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Centre fooling people by ignoring real issues, fighting for Ram: Farooq Ab
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 8 (ANI): National Conference (NC) chairman Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that the Central government is allegedly fooling the people of the country by ignoring real issues of farmers, unemployment, and Dalits, and is fighting for the Ram temple.
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Yogi's conduct unbecoming of both saint and politician: Kharge
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Critcising Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "Lord Hanuman is Dalit" remark, the Congress party on Friday said that the former is not fit for the role of saint and politician both.
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Lord Hanuman was a Dalit, slave of 'Manuwadi' people: BJP MP
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Bahraich Savitri Bai Phule has claimed that Lord Hanuman was a Dalit, but a slave of the 'Manuwadi' people. She said that rather than focusing on the construction of Ram Temple, the Central government should think
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Satyapal Singh counters Adityanath, says caste system didn't exist in Rama
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Contrary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's claim of Lord Hanuman being a Dalit, Union Minister Satyapal Singh has said caste system did not exist during the time of Ramayana.
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NCST chairman says Lord Hanuman was a tribal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Nov 30 (ANI): Days after a legal notice was served to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for claiming that Lord Hanuman was a Dalit, the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NSCT), Nand Kumar Sai on Friday said that Lord Hanuman belo
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Yogi faces criticism for calling Hanuman 'Dalit', gets legal notice
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath courted a controversy by claiming that Lord Hanuman was a Dalit, a legal notice was served to him by Rajasthan Sarv Brahmin Mahasabha president Suresh Mishra. Mishra has alleged that the Uttar Pradesh
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Anti-Dalit elements conspired to kill me: Mayawati
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday claimed that some anti-Dalit elements allegedly conspired to kill her last year during the "heart-wrenching" Shabbirpur violence in Uttar Pradesh.
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BJP humiliated founders, ignored Dalit chief's funeral: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing the saffron party of allegedly humiliating the founders of the party and ignoring its first and only Dalit president Bangaru Laxman's funeral
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Nothing wrong in using the word Dalit: Athawale
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 11 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale is of the view that usage of the word 'Dalit' should not be done away with. He has stated that his Republican Party of India (RPI) will approach the Supreme Court to challe
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SC/ST Act: Mayawati condemns protests staged by upper caste groups
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 7 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday condemned a protest held by upper caste groups across various states in the country against the latest amendment approved by Parliament to retract a Supreme Court judgement over the Scheduled Caste/Schedu
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Athawale to move SC against ban on 'Dalit' word usage
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 06 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said the Republican Party of India (RPI) would move the Supreme Court to challenge the Ministry of Information and Broadcast directive advising the media to refrain fro
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UP: Yogi inaugurates luxurious cruise in Varanasi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 2 (ANI): In a bid to boost tourism in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday inaugurated Alaknanda, a luxury tourist cruise at Khidkiya Ghat here, during his two-day visit to the town.
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