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After OBC Outreach, PM Assures Telangana's Dalit Community Of Support
In his second visit to Telangana in less than a week, ahead of the Assembly elections, PM Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong outreach to the Dalit community, particularly the Madigas, who make up 60 per cent of the Scheduled Caste community.
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"No Leader Invited A Dalit To His Home": Arvind Kejriwal's Gujarat Outreach
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal stepped up his Gujarat campaign today, inviting a sanitation worker to dine at his home in Delhi.
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In UP, BJP's Dalit Outreach May Have Run Into A New Wall: Stray Cattle
An hour outside Lucknow, in the village of Kanar, in Malihabad, farmers take us to their mango orchards.
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BJP's World Record Attempt At Dalit Outreach Event Involves Rice, Dal
The BJP, in order to connect with Dalits, hosted a grand khichdi feast at the Ramlila Maidan on Sunday where 5,000 kg of "samrasta khichdi" was cooked and served as part of its "Bhim Mahasangam" programme, party leaders said.
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BJP, Congress's Shrewd Caste Calculations For Madhya Pradesh Polls
The BJP intends to counter the impact of a possible alliance between the Congress and the Dalit powerhouse Mayawati's party with an intensive outreach to Madhya Pradesh's dalit community led by 65,000 party leaders, one in each polling booth. The BJP calls them Dalit 'caste in-charge' or 'Jaati Prabhari' and has tasked its scheduled caste unit to s...
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Nitish Kumar's Gift For Dalits In Bihar: Clear IAS Prelims, Win Rs 1 Lakh
Continuing his effort to insulate his party from the perceived resentment among the Dalit community following last month's violent protests, the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar on Tuesday announced special grants for civil services aspirants from the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe who clear the preliminary exam.
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BSP Decides To Hold Village Meetings To Expose BJP's "Anti-Dalit Face"
Following controversy over the BJP's Dalit outreach programmes in Uttar Pradesh, the BSP has decided to hold 'chaupals' or village meetings across the state to expose what is calls the "anti-Dalit face" of the BJP.
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Dining With Dalits Not Enough, Need To Address Aspirations, Says BJP's Udit Raj
BJP MP Udit Raj said on Friday that merely having food at homes of Dalits is not enough, as the need of the hour is to address their aspirations and grievances, which are not the same as it were in 80s or 90s.
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"Mosquitoes Bite All Night At Dalit Homes": UP Minister's Gaffe
The BJP's dinner-with-Dalits outreach has produced another gaffe with a minister in Uttar Pradesh - yes, one more - talking about visiting Dalit homes and braving mosquito bites to ensure they receive government benefits.
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BJP Leaders Are Like "Lord Ram" Visiting Dalit Homes, Says Minister
At a time the ruling BJP is working on its Dalit outreach, its leaders seem to have blundered into controversies and ended up reinforcing caste bias. An Uttar Pradesh minister, Rajendra Pratap Singh, has compared BJP leaders -- himself included -- to "Lord Ram" for going to Dalit homes and eating with them. His colleague Suresh Rana has given a who...
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UP Minister Goes To Dalit Home 'Uninvited' For Dinner, Orders In
An Uttar Pradesh minister's outreach, featuring a meal with a Dalit family as part of a larger BJP campaign, appears to have backfired spectacularly with photos of a catered feast emerging online.
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Mayawati's Party BSP Plans Counter To BJP's Dalit, Backward Outreach Program
As the BJP tries to placate Dalit voters through outreach programmes like 'Gram Swaraj Abhiyan' in run-up to the Lok Sabha polls next year, Mayawati's party BSP or Bahujan Samaj Party has asked its office-bearers and workers to fan out and initiate preemptive steps to ensure the ruling party does not make a dent in a vote bank that has traditionall...
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Rahul Gandhi Dares PM For 15-minute Debate, Slips In "Beti Bachao" Taunt
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday ripped into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, criticising it on multiple issues as he launched his year-long "Save the Constitution campaign". While the programme was seen as an outreach to the Dalit community, the Congress chief spoke of farmers, women, corruption and demanded a 15-minute debate with ...
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Rahul Gandhi To Launch Year-Long 'Save The Constitution' Campaign, Reach Out To Dalits Today
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will launch his party's nationwide 'Save the Constitution' campaign today, aiming to highlight the alleged attacks on the Constitution and Dalits in recent times.
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After Nitish Kumar Asks, Centre Expands Cheap Ration For Dalit Students
Continuing its Dalit outreach, the central government has decided to expand a scheme to provide subsidised food grains to students belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes (OBC) living in government-run Ambedkar hostels across the country.
