Dalit Community

BJP Leader Vijay Sampla Takes Charge As Scheduled Castes Commission Chief

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 24, 2021

Former Union minister Vijay Sampla took charge as the chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) today and said he would adopt a "three-tier priority to resolve all the issues being faced by the Dalit community".

Nitish Kumar Harmed Dalits By Creating Mahadalit Sub-Group: Chirag Paswan

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 15, 2020

Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan has trashed suggestions that he parted ways with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) because of differences over seat-sharing for the Bihar assembly election, and accused the Chief Minister of harming the Dalit community by creating a sub-group of Mahadalits.

After Hathras, Mamata Banerjee Accuses BJP Of Using Dalits Only For Votes

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Thursday October 1, 2020

Hitting out at the Uttar Pradesh government for its handling of the alleged rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman from Hathras and for "forceful cremation" of her body without her family's consent, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the BJP of using the Dalit community for votes and then torturing them.

Opinion: We Must Stop Being Witnesses To Manual Scavenging

Opinion | Vijayasai Reddy | Tuesday September 8, 2020

Manual scavengers by and large belong to the most disadvantaged of the Dalit sub-castes; they face discrimination even within the Dalit community; it's been an age-old daily routine for this community.

Ram Temple Trust To Include One Dalit Community Member, Says Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 5, 2020

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra, set up by the government for construction of a temple in Ayodhya, will have 15 trustees and one of them will be from the Dalit community.

Netflix’s Jamtara Sparks Row Over Use of Casteist Slur

Akhil Arora | Tuesday January 21, 2020

Netflix’s most recent original series from India — Jamtara — has been called out for use of a casteist slur aimed at the Dalit community, sparking debate over the use of pejorative terms in the realm of fiction entertainment.

BJP To Reach Out To Dalit Community Over Citizenship Law: Report

India News | ANI | Sunday December 29, 2019

To counter opposition against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the BJP will hold a meeting on Sunday with members of the Scheduled Caste community leaders and highlight how the new law has benefitted the community whose members had come to India after facing persecution in Pakistan.

Supreme Court Indicates Inquiry Into "Social Boycott" Of Dalits In Haryana Village

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 13, 2019

The Supreme Court indicated today that it might order an inquiry into the alleged "social boycott" of the Dalit community in a Haryana village for over two years due to a dispute with the "dominant" community over drawing water from a hand-pump.

Dalits Facing Social Boycott In Haryana Village Move Supreme Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 6, 2019

Dalit community members from a Haryana village have knocked the doors of the Supreme Court against the "social boycott" they are facing for over two years due to a dispute with the "dominant" community over drawing water from a hand-pump.

"Deeply Saddening": Priyanka Gandhi Condemns Murder Of Dalit Children

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday September 26, 2019

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi today condemned the murder of two children belonging to the Dalit community in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri, and urged the Kamal Nath government to take stringent action against the culprits.

Dalit Groom Rides Horse, Community Faces Village Boycott In Gujarat

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2019

In Gujarat's Mehsana district, the village sarpanch, along with some other village leaders, had issued a diktat asking the villagers to boycott the Dalit community members as a Dalit man rode a horse during his wedding.

General Elections 2019 - All Signs Visible, PM Modi Is Losing: Mayawati's Sunday Update On Twitter

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday April 21, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi deceived the people of Uttar Pradesh and so the state has made up its mind to not give him a second term, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, who claims a large following among the state's Dalit community, said on Sunday, two days before the third round of voting for the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections.

On Women's Day, Pak's First Hindu Female Lawmaker Addresses Parliament

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 8, 2019

Krishna Kumari Kohli, Pakistan's first female senator from the Hindu Dalit community, on Friday chaired the session of the Upper House of Parliament on occasion of International Women''s Day.

In Haryana Dalit Killings, Dog's Bark Was The Trigger, Says Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 25, 2018

The barking of a dog, belonging to a member of the Dalit community, on a group of inebriated Jat men who were passing through the village was the trigger for the Mirchpur Dalit killings, according to the Delhi High Court.

Reach Out To Dalits To Counter Opposition's 'Negative Campaign', Says BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 7, 2018

The BJP's Scheduled Caste Morcha today asked its members to reach out to the Dalit community to counter the negative campaign of opposition parties, as it launched various social media initiatives to spread awareness about welfare schemes of the central government.