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British should've ruled India for 100 years more: BSP's Dharamveer Singh

'BR Ambedkar would not have been able to help the backward classes in the country had the British not allowed him to study,' Singh

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The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which is contesting all the 200 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections in Rajasthan, hopes to post a strong show in the state and its leaders have left no stone unturned in their effort to woo voters. But a recent comment by one of the party's local leaders threatens to blow up in its face. Dharamveer Singh, state BSP chief, said in a rally that the British should have ruled this country for another 100 years. "Had that happened, the SCs/STs/OBCs wouldn't have been oppressed," he said. Dharamveer went on to claim that Dalit icon

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