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After OBC Outreach, PM Assures Telangana's Dalit Community Of Support
In his second visit to Telangana in less than a week, ahead of the Assembly elections, PM Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong outreach to the Dalit community, particularly the Madigas, who make up 60 per cent of the Scheduled Caste community.
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"No Leader Invited A Dalit To His Home": Arvind Kejriwal's Gujarat Outreach
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal stepped up his Gujarat campaign today, inviting a sanitation worker to dine at his home in Delhi.
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In UP, BJP's Dalit Outreach May Have Run Into A New Wall: Stray Cattle
An hour outside Lucknow, in the village of Kanar, in Malihabad, farmers take us to their mango orchards.
-
BJP's World Record Attempt At Dalit Outreach Event Involves Rice, Dal
The BJP, in order to connect with Dalits, hosted a grand khichdi feast at the Ramlila Maidan on Sunday where 5,000 kg of "samrasta khichdi" was cooked and served as part of its "Bhim Mahasangam" programme, party leaders said.
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BJP, Congress's Shrewd Caste Calculations For Madhya Pradesh Polls
The BJP intends to counter the impact of a possible alliance between the Congress and the Dalit powerhouse Mayawati's party with an intensive outreach to Madhya Pradesh's dalit community led by 65,000 party leaders, one in each polling booth. The BJP calls them Dalit 'caste in-charge' or 'Jaati Prabhari' and has tasked its scheduled caste unit to s...
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Nitish Kumar's Gift For Dalits In Bihar: Clear IAS Prelims, Win Rs 1 Lakh
Continuing his effort to insulate his party from the perceived resentment among the Dalit community following last month's violent protests, the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar on Tuesday announced special grants for civil services aspirants from the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe who clear the preliminary exam.
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BSP Decides To Hold Village Meetings To Expose BJP's "Anti-Dalit Face"
Following controversy over the BJP's Dalit outreach programmes in Uttar Pradesh, the BSP has decided to hold 'chaupals' or village meetings across the state to expose what is calls the "anti-Dalit face" of the BJP.
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Dining With Dalits Not Enough, Need To Address Aspirations, Says BJP's Udit Raj
BJP MP Udit Raj said on Friday that merely having food at homes of Dalits is not enough, as the need of the hour is to address their aspirations and grievances, which are not the same as it were in 80s or 90s.
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"Mosquitoes Bite All Night At Dalit Homes": UP Minister's Gaffe
The BJP's dinner-with-Dalits outreach has produced another gaffe with a minister in Uttar Pradesh - yes, one more - talking about visiting Dalit homes and braving mosquito bites to ensure they receive government benefits.
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BJP Leaders Are Like "Lord Ram" Visiting Dalit Homes, Says Minister
At a time the ruling BJP is working on its Dalit outreach, its leaders seem to have blundered into controversies and ended up reinforcing caste bias. An Uttar Pradesh minister, Rajendra Pratap Singh, has compared BJP leaders -- himself included -- to "Lord Ram" for going to Dalit homes and eating with them. His colleague Suresh Rana has given a who...
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UP Minister Goes To Dalit Home 'Uninvited' For Dinner, Orders In
An Uttar Pradesh minister's outreach, featuring a meal with a Dalit family as part of a larger BJP campaign, appears to have backfired spectacularly with photos of a catered feast emerging online.
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Mayawati's Party BSP Plans Counter To BJP's Dalit, Backward Outreach Program
As the BJP tries to placate Dalit voters through outreach programmes like 'Gram Swaraj Abhiyan' in run-up to the Lok Sabha polls next year, Mayawati's party BSP or Bahujan Samaj Party has asked its office-bearers and workers to fan out and initiate preemptive steps to ensure the ruling party does not make a dent in a vote bank that has traditionall...
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Rahul Gandhi Dares PM For 15-minute Debate, Slips In "Beti Bachao" Taunt
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday ripped into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, criticising it on multiple issues as he launched his year-long "Save the Constitution campaign". While the programme was seen as an outreach to the Dalit community, the Congress chief spoke of farmers, women, corruption and demanded a 15-minute debate with ...
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Rahul Gandhi To Launch Year-Long 'Save The Constitution' Campaign, Reach Out To Dalits Today
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will launch his party's nationwide 'Save the Constitution' campaign today, aiming to highlight the alleged attacks on the Constitution and Dalits in recent times.
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After Nitish Kumar Asks, Centre Expands Cheap Ration For Dalit Students
Continuing its Dalit outreach, the central government has decided to expand a scheme to provide subsidised food grains to students belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes (OBC) living in government-run Ambedkar hostels across the country.
