Page 5 - Dalits

Dalits in Guj to intensify stir in Gujarat if demand not met

Muslim community members came in large numbers to support the Dalit community in their campaign

Dalit minister abused, AAP alleges police inaction

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday questioned "police inaction" in the case where a Municipal Corporation Department (MCD) official had allegedly hurled casteist slurs at Delhi Social Welfare Minister Sandeep Kumar, saying it only establishes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as an "anti-dalit" party.

Congress stages walkout in Lok Sabha over attacks on Dalits

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue and sought discussion over the issue soon after Question Hour was over

Why is PM Modi frantic to win back some Dalit love?

Most states that have elections due next year have a sizeable Dalit population; also, the BJP and Sangh Parivar are keen to distance themselves from criminal elements

Shoot me, not my Dalit brothers: PM Modi

Expressing solidarity with the Dalit community, Modi said discrimination among human beings is not acceptable

NDA holds 'Mahadharna' to protest police lathicharge

Sushil Kumar Modi said the incident of lathicharge had exposed the Nitish Kumar government's anti-Dalit face

Dalits begin 'Asmita Yatra' in Gujarat, seek justice

Nearly 800 people commenced the 380-km-long journey from Vejalpur area of city this morning

Mayawati shedding crocodile tears for Dalits: BJP

BJP targeted her after she launched a sharp attack on it in Ahmedabad over beating up of Dalits by cow vigilantes in the state

After Gujarat, Dalits face ire of 'cow vigilantes' in city

The community members have decided not to lift carcasses till they were issued such identity cards to ensure their security

PM's silence encouraging atrocities against Dalits: Pilot

PCC President Sachin Pilot alleged such incidents have increased since BJP came to power at the Centre

Govt hospital discharges Dalit victims, then reverses decision

These patients were admitted in the Ahmedabad hospital on July 26, after being discharged from the Rajkot hospital on July 25

Attacks on Dalits will have bearing on Assembly polls: Udit Raj

The BJP MP, also said the outfits will hold agitations in parts of the country

Dalits 'threaten' to show strength in 2017 Gujarat polls

A Dalit leader put forward some demands before state govt; asked his community to stop disposing dead cattle

Dalits pledge not to lift carcasses in Gujarat

This is in protest against the attacks on Dalits by upper caste Hindu activists

Mitali Saran: Until the cows come home

Hindu chauvinism may prove to be its own downfall

Opposition attacks govt over 'increasing' attacks on dalits, muslims

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge also demanded ban on cow vigilante groups

BJP hits out at Nitish Kumar over atrocities against Dalits

BJP leader Sushil Kumar said cases of atrocities against Dalits have increased in Bihar

Issue of Dalits seeking euthanasia rocks MP Assembly

Some reports say as many as 50 Dalit families living in penury have sought permission to kill themselves

Much talk, little action

While airing his views during a recent discussion on the alleged atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury bemoaned in the Rajya Sabha that there was much "diarrhoea of words" on the issue but "constipation of action". Yechury said he believed his comments were not unparliamentary and that he was only trying to point out how members of Parliament across party lines had been speaking "voluminously" on the subject for years but governments had consistently fallen short in their efforts to improve the lot of Dalits.

For cow vigilantes, Dalits are soft target: Fact finding team

Says, Dalits are actually not involved in slaughter of cows, but are only doing their traditional business of leather