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Dalit leader calls on PM to clear stance on Maha violence
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 04 (ANI): One of the accused in Bhima-Koregaon violence Sambhaji Bhide is revered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his 'guru', grandson of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Prakash Ambedkar, claimed on Thursday and said the prime minister should make his stand clear on
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Dalit leader calls off Maharashtra bandh
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Jan 3 (ANI): Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday withdrew the bandh called in Maharashtra to protest the state government's failure in stopping the violence that broke out in Bhima Koregaon in Pune.
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Gujarat: Exit polls are 'nonsense', says Dalit leader
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Vadgam (Gujarat) [India], December 17 (ANI): Jignesh Mevani candidate from Vadgam constituency and Dalit leader on Sunday rebuffed the exit polls while saying that Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)'s debacle in the Gujarat Assembly Elections is certain.
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Dalit leader praises Rahul
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Navsari (Gujarat) [India] November 3 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday met convener of Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, Jignesh Mevani in Guajrat's Navsari and discussed demands of Dalit community.
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Won't join Congress: Jignesh Mevani on Gujarat polls
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 2 (ANI): The leader and convener of the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, Jignesh Mevani, on Thursday said he would not join any political party in the upcoming Gujarat elections, including the Congress.
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Profile: NDA's Presidential nominee Ramnath Kovind
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): A lawyer by profession, a Hindutva ideologue by thinking, a dedicated BJP worker by political affiliation and a Dalit leader by caste - Ramnath Kovind is the NDA's consensus candidate for the post of India's President.
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Congress feared Ambedkar's intelligence: Manohar Parrikar
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Goa, Aug. 6 (ANI): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday accused the Congress of trying to suppress Babasaheb Ambedkar due to fear of being overshadowed by a Dalit leader.
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Sense of 'anger, alienation' among BJP's Dalit leaders: JD
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 1 (ANI): The Janata Dal (United) on Monday said that there was a sense of 'anger and alienation' in BJP's Dalit leaders, as the party had allegedly turned a 'blind-eye' towards recent incidents of violence by cow vigilantes.
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Mayawati never spares any 'emerging' Dalit leader: BJP MP Udit R
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 31(ANI): With Mayawati accusing Union Minister Ramdas Athawale of working to divide Dalit votes, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Udit Raj hit back at the BSP supremo, asserting that she never spared any emerging Dalit leader.
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