Dalits In UP

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hailed the contribution of the Dalits towards the making of the Constitution and said it is "your ideology but wherever you go now, you are crushed by the system". The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Raebareli MP said this while interacting with a group of Dalit students of 'Mool Bharti' hostel near Bargad Chauraha here. He was accompanied by Congress Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma and other party leaders. Naming some top private companies which are part of the "big 500" firms, Gandhi asked the youths how many of those had a Dalit at its helm. When one youth responded "none", Gandhi asked him, "Why not?" Another youth replied "because we don't have adequate facilities". Gandhi disagreed and said "(B R) Ambedkar ji did not have any facility. He was alone in his efforts yet he shook the politics of the country." "There is an entire system which is against you and doesn't want you to progress. The system attacks you everyday and half of t

Police have lodged an FIR against 45 named and 50 unidentified accused for rioting over the death of a prisoner lodged in the Firozabad jail, an official said on Saturday. A 25-year-old Dalit man remanded in judicial custody on charges of theft died in a hospital, where he was taken on Friday after his condition deteriorated in the prison. The family members of Akash, the victim, alleged that he died after being beaten by the police. His post-mortem was completed on Friday and, while taking the body back, some people attacked the police and vandalised police vehicles, the official said. Inspector General of Police (Agra zone) Deepak Kumar has been camping in Firozabad since Friday to ensure law and order. Superintendent of Police (City) Sarvesh Kumar Mishra said 45 people have been named and 50 others made accused in the violence and rioting case. The police personnel, including sub-inspector Devesh Kumar, injured in the mob violence have been medically examined. The situation is

In the rural expanse of western Uttar Pradesh's Hathras and Firozabad, where the pastoral beauty belies deep-seated challenges, those living in Dalit colonies want basic necessities and dignity and freedom from filth and sewage. Several villages this PTI reporter visited had a Dalit colony separately and these villages had debilitating homes and sanitation issues. In these villages, the realities of sanitation and poverty shape the narratives of women like Aarti Devi and Maya, whose voices echo the aspirations and frustrations of their communities. In Hathras's Pilakhana, the air is heavy with the stench of stagnant water that surrounds modest homes, many of which are precariously perched in disrepair. For Aarti Devi, a Dalit woman whose days are consumed by cleaning the households of so-called upper caste people, her own living conditions are in stark contrast with the cleanliness she strives to achieve elsewhere. "Our houses are swallowed by filth and sewage. We clean the homes

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised the issue of participation of marginalised communities in high courts and bureaucracy in the country

BSP won just one of the 403 seats and secured a vote per cent of 12.8, down from 17 seats and a vote share of 22.2 per cent in 2017

He said every vote to BJP will help in keeping away Uttar Pradesh from riots and mafias

BSP Supremo Mayawati attacked the SP and the BJP for their anti-Dalit policies, saying the former changed names of all the institutions named after Dalit luminaries under its tenure.

But not all Dalits plan the same. Many accuse Opposition parties, especially the BSP, of indulging in vote bank politics

Bahujan Samaj Party leader Satish Chandra Mishra on Sunday claimed that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh was not only anti-Dalit but also anti-Brahmin.

Apprehended persons face criminal charges of inciting mobs and cheating under relevant IPC sections