 "B R Ambedkar, Dalit icon")
As the countdown to Dalit icon B R Ambedkar’s 127th birth anniversary begins, political parties are busy polishing their strategies to woo the community – almost a fifth of India's population – to brighten their prospects for the general elections 2019.
An important part of this political strategy would be aimed at ‘New Dalits’ – as many as 23 million of them will turn 18 years of age and eligible to vote in 2019, for the first time in a parliamentary election. That is 19 per cent of all Dalit votes nationally. In cow-belt states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,
An important part of this political strategy would be aimed at ‘New Dalits’ – as many as 23 million of them will turn 18 years of age and eligible to vote in 2019, for the first time in a parliamentary election. That is 19 per cent of all Dalit votes nationally. In cow-belt states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,
