Months before polls, Bihar govt appointed Chirag Paswan’s brother-in-law Mrinal Paswan as chairperson of Scheduled Caste Commission, & Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son-in-law as its vice chairperson.
Lokniti-CSDS data shows NDA lost big chunk of non-Jatav Dalit votes to INDIA bloc. But analysts say SP may find it hard to sustain voter coalition that includes both Dalits & Yadav base.
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad's door-to-door campaign, focus on Constitution as an issue, and mobilisation of Dalits and Muslims that gave him victory in Nagina constituency will increase restlessness in Mayawati camp.
A temple of Sant Ravidas in Sagar district is merely an electoral promise by BJP to woo Dalits when several Ambedkar statues have been vandalised all over Madhya Pradesh.
BSP changed the paradigm of Indian politics to become a truly mainstream party with Dalit agenda at its core. Its decline has more consequences than just Mayawati's irrelevance.
Detractors may argue about the wisdom of expensive subaltern ornamentalism, but for the intended audience of statues and monuments erected by BSP supremo Mayawati, they are historic justice.
The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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