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Ahead of poll, Akali Dal ‘reminded’ about Dalit deputy CM

President of the Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal (Image credit: Hindustan Times)

Less than a year ahead of the Assembly election in Punjab the Shiromani Akali Dal on the occasion of the 129th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar announced that it would make a Dalit as deputy chief minister of the state if the…

Small fronts to have little impact on Bihar poll

The multiple fronts cropped up just ahead of Bihar poll will have little bearing on the result. (File photos, Image courtesy: The Print)

If the coalition of Extremes, that is Janata Dal United and BJP, has been in power in Bihar for the last 15 years, the Coalitions of rejected politicians have cropped up just ahead of the state Assembly poll. While the National…

Thenewsweb

October 11, 2020

Scheduled Castes’ leaders face seclusion even as Dalit masses feel restless

Thus instead of seeing these Dalit leaders as asset, mainstream parties have started treating them as political football. ( Photo Courtesy: VeliVada)

Though, of late the prominent Dalit political faces in poll-bound Bihar are up for grabs, the truth is that nationally the Scheduled Castes leadership is facing increasing marginalisation–in spite of the restiveness among the community as such. Even in Bihar…

News Web

August 19, 2020