Dalits Debate Parliament

The first week of the Monsoon Session saw heated debates as the Opposition sought to corner government several issues including farmer suicides, atrocities on Dalits, cow vigilantism, and problems arising from the Goods and Services Tax or GST.

It is the final day of the monsoon session of Parliament today. Yesterday, Rajya Sabha cleared the bill for maternity benefits, which include 6 months' leave for pregnant women. The Lok Sabha saw a 5-hour long debate on the Dalit issue. Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke in detail about the atrocities against Dalits, but said that there is no data t...

In his reply to the day-long debate in parliament on the issue of atrocities on Dalits, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said there is no data to suggest that crimes against Dalits go up when the BJP is in power. The matter, he added, should not be politicised and the society must take it as a challenge to bring an end to such incidents.

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during a debate on Dalit atrocities in the Lok Sabha today.

The first week of Monsoon Session saw heated debates over the situation in Kashmir as well as the recent atrocities on Dalits in the country. During the session, the Opposition also cornered the Bharatiya Janta Party over the remarks passed by party leader Dayashankar Singh on BSP supremo Mayawati. Government is likely to list the much-delayed GST ...

The first week of Monsoon Session saw heated debates over the situation in Kashmir as well as the recent atrocities on Dalits in the country. During the session, the Opposition also cornered the Bharatiya Janta Party over the remarks passed by party leader Dayashankar Singh on BSP supremo Mayawati. Mr Singh had passed objectionable comments against...

The fourth day of the monsoon session of Parliament saw a fierce debate on atrocities against Dalits. Opposition parties put pressure on the government to pursue cases against atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat's Una, as well as against Dayashankar Singh, who used derogatory language against BSP chief Mayawati. Parliament also debated the situation in...

Rahul Gandhi was not sleeping during this morning's debate in Parliament about the recent attacks on Dalits in Gujarat, his party clarified, not the first time it has been forced to assert his vigilance in the face of evidence to the contrary.

Raising the issue of the brutal rape and murder of a 30-year-old Dalit student, Richard Hay, a nominated Lok Sabha member from the Anglo-Indian community, said Kerala should no longer be called "God's own country" as the "devil" had taken over.

As the Lok Sabha debated Dalit Student Rohith Vemula's suicide and the circumstances that led to it on Wednesday, the Home Ministry told Parliament that crimes against members of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) had shown a "rising trend" between 2013 and 2014.

The first week of the Monsoon Session saw heated debates as the Opposition sought to corner government several issues including farmer suicides, atrocities on Dalits, cow vigilantism, and problems arising from the Goods and Services Tax or GST.

It is the final day of the monsoon session of Parliament today. Yesterday, Rajya Sabha cleared the bill for maternity benefits, which include 6 months' leave for pregnant women. The Lok Sabha saw a 5-hour long debate on the Dalit issue. Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke in detail about the atrocities against Dalits, but said that there is no data t...

In his reply to the day-long debate in parliament on the issue of atrocities on Dalits, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said there is no data to suggest that crimes against Dalits go up when the BJP is in power. The matter, he added, should not be politicised and the society must take it as a challenge to bring an end to such incidents.

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during a debate on Dalit atrocities in the Lok Sabha today.

The first week of Monsoon Session saw heated debates over the situation in Kashmir as well as the recent atrocities on Dalits in the country. During the session, the Opposition also cornered the Bharatiya Janta Party over the remarks passed by party leader Dayashankar Singh on BSP supremo Mayawati. Government is likely to list the much-delayed GST ...

The first week of Monsoon Session saw heated debates over the situation in Kashmir as well as the recent atrocities on Dalits in the country. During the session, the Opposition also cornered the Bharatiya Janta Party over the remarks passed by party leader Dayashankar Singh on BSP supremo Mayawati. Mr Singh had passed objectionable comments against...

The fourth day of the monsoon session of Parliament saw a fierce debate on atrocities against Dalits. Opposition parties put pressure on the government to pursue cases against atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat's Una, as well as against Dayashankar Singh, who used derogatory language against BSP chief Mayawati. Parliament also debated the situation in...

Rahul Gandhi was not sleeping during this morning's debate in Parliament about the recent attacks on Dalits in Gujarat, his party clarified, not the first time it has been forced to assert his vigilance in the face of evidence to the contrary.

Raising the issue of the brutal rape and murder of a 30-year-old Dalit student, Richard Hay, a nominated Lok Sabha member from the Anglo-Indian community, said Kerala should no longer be called "God's own country" as the "devil" had taken over.

As the Lok Sabha debated Dalit Student Rohith Vemula's suicide and the circumstances that led to it on Wednesday, the Home Ministry told Parliament that crimes against members of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) had shown a "rising trend" between 2013 and 2014.