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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TopicDalit outreach

Topic: dalit outreach

BJP’s Ravidas Jayanti push to woo Dalits in poll-bound states — shobha yatras, sant sammelans

In BJP's national executive meet this month, PM Modi had urged leaders to visit Sant Ravidas temples & reach out to Dalits. State units now set to celebrate Ravidas Jayanti in a big way.

To beat anti-incumbency in MP, BJP eyes tribal, Dalit outreach in seats where it fared badly

In Delhi meeting with MP leaders ahead of 2023 polls, BJP leadership told state unit to expand cabinet to include more tribal members. RSS urged SC/ ST outreach to recover lost ground.

Will push Modi govt on Dalit issues, but won’t rush out of alliance like TDP: Chirag Paswan

LJP leader said his father, Ram Vilas Paswan will host SC and ST MPs across party lines.

‘Reaching out to Dalits’ is the political flavour, but BJP & Congress are failing at it

Both Congress and BJP jostle it out to woo them, though quite crudely. They think that they will bag Dalit votes by this ‘dinner...

Dalits lash out at BJP leaders’ visits to their homes, call them ‘pointless’ and a ‘farce’

At the end of BJP’s Dalit outreach programme, Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, members of the community say they won’t fall for the party’s ‘vote-bank politics’.

Modi takes a leaf out of Anna Hazare’s book, asks MPs to fast in protest against Congress

The second half of the Budget session, which began 5 March and ended Friday, did not see any legislative business barring the passage of the finance Bill.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.