Dalit Vote Bank

PM Narendra Modi today vowed to thwart alleged attempts to rob Dalits and backward classes of reservations by the INDIA bloc which he accused of "enslavement" and performing "mujra" for Muslim vote bank.

Asserting that the BRS stands for the welfare of Dalits, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday alleged it was the Congress party which defeated Dr BR Ambedkar in a parliamentary election (in 1950s).

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...

BSP chief Mayawati made good on her threat to quit the Rajya Sabha yesterday despite attempts by her colleagues in the opposition to dissuade her from doing so. Her resignation took the government and opposition parties by surprise. The resignation may have been dramatic, but it was also a well-thought-out political gambit aimed at resurrecting her...

UP's most backward castes could decide the election results in the eastern part of the state

Voting has ended in Uttarakhand's 69 constituencies spread across 13 districts (7 in Garhwal region and the remaining 6 in Kumaon region of the state). Residents of Uttarakhand voted today to decide who will form the next government in the state. The overall voter turnout was 68%, which is 1.2% higher than the 2012 Assembly election (66.8%). The BJ...

Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, two prominent Dalit leaders on whom BJP was banking to bring home for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nearly 16 per cent votes of schedule castes, failed to deliver in the Bihar elections, as reflected in the results.

Hours after publicly celebrating with sweets a seat-sharing deal for Bihar that followed intense negotiations, the BJP was still left with an ally that was less than pleased.

Hours after publicly celebrating a seat-sharing deal for Bihar that involved placating one ally with a few more seats, the BJP was reported to be confronting another sulking ally.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has reached Mhow, the birthplace of Dr BR Ambedkar --- the architect of India's Constitution around whose work and ideology, struggles of the suppressed classes are centred.

BJP chief Amit Shah and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will kick off the party's campaign for the Bihar Assembly elections at a mega rally in Patna today. It has been timed to coincide with the 125th birth anniversary of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar.

Outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will bank on votes of backward castes and Muslims besides Dalits to win the Sasaram Parliamentary seat for third consecutive time amid allegations that she has made more visits to foreign countries than to her constituency.

PM Narendra Modi today vowed to thwart alleged attempts to rob Dalits and backward classes of reservations by the INDIA bloc which he accused of "enslavement" and performing "mujra" for Muslim vote bank.

Asserting that the BRS stands for the welfare of Dalits, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday alleged it was the Congress party which defeated Dr BR Ambedkar in a parliamentary election (in 1950s).

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...

BSP chief Mayawati made good on her threat to quit the Rajya Sabha yesterday despite attempts by her colleagues in the opposition to dissuade her from doing so. Her resignation took the government and opposition parties by surprise. The resignation may have been dramatic, but it was also a well-thought-out political gambit aimed at resurrecting her...

UP's most backward castes could decide the election results in the eastern part of the state

Voting has ended in Uttarakhand's 69 constituencies spread across 13 districts (7 in Garhwal region and the remaining 6 in Kumaon region of the state). Residents of Uttarakhand voted today to decide who will form the next government in the state. The overall voter turnout was 68%, which is 1.2% higher than the 2012 Assembly election (66.8%). The BJ...

Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, two prominent Dalit leaders on whom BJP was banking to bring home for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nearly 16 per cent votes of schedule castes, failed to deliver in the Bihar elections, as reflected in the results.

Hours after publicly celebrating with sweets a seat-sharing deal for Bihar that followed intense negotiations, the BJP was still left with an ally that was less than pleased.

Hours after publicly celebrating a seat-sharing deal for Bihar that involved placating one ally with a few more seats, the BJP was reported to be confronting another sulking ally.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has reached Mhow, the birthplace of Dr BR Ambedkar --- the architect of India's Constitution around whose work and ideology, struggles of the suppressed classes are centred.

BJP chief Amit Shah and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will kick off the party's campaign for the Bihar Assembly elections at a mega rally in Patna today. It has been timed to coincide with the 125th birth anniversary of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar.

Outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will bank on votes of backward castes and Muslims besides Dalits to win the Sasaram Parliamentary seat for third consecutive time amid allegations that she has made more visits to foreign countries than to her constituency.