Casteist Lawmaker

A BJP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao town held a five-hour long overnight sit-in with his supporters outside a police station, accusing the local policemen of having a "casteist mindset" and linking them with former chief minister Akshilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. He refused to call off the protest until senior police officers came to meet him ...

An alleged symbolic "purification ceremony" conducted by some Youth Congress workers in protest against a stir by a Dalit CPI MLA has triggered a controversy in Kerala with the lawmaker dubbing it "casteist" and lodging a police complaint.

The police said Wednesday they have registered a criminal case against 10 persons for allegedly hurling casteist remarks against sitting BJP MLA Dinanath Bhaskar from the Aurai assembly seat, reserved for the scheduled caste members.

Expelled RJD lawmaker Pappu Yadav, whose party drew a blank in the Bihar polls, today termed the Grand Alliance's huge win as a victory of "casteist passion" touched off by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's quota remarks.

Commando Surender Singh, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker, has been arrested by the Delhi Police this evening, he is accused of beating up and making casteist remarks against a government employee earlier this month, the arrest was imminent after a Delhi Court denied him anticipatory bail on August 12.

A BJP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao town held a five-hour long overnight sit-in with his supporters outside a police station, accusing the local policemen of having a "casteist mindset" and linking them with former chief minister Akshilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. He refused to call off the protest until senior police officers came to meet him ...

An alleged symbolic "purification ceremony" conducted by some Youth Congress workers in protest against a stir by a Dalit CPI MLA has triggered a controversy in Kerala with the lawmaker dubbing it "casteist" and lodging a police complaint.

The police said Wednesday they have registered a criminal case against 10 persons for allegedly hurling casteist remarks against sitting BJP MLA Dinanath Bhaskar from the Aurai assembly seat, reserved for the scheduled caste members.

Expelled RJD lawmaker Pappu Yadav, whose party drew a blank in the Bihar polls, today termed the Grand Alliance's huge win as a victory of "casteist passion" touched off by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's quota remarks.

Commando Surender Singh, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker, has been arrested by the Delhi Police this evening, he is accused of beating up and making casteist remarks against a government employee earlier this month, the arrest was imminent after a Delhi Court denied him anticipatory bail on August 12.