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COVID-19 signboards outside infected families' houses leading to 'discrimi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 20 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy has urged the Karnataka government to stop putting warning signboards in front of COVID-19 patients' houses alleging that they are leading to "social discrimination and untouchability" in the present tim
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AAP's Sanjay Singh slams Manoj Tiwari for calling Kejriwal 'Nakli Bhakt'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): The BJP is still living in ancient times when untouchability prevailed in the society, said AAP leader Sanjay Singh over Manoj Tiwari's remarks on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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Dilip Ghosh accuses TMC of practising 'political untouchability' in West B
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): BJP lawmaker and West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday accused Mamata Banerjee government of practising "political untouchability" and said that "go back" slogans were raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the state Governor but not against i
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Madurai: Protests over release of 17 convicts in Melavalavu murder case
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) on Friday participated in a protest against the remission of sentence and premature release of 17 convicts in Melavalavu murder case.
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Reservation should continue till there is untouchability, discrimination:
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Pushkar (Rajasthan) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Reservations should continue in the country till discrimination exists in the society, whether in the form of untouchability or economic reasons, said Dattatreya Hosabale, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) joint general secretary.
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Reservation should exist till untouchability is celebrated, says BJP MP Sr
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): BJP lawmaker V Srinivasa Prasad opposed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's take on reservation and asserted that provision for reservation will exist till the society get rid of social evils.
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Untouchability came after advent of Islam: RSS leader Krishna Gopal
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Krishna Gopal on Monday claimed that the practice of untouchability started in India after the advent of Islam and the term "Dalit" was not known in the country as the concept was a British conspiracy to divide
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Casteism alive due to reservation, SC/ST Act: BJP MLA Surendra Singh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker from Ballia assembly constituency, Surendra Singh, has claimed that laws to prevent atrocities against SCs and STs, and the reservation being provided to them is the reason behind the existence of casteism in today
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Madurai :Amidst water crisis, Dalits restricted from using water from a pu
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 29 (ANI): Amidst a grave water crisis, people belonging to Dalit Communityhave been restricted from drawing water from a public well located at foothills of Otthakadai Yanamalai due to untouchability still being practiced in a village 10 km from here.
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Yogi Adityanath practicing 'untouchability': Congress on Kushina
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Tearing into Yogi Adityanath over the Kushinagar incident where Dalits were asked to shower before meeting him, the Congress today demanded an unconditional apology from the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and also demanded a case be registered against the offic
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Yeddyurappa under fire for eating 'hotel food' at Dalit's h
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tumakuru (Karnataka) [India], May 22 (ANI): State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief B.S. Yedyyurappa is once against amidst a brewing controversy over claims of promoting untouchability, as he had a meal at a Dalit's home that was allegedly prepared and brought to him from a nearby hot
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Want to spread idea of 'vasudhaiva kutumbakam': Gehlot on castei
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 10 (ANI): Asserting that his statement on casteism was misquoted, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot today said that he just wanted to spread the idea of 'vasudhaiva kutumbakam' (world is one family) and eradicate the probl
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