Tag: Dalit

What is a ‘privileged Dalit’? Creamy Layer definition cannot just be economic

[ad_1] The recent judgment of the Supreme Court regarding sub-classification among SC and ST groups vis-a-vis granting reservation raises a more fundamental question. Why do we need reservation for Dalits? I would like to share a snippet from my experience of living with caste. I lived in a rented accommodation as a student in Delhi […]

Dalit leader who fought for SC sub-classification: ‘Verdict will benefit a hundred generations of Madigas, other downtrodden castes’ | Political Pulse News

[ad_1] The Supreme Court in a landmark verdict on Thursday allowed the sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in reservation, allowing wider protection for underrepresented groups. Following the order, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said the state would immediately start the process of sub-classification to implement the reservation for the Madiga community […]

Haryana most-deprived Dalit groups see ‘new life’, want law for quota within quota in current session | Political Pulse News

[ad_1] Soon after the Supreme Court order Thursday empowering states to go ahead with sub-categorisation within the Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservations, the ‘Dalit-A Mahapanchayat Haryana’ announced that it would meet Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to press that a legislation to enforce this be introduced in the ongoing Monsoon Session. Several Dalit […]

Congress Dalit leader says family will convert to Islam if BJP MLA, husband don’t face action | Ahmedabad News

[ad_1] The president of the Congress’s Junagadh city SC/ST cell, whose son was allegedly assaulted by BJP MLA Geetaba Jadeja’s son in May, said that his whole family and many others from the Dalit community would convert to Islam if Gujarat’s BJP government doesn’t seek the MLA’s resignation and the arrest of her husband. Congress’s […]

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