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Eyeing Madhya Pradesh's 16% Dalit Vote, BJP To Flag Off Yatra For Ravidas Temple
In an attempt to consolidate the 16% Dalit votes in Madhya Pradesh less than four months before the state goes to polls, the BJP will flag off the Sant Ravidas Samarasta Yatra this evening.
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"Nitish Kumar Has Our Sympathy, Not Vote," Say Bihar Dalits, Blame BJP
The road to re-election for the BJP in 2019 doesn't just lead through Uttar Pradesh but Bihar too. But five years since the party won 22 out of the state's 40 seats in the national polls, its relationship status with the group that powered its victory - the 16 per cent Dalits - is "complicated". The community's disenchantment with the BJP threatens...
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Ramdas Athawale Hits Out At Congress, Ready To Campaign For BJP In UP
Newly-appointed Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale today came down heavily on Congress, saying the party used him with an eye on Dalit votes but it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who realised his worth and made him a central minister.
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Eye on UP Polls, PM's 'Stand Up India' Reaches Out To Dalits
With an eye on Dalit votes in the mega battle for Uttar Pradesh early next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his "Stand up India scheme" today to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Castes and Tribes and Women with easier loans, from that state.
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Ram Vilas Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi Fail to Deliver for NDA in Bihar
Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, two prominent Dalit leaders on whom BJP was banking to bring home for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nearly 16 per cent votes of schedule castes, failed to deliver in the Bihar elections, as reflected in the results.
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Mohan Bhagwat's Quota Remark sealed BJP's fate in Bihar: Lalu Prasad
Attacking saffron party over Mohan Bhagwat's remark, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said the RSS chief's call for a review of the reservation policy has "sealed" the fate of the BJP. He claimed that Janata Dal will emerge triumphant in "Mandal versus Kamandal" politics, as in 1995 Bihar polls.
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BJP Placates One Ally in Bihar, Another Allegedly Upset
Hours after publicly celebrating with sweets a seat-sharing deal for Bihar that followed intense negotiations, the BJP was still left with an ally that was less than pleased.
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Bihar Deal: BJP Wins Over Jitan Ram Manjhi, Now Paswan Upset, Say Sources
Hours after publicly celebrating a seat-sharing deal for Bihar that involved placating one ally with a few more seats, the BJP was reported to be confronting another sulking ally.
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BJP Using Jitan Ram Manjhi for Dalit Votes, Says BR Ambedkar's Grandson
Anandraj Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar, today accused BJP of trying to use Bihar's former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to garner Dalit votes in the assembly elections.
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Rahul Gandhi Lands in BR Ambedkar's Birthplace Mhow
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has reached Mhow, the birthplace of Dr BR Ambedkar --- the architect of India's Constitution around whose work and ideology, struggles of the suppressed classes are centred.
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Eyeing Madhya Pradesh's 16% Dalit Vote, BJP To Flag Off Yatra For Ravidas Temple
In an attempt to consolidate the 16% Dalit votes in Madhya Pradesh less than four months before the state goes to polls, the BJP will flag off the Sant Ravidas Samarasta Yatra this evening.
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"Nitish Kumar Has Our Sympathy, Not Vote," Say Bihar Dalits, Blame BJP
The road to re-election for the BJP in 2019 doesn't just lead through Uttar Pradesh but Bihar too. But five years since the party won 22 out of the state's 40 seats in the national polls, its relationship status with the group that powered its victory - the 16 per cent Dalits - is "complicated". The community's disenchantment with the BJP threatens...
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Ramdas Athawale Hits Out At Congress, Ready To Campaign For BJP In UP
Newly-appointed Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale today came down heavily on Congress, saying the party used him with an eye on Dalit votes but it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who realised his worth and made him a central minister.
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Eye on UP Polls, PM's 'Stand Up India' Reaches Out To Dalits
With an eye on Dalit votes in the mega battle for Uttar Pradesh early next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his "Stand up India scheme" today to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Castes and Tribes and Women with easier loans, from that state.
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Ram Vilas Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi Fail to Deliver for NDA in Bihar
Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, two prominent Dalit leaders on whom BJP was banking to bring home for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nearly 16 per cent votes of schedule castes, failed to deliver in the Bihar elections, as reflected in the results.
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Mohan Bhagwat's Quota Remark sealed BJP's fate in Bihar: Lalu Prasad
Attacking saffron party over Mohan Bhagwat's remark, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said the RSS chief's call for a review of the reservation policy has "sealed" the fate of the BJP. He claimed that Janata Dal will emerge triumphant in "Mandal versus Kamandal" politics, as in 1995 Bihar polls.
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BJP Placates One Ally in Bihar, Another Allegedly Upset
Hours after publicly celebrating with sweets a seat-sharing deal for Bihar that followed intense negotiations, the BJP was still left with an ally that was less than pleased.
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Bihar Deal: BJP Wins Over Jitan Ram Manjhi, Now Paswan Upset, Say Sources
Hours after publicly celebrating a seat-sharing deal for Bihar that involved placating one ally with a few more seats, the BJP was reported to be confronting another sulking ally.
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BJP Using Jitan Ram Manjhi for Dalit Votes, Says BR Ambedkar's Grandson
Anandraj Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar, today accused BJP of trying to use Bihar's former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to garner Dalit votes in the assembly elections.
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Rahul Gandhi Lands in BR Ambedkar's Birthplace Mhow
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has reached Mhow, the birthplace of Dr BR Ambedkar --- the architect of India's Constitution around whose work and ideology, struggles of the suppressed classes are centred.
