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Mr Saroj was one of the tallest leaders in the BSP after Ms Mayawati and his exit recently made the latter admit before her party leaders that there was now a dearth of leaders in her party now.

BSP campaign: Dalit atrocities to be in focus

The BSP is compiling incidents of atrocities on Dalits that have taken place in the BJP regime.

4 Sept 2018 6:09 AM IST

A city court had directed the police to lodge an FIR against them for alleged violation of aircraft rules, tampering with evidence and intimidating a doctor working with Air India in January, 2017. (Representational image)

Use SC instead of dalits, I&B ministry asks media

The order comes after the Bombay High Court asked the ministry to consider issuing a direction to media to stop using ...

4 Sept 2018 5:28 AM IST

Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment, Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday proposed an all-out decisive war with Pakistan with an aim to take back Pakistan-occupied Kasmir (PoK). (Photo: File)

No question of changing SC/ST Act, says Ramdas Athawale

We will not do anything that will dent BJP's prospects but if we contest, we can dent the BSP's vote bank hereâ€, he...

8 Sept 2018 12:46 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar has warned that parents who fail to send their wards to schools will be locked up in police stations. (Photo: Facebook/@omprakashrajbhar)

Mantri gives ally BJP October deadline on quota issue

The 22.5 per cent reservation for SCs should also be divided into three categories Dalits, more Dalits and most Dalits,...

12 Sept 2018 5:41 AM IST

Chandra Shekhar

How marginalised create space for themselves

Azad calls himself Ravanâ€, to identify with those aspects of our culture that others may see as repulsive.

16 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

A worker cover his face with a mask as he takes a nap outside a closed shop in a market in New Delhi. Thousands of workers in major Indian cities have lost their jobs due to the shutdown imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (DC Photo; Pritam Bandyopadhyay)Photograph......Pritam Bandyopadhyay

The shutdown is a device to shut out the Dalits

All those who have been nudged to the margins by the Covid-19 lockdown are invariably Dalit

29 April 2020 12:40 AM IST

Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with party leaders releasing dalit manifesto for the Assembly elections at Goraya in Jalandhar. (Photo: PTI)

Arvind Kejriwal's pledge to Punjab: Dalit Deputy CM if AAP wins

Kejriwal said that it is first time in the history of Punjab that any party has released a separate manifesto for dalits

26 Nov 2016 2:33 AM IST

A case under relevant sections of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been registered. (Representational Image)

Dalit groom roughed up for riding to wedding venue in car

The group of four men forced Bansal to alight from the car and thrashed him and six others of the marriage party, the...

7 May 2017 10:55 AM IST

The next Lok Sabha elections are due in 2019 and the BJP- led NDA is in a buoyant mood following its massive win in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. (Photo: PTI)

Paswan to oppn: Stop wasting time, no vacancy for PM post till 2024

He also heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'pro-Dalit' measures.

2 May 2017 5:15 PM IST

Ignoring warning of the upper caste members, kerosene in the well was poured to take revenge. (Photo: ANI/Representational Image)

Madhya Pradesh: Dalits' well poured with kerosene in revenge

Upon receiving threats, Meghwal had informed the cops and the marriage took place under tight security.

1 May 2017 12:17 PM IST

Waris Pathan and Vilas Garud

Tug of war for Dalit votes begins

BJP, AIMIM, BSP going all out to woo community traditionally seen as Congress voters.

16 Jan 2017 3:54 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Photo: PTI)

UP: Dalit conclave cancelled, 31 supporters arrested

Meet to have focussed on growing atrocities on Dalits in UP.

4 July 2017 12:52 AM IST