...

Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the party will fight strongly the elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab, to be held between February 10 and March 7.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday recalled how during an election campaign at an upper-caste village decades back he had walked out when some people tried to humiliate his assistant.

"The Election Commission, which has an anti-dalit mindset, stopped me from campaigning in the capital of dalits, Agra," Mayawati said at a poll meeting.

The BSP chief said, "Each and every vote of the Dalits is important to remove the arrogant, autocratic, casteist and communal BJP from power.

Gandhi remarks came days after he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having an "anti-Dalit" mindset.

Dalits are being openly beaten and crushed in states where the BJP is in power, Gandhi said while addressing the gathering.

"Why are Dalits constantly prosecuted in Modi's new India... His silence reflects the mindset of RSS and BJP... Speak-up Mr Modi," video added.

Quoting from the statements five BJP Dalit MPs, Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill claimed that they proved Modi was working to make India 'Dalit-mukt.'

Gandhi's comments came as several Dalit organisations called for a nation-wide shutdown against the dilution of arrest provisions under the SC/ST Atrocities Act by the Supreme Court.

"These signs do not augur well for democracy, and it is very necessary for people to remain alert and organised," she said.

Mayawati said her party is also in favour of extending quota benefits to the poor.

Mayawati also claimed that several other parties too deposited money but that never being revealed by them or are reported in the media.

Singh told the Lok Sabha on Thursday he said that his ministry had already sent directions to all state governments to crack down on these elements.

Dayashankar Singh, a BJP leader, had made derogatory remarks against BSP chief Mayawati after which the party expelled him on Wednesday night.

Mayawati today appealed to the people to vote for BSP in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, so that even the daughter of a Dalit can become the PM.