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Does Jignesh Mevani represent unfolding of a new Dalit factor in politics?

Kanshi Ram was a Dalit Kautilya from Punjab who built heartland's Mayawati as his Chandragupta. It's a good playbook for Jignesh Mevani, if he has the skill and ambition

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Shekhar Gupta
IS there a new Dalit factor unfolding in national politics? Can what has lately been described as Dalit assertion disrupt politics in a heavily election-laden season? And if so, does the rocket have the fuel to last until May 2019, or will it fizzle and burn out before that?

Further: Does Jignesh Mevani personify this new factor? And next, who is he in political terms, a new Kanshi Ram, or a mere fizzle like Mahendra Singh Tikait or Col. Kirori Singh Bainsla (retd)? The Kanshi Ram phenomenon left a deep impact on heartland politics. The other two, despite wide Jat
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