While addressing a press conference in the national capital, Mayawati stated that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)-Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) alliance failed to secure votes from the Jat community, except in a few seats, due to their entrenched casteist mindset.
The special court of people's representatives will give its order today on the conditions attached to the bail granted to Rajarajeshwarinagar MLA Munirathna, who had been arrested for threatening a BBMP contractor, demanding bribe, and using casteist slurs.
Congress leader and former MP DK Suresh slammed BJP MLA Muniratna, who allegedly hurled casteist slurs on the Vokkaliga community and its women, emphasising that while the BJP may tolerate Muniratna's behaviour, the Congress party will not stand for disrespect towards women and marginalis
Congress leader and former MP DK Suresh on Sunday questioned Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy for supporting BJP MLA Munirathna, who allegedly hurled casteist slurs on the Vokkaliga community and its women.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expressed his concern over the "educated increasingly becoming casteists" and said that protectors of caste inequality killed the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
Uttar Pradesh former Chief Minister and BSP Chief Mayawati on Tuesday came down heavily on ruling party and opposition and claimed that both of them through amendments have made the Constitution casteist, communalist, and capitalist (jatiwad, sampradayik, aur poonjiwad).
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday said that casteist politics which created "confusion" among the public in the state emerged victorious in Lok Sabha polls while development politics suffered defeat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the INDIA alliance of being "communal, casteist and dynastic" and said the country needs a Prime Minister who can project the power of this strong country on the world stage
"The man in question was drunk, was creating a nuisance, and was abusing me and my wife. He accused me of supporting the BC, SC, ST, and Minority communities despite being a Kamma. I got enraged over his baseless accusations and the yellow media blew the incident out of proportion without kn
After videos of students at Ashoka University making casteist remarks surfaced on social media, the university pledged on Wednesday to take the necessary measures to ensure peace and harmony.
The Supreme Court on Monday gave interim relief to TV anchor Sudhir Chaudhary as it directed not to take coercive steps against him until further orders in a matter pertaining to allegedly making casteist remarks.
"SP is not only a very backward party but also a very anti-Dalit party, although BSP, by forming an alliance with SP in the last Lok Sabha general elections, tried to change their anti-Dalit tactics, character and face. But after the elections were over, SP again came back to its anti-Dalit