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"Not Given Due Respect": Dalit Icon's Son Not Allowed To Meet Rahul Gandhi, Sparks Row
- Thursday February 6, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
A row erupted when Dalit icon Jaglal Choudhary's son alleged that he was not given due respect at the function organised on his father's birth anniversary, attended by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
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Centre Working To Realise Vision Of Dalit Icons, Says PM Modi
- Thursday April 12, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
The BJP on Wednesday kicked off a series of programmes aimed at reaching out to Dalits and backward sections of society with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that his government is working to realise the visions of Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar and social reformer Jyotiba Phule.
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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju Says He Sees BR Ambedkar As 'A Form Of God'
- Thursday May 11, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said he sees Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar as "a form of God".
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Size Of This Rally Shows Who Will Win UP, Says Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Monday January 2, 2017
- India News | Edited by Bhanu Priya Vyas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned for his party today in Lucknow with a huge rally at a public park named after the wife of Dalit icon Bhim Rao Ambedkar. The ground was built by Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati when she was Chief Minister; her party says she alone has the drawing power to fill it. "I have never seen such a big audience," sa...
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Amit Shah Says Only BJP Truly Imbibed BR Ambedkar's Vision
- Thursday April 14, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
Accusing Congress and other political rivals of indulging in politics in the name of BR Ambedkar, BJP president Amit Shah today claimed that Modi government alone has truly imbibed the Dalit icon's inclusive vision by taking development to people on the lowest rung of the social ladder.
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www.ndtv.com
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BJP To Now Invoke BR Ambedkar's Views On Nationalism
- Monday April 11, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
BJP will now invoke BR Ambedkar's views on nationalism in support of its campaign on the issue and has chalked out big plans to observe the Dalit icon's birth anniversary on April 14 for three days in panchayats across the country.
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www.ndtv.com
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Government Constructing 5 Lakh Farming Pools: PM Narendra Modi
- Sunday March 27, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
With the water table dropping substantially in some parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the government is constructing five lakh 'farming pools' even as he urged people to resort to water conservation methods like creating small reservoirs.
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www.ndtv.com
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Government Announces Massive Plans to Observe BR Ambedkar's 125th Birth Anniversary
- Monday June 1, 2015
- India News | Ketki Angre
The government on Saturday announced its massive plans of commemorating Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary.
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www.ndtv.com
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Battleground UP: It's Behenji vs Maya Memsaab
- Monday March 5, 2012
- Assembly | Anant Zanane
The canny BSP chief tried to turn the veiling of statues into a political advantage saying the pride of Dalits was being attacked. Has she overplayed her hand this time?
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www.ndtv.com
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Mayawati renames new district in Gandhi stronghold
- Thursday July 1, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
With the Rahul Gandhi threat to her turf growing by the day in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati has fired the next salvo in the fierce battle for Dalit votes. She has resurrected a move to carve out a new district that includes the Gandhi strongholds of Amethi and Rae Bareli, and name it after a Dalit icon.The new district, carved out of Rae ...
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www.ndtv.com
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"Not Given Due Respect": Dalit Icon's Son Not Allowed To Meet Rahul Gandhi, Sparks Row
- Thursday February 6, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
A row erupted when Dalit icon Jaglal Choudhary's son alleged that he was not given due respect at the function organised on his father's birth anniversary, attended by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
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www.ndtv.com
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Centre Working To Realise Vision Of Dalit Icons, Says PM Modi
- Thursday April 12, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
The BJP on Wednesday kicked off a series of programmes aimed at reaching out to Dalits and backward sections of society with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that his government is working to realise the visions of Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar and social reformer Jyotiba Phule.
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www.ndtv.com
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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju Says He Sees BR Ambedkar As 'A Form Of God'
- Thursday May 11, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said he sees Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar as "a form of God".
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www.ndtv.com
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Size Of This Rally Shows Who Will Win UP, Says Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Monday January 2, 2017
- India News | Edited by Bhanu Priya Vyas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned for his party today in Lucknow with a huge rally at a public park named after the wife of Dalit icon Bhim Rao Ambedkar. The ground was built by Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati when she was Chief Minister; her party says she alone has the drawing power to fill it. "I have never seen such a big audience," sa...
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www.ndtv.com
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Amit Shah Says Only BJP Truly Imbibed BR Ambedkar's Vision
- Thursday April 14, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
Accusing Congress and other political rivals of indulging in politics in the name of BR Ambedkar, BJP president Amit Shah today claimed that Modi government alone has truly imbibed the Dalit icon's inclusive vision by taking development to people on the lowest rung of the social ladder.
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www.ndtv.com
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BJP To Now Invoke BR Ambedkar's Views On Nationalism
- Monday April 11, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
BJP will now invoke BR Ambedkar's views on nationalism in support of its campaign on the issue and has chalked out big plans to observe the Dalit icon's birth anniversary on April 14 for three days in panchayats across the country.
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www.ndtv.com
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Government Constructing 5 Lakh Farming Pools: PM Narendra Modi
- Sunday March 27, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
With the water table dropping substantially in some parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the government is constructing five lakh 'farming pools' even as he urged people to resort to water conservation methods like creating small reservoirs.
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www.ndtv.com
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Government Announces Massive Plans to Observe BR Ambedkar's 125th Birth Anniversary
- Monday June 1, 2015
- India News | Ketki Angre
The government on Saturday announced its massive plans of commemorating Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary.
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www.ndtv.com
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Battleground UP: It's Behenji vs Maya Memsaab
- Monday March 5, 2012
- Assembly | Anant Zanane
The canny BSP chief tried to turn the veiling of statues into a political advantage saying the pride of Dalits was being attacked. Has she overplayed her hand this time?
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www.ndtv.com
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Mayawati renames new district in Gandhi stronghold
- Thursday July 1, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
With the Rahul Gandhi threat to her turf growing by the day in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati has fired the next salvo in the fierce battle for Dalit votes. She has resurrected a move to carve out a new district that includes the Gandhi strongholds of Amethi and Rae Bareli, and name it after a Dalit icon.The new district, carved out of Rae ...
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www.ndtv.com