Venkaiah Naidu Dalits

The Mandal kamandal discourse that dominated Indian politics in the last three decades has finally come full circle with the election of Ram Nath Kovind as the new President of India. This is the first time in Indian history that the President, the Vice President and the Prime Minister belong to the Dalit and OBC communities.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday deplored violence against Dalits in the name of cow protection but maintained that their getting converted would not end prejudices, days after his ministerial colleague Ramdas Athawale suggested that members of the community should embrace Buddhism.

A verbal spat between BSP leader Mayawati and union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu was witnessed on Monday in the Rajya Sabha as she blamed the Centre for what she dubbed were "rising incidents of atrocities against the Dalits".

A leader of the Left-affiliated student's union SFI at the Hyderabad Central University, has resigned alleging that the agitation over the death of Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula is funded by political parties and has "become opportunistic."

Amid the row over suicide by Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad Central University, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) political rivals are trying to gain political mileage out of the tragedy instead of addressing the core issue.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today alleged Congress is indulging in "cheap politics" over the suicide of a Dalit research scholar at Hyderabad University for which an FIR had been registered against Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya.

The Mandal kamandal discourse that dominated Indian politics in the last three decades has finally come full circle with the election of Ram Nath Kovind as the new President of India. This is the first time in Indian history that the President, the Vice President and the Prime Minister belong to the Dalit and OBC communities.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday deplored violence against Dalits in the name of cow protection but maintained that their getting converted would not end prejudices, days after his ministerial colleague Ramdas Athawale suggested that members of the community should embrace Buddhism.

A verbal spat between BSP leader Mayawati and union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu was witnessed on Monday in the Rajya Sabha as she blamed the Centre for what she dubbed were "rising incidents of atrocities against the Dalits".

A leader of the Left-affiliated student's union SFI at the Hyderabad Central University, has resigned alleging that the agitation over the death of Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula is funded by political parties and has "become opportunistic."

Amid the row over suicide by Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad Central University, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) political rivals are trying to gain political mileage out of the tragedy instead of addressing the core issue.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today alleged Congress is indulging in "cheap politics" over the suicide of a Dalit research scholar at Hyderabad University for which an FIR had been registered against Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya.