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Sanket Garud on Modern Forms of Casteism

Sanket Garud on Modern Forms of Casteism

"But Mind You I Don't Believe in Caste!"

Dude, what's your caste?
But mind you I don't believe in caste!

Do you enjoy reservations?
Aah how lucky you people are!!
But mind you I don't believe in caste!

We people struggle so hard to get admissions
And you all... Aah so lucky you people are!!
But mind you I don't believe in caste!

I come from a Brahmin family
We follow our rituals!
What rituals do you people have?
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

Aah... I thought you were a Brahmin
Because you look like one!!
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

You scored such good grades!!
But did you get admissions on the basis of reservations??
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

I worship our gods and this is our culture
that we have been following throughout
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

Oh... You are fair...
your complexion doesn't let me believe
that you are not a Brahmin
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

I never was Castiest...
I come from a poor family
But then too these people get such facilities!
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

There is no Castiesm nowadays..
May be practiced in some rural areas...
no one follows it in urban areas
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

These people are so dumb
They look so ugly... Aah that black colour!!
I just hate this guy
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

These people know nothing
But to roam around Give 'Gaalis' (swearing),
these people are not even educated
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

Aah these 'Jhopadpatti' (slum) people...
We are not meant to stay with them
They know nothing but to fight
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

These people have no values at all
They are manner-less and would be a waste of time talking to them
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

Eww... you know he was from a low caste
Why need to marry him?
He won't be able to compete with us
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

I treat you like others naah...
so why do you still believe in caste?
I treat you like you are human
But mind you I don't believe in caste!!

Some Unknown facts about Dr. Ambedkar

Some Unknown facts about Dr. Ambedkar 

Some Unknown facts about Dr. Ambedkar on 'MAY DAY' also known as 'LABOR DAY'...
Please Read the complete article.

If there any person who secured the rights of Laborers in India, the person was none other than “Father of Modern India” & Revolutionary Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Without Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, today the future of India Labors would have been in pitch darkness. He is the only leader in India who was multi-dimensional and a great visionary. After all he was born in the land of the most congenital casteist the nation we know as ‘India’. The staunch upper caste's never give credit to Dr. Ambedkar's contribution in building a great nation which today is one of the developing economies of the world. Thanks to his robust economic policies which have saved India even in the times of great Economic Depressions. Be it the founding guidelines of the RBI or the Principles of Free Trade, Dr. Ambedkar has given all the best for our Nation.


Here is some piece of valuable information to share about what Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar did for Labors as a Labor leader and as the Labor Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council between 1942 and 1946. He was sworn as the Labor Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in July 7, 1942.

Brilliant contributions made by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

• Reduction in Factory Working Hours (8 hours duty) : Today the working hours in India per day is about 8 hours. We do not know that how many Indians know, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was the Savior of Labors in India. He brought 8 hours duty in India and change the working time from 14 hours to 8 hours became a light for workers in India. He brought it on the 7th session of Indian Labor Conference in New Delhi, November 27, 1942.
• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar framed many laws for Women Labors in India :
• Mines Maternity Benefit Act,
• Women Labor welfare fund,
• Women and Child, Labor Protection Act,
• Maternity Benefit for women Labor, 5. Restoration of Ban on Employment of Women on Underground Work in Coal Mines,
• Indian Factory Act.
• National Employment Agency (Employment Exchange): Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was instrumental in bringing the establishment of employment exchanges. He created employment exchanges in India as the Labor member in Provincial government in British India after the end of 2nd world, so also the tripartite mechanism of settling Labor issues through trade unions, Labors and the government representatives and introducing skill development initiative in the government sector. Due to his relentless efforts ‘National Employment Agency was created.
• Employees State Insurance (ESI): ESI helps the workers with medical care, medical leave, physically disabled during working injuries as compensation Insurance for providing various facilities. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar enacted and brought it for the benefit of workers. Actually India only brought ‘Insurance Act’ as the first nation among the East Asian countries. Credit goes to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
• The original source of reference for all the 13 Finance Commission reports, in a way, are based on Dr. Ambedkar’s P.hd thesis, "The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India", written in 1923.
• India’s Water Policy and Electric Power Planning: The policy formulation and planning for the development of irrigation and electric power was the major concern. It was the Labor Department under the guidance of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, who decided to establish "Central Technical Power Board" (CTPB) for power system development, hydro power station sites, hydro-electric surveys, analyzing problems of electricity generation and thermal power station investigation . Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar emphasized on the significance and need for the “Grid System”, which is still working successfully even today. If today power engineers are going abroad for training, the credit goes to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar again, who as a leader of Labor Department formulated policy to train the best engineers-overseas. It is a matter of shame that nobody credits Dr. abasaheb Ambedkar for the role he played in India’s water policy and electric power planning. [For more about ‘India’s Water Policy and Electric Power Planning’, Refer: Dr. Ambedkar’s Role in Economic Planning Water and Power Policy by Sukhadeo Thorat].
• Dearness Allowance (DA) to Workers.
• Leave Benefit to Piece Workers.
• Revision of Scale of Pay for Employees.
• Coal and Mica Mines Provident Fund: At the time, Coal Industry played a vital role in our country’s economy. Due to this, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar enacted the Coal Mines Safety (Stowing) Amendment Bill for the benefit of the workers on January 31st, 1944. On 8th April 1946, he brought the Mica Mines Labor Welfare Fund which helped the workers with housing, water supply, education, entertainment, co- operative arrangements.
• Labor Welfare Funds: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar set up an Advisory Committee to advise on matters arising out of the Labor Welfare under B P Agarkar. Later he promulgated it on January, 1944.
• Post War Economic Planning: When 2nd World war ended, there were many challenges for India, such as re-establishing the economy; including improvement in agriculture, development of industries, rehabilitation and re- deployment of defense services etc. For this, the Reconstruction Committee of Council (RCC) was established. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a member of RCC and was assigned the role of the President of "Policy Committee for Irrigation and Power" of great significance but less well known among Dr. Ambedkar's contribution to the nation was his direct participation in the formulation of objective and strategy of post-war economic plan & planned development of water and electric power resources in the country. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was directly involved in framing of the objective and strategy of economic planning and water and electric power policy though he made a substantial contribution to the economic planning and water and electric power resource development in this position, surprisingly, this aspect of his contribution has hardly been studied. [For more about ‘Post War Economic Planning’ Refer: Dr. Ambedkar’s Role in Economic Planning Water and Power Policy by Sukhadeo Thorat].
• Indian Statistical Law: In 1942, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar passed the Indian Statistical Act. Later D K Paisendry (Former Deputy Principal, Information Officer, Government of India) said in his book, without Dr. Ambedkar’s Indian Statistical Act he could not formulated the Labor conditions, their wage rates, other Income, Inflation, debt, housing, employment, deposits and other funds, Labor disputes.
• The Indian Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill: Indian Labor Act was enacted in 1926 . This only helped to register the trade unions. But it did not approved by the government. On 8 November, 1943 he brought the Indian Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill for Compulsory recognition of trade unions.
• Creator of Damodar valley project, Hirakund project, The Sone River valley project: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar who started and Plan outlined, on the lines of the Tennessee Valley project, the Damodar Valley project. Not only Damodar Valley Project but also Hirakud project, The Sone River valley project were outlined by him. In 1945, under the chairmanship of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, then Member of Labor, it was decided to invest in the potential benefits of controlling the Mahanadi for multi purpose use. But almost were hiding and wrongly been attributed entirely to Nehru’s vision for industrialization through multi purpose river valley projects. It was Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar who in fact, as the then Member for Labor in the Viceroy’s Council, played the most central role in introducing large dam technologies into India . If you ask any school going child, where Damodar Valley, Hirakund and the Sone River Valley projects are, and who inaugurated these projects, they will tell you the names of Nehru-Gandhi family, although they have nothing to do with these projects. (Check out the wiki page giving details that Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, Dr. B.C.Roy, chief minister of West Bengal and Sri Krishna Sinha, chief minister of Bihar, took personal interest to ensure early success of the project). We have been taught in schools about these projects but we don’t find a word about Dr. Ambedkar’s prominent role and contribution towards all these projects. Since 1930 emphasis has been increasingly placed on engineering practices, on the hydrological unity of a river basin on treating the basin as the unit of development of its water resources. Credit for multi purpose project (irrigation and generating electric power together) goes to Irrigation and Power Department, under the leadership of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Keeping in view the enhanced magnitude of such projects, it was keenly felt that the technical expert bodies available then at the center weren’t adequate. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar approved the Central Water way and Irrigation Commission (CWINC) in March 1944, and subsequently by the Viceroy on April 4, 1945. Thus Dr.Babasaheb helped build a strong technical organization for the development of India. If our houses are illuminated and if our fields are green, it’s because of Dr. Ambedkar’s stellar role in the planning of these projects, on which rests a major part of India’s economy today. If there is such a concept as water-management and development in India, then the credit goes to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar for ably using the natural resources to serve India. If it was not for Dr. Ambedkar’s vision, one can imagine the situation of electric supply, irrigation and development of India. [For more, Refer: Dr. Ambedkar’s Role in Economic Planning Water and Power Policy by Sukhadeo Thorat].
• Health Insurance Scheme.
• Provident Fund Act.
• Factory Amendment Act.
• Labor Disputes Act.
• Minimum wage.
• The Legal Strike. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar believe that caste is not merely the division of Labor but division of labourers based upon the graded inequality. Further in his ‘Annihilation of Caste’, Volume - I, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writing and Speeches, “ In no other country is the division of Labor accompanied by this gradation of labourers. There is also a third point of criticism against this view of the Caste System. This division of Labor is not spontaneous; it is not based on natural aptitudes. Social and individual efficiency requires us to develop the capacity of an individual to the point of competency to choose and to make his own career. This principle is violated in the Caste System in so far as it involves an attempt to appoint tasks to individuals in advance, selected not on the basis of trained original capacities, but on that of the social status of the parents. Looked at from another point of view this stratification of occupations which is the result of the Caste System is positively pernicious. Industry is never static. It undergoes rapid and abrupt changes. With such changes an individual must be free to change his occupation. Without such freedom to adjust himself to changing circumstances it would be impossible for him to gain his livelihood. Now the Caste System will not allow Hindus to take to occupations where they are wanted if they do not belong to them by heredity. If a Hindu is seen to starve rather than take to new occupations not assigned to his Caste, the reason is to be found in the Caste System. By not permitting readjustment of occupations, caste becomes a direct cause of much of the unemployment we see in the country. As a form of division of Labor the Caste system suffers from another serious defect. The division of Labor brought about by the Caste System is not a division based on choice. Individual sentiment, individual preference has no place in it. It is based on the dogma of predestination.”

References:
* Volume 10 – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar as member of the Governor-General’s Executive Council (1942-46).
* A Tamil article by Tamilmaraiyan.
* Dr. Ambedkar’s Role in Economic Planning Water and Power Policy by Sukhadeo Thorat.
* Volume 1 - Annihilation of Caste by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar


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Dalit News

Dalit groups vent ire as Ahmednagar triple murder remains unsolved

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dalit-groups-vent-ire-as-ahmednagar-triple-murderremains-unsolved/article6538268.ece

Silent rally in Navi Mumbai to protest triple Dalit family murder

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/Silent-rally-in-Navi-Mumbai-to-protest-triple-Dalit-family-murder/articleshow/44951705.cms?

Dalit Writer's Father Attacked in Pudukkottai

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Dalit-Writers-Father-Attacked-in-Pudukkottai/2014/10/28/article2496755.ece

STF to probe murder of Dalit family in Ahmednagar

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/stf-to-probe-murder-of-dalit-family-in-ahmednagar/

Daily Words of the Buddha

Daily Words of the Buddha 

Yathāpi pabbato selo,
acalo suppatiṭṭhito,
evaṃ mohakkhayā bhikkhu,
pabbatova na vedhatī.
Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/udana_3_24.mp3

Just as a mountain of rock,
is unwavering, well-settled,
so the monk whose delusion is ended,
like a mountain, is undisturbed.

Udāna 3.24
http://tipitaka.org/romn/cscd/s0503m.mul2.xml#para24
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Dalit News

Unable to pay fee, dalit students in Faridkot village decide to boycott exam

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Unable-to-pay-fee-dalit-students-in-Faridkot-village-decide-to-boycott-exam/articleshow/44936723.cms

Appoint special task force to probe Dalit killings: Governor to DGP

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-appoint-special-task-force-to-probe-dalit-killings-governor-to-dgp-2029156

Dalit family alleges threat to life

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/dalit-family-alleges-threat-to-life/article6533549.ece

Dalits Need True Representatives to Emerge Strong, Says Vundru

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Dalits-Need-True-Representatives-to-Emerge-Strong-Says-Vundru/2014/10/26/article2493762.ece

No breakthrough yet in Maharashtra Dalit family murder

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/no-breakthrough-yet-in-maharashtra-dalit-family-murder/article6530499.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Dr. Ambedkar photo of the day - get motivated!

Jago Bahujan Sathiyo (Wake Up Dalit-Bahujan Friends)

Jago Bahujan Sathiyo (Wake Up Dalit-Bahujan Friends) 

I have uploaded this one hour movie on google videos. 

Its a documentary on the life story of Dalit-Bahujans. Story of BSP's rise. 

Story of Dalit-Bahujan heroes. 

Watch this Jago Bahujan Sathiyo (Wake Up Dalit-Bahujan friends) & forward this to other groups.

The "untouchable" and her rise to power in India

In the late 1960s, a little girl and her family set out from a Delhi shanty town to visit her grandparents in a distant village. It was a long journey, and her parents began to chat to other passengers on the bus. When they revealed their destination was the chamar mohalla – the area usually found on the outskirts of a village and inhabited by those at the lowest level of the Indian caste hierarchy – the bus fell silent. The little girl’s mother had to explain to her that other Indians considered the caste to which her family belonged to be unclean.

More than 40 years later, that little girl, known simply as Mayawati, is a political hero for lower-caste Indians throughout the north of the country. She is a Dalit, a member of the caste known historically as “untouchables”. And Dalits in the state of Uttar Pradesh hurry in their thousands to her rallies, where she tells them how proud she is to have been born into a Dalit family. “I am the daughter of a Chamar [a Dalit]. I am a Chamar. I am yours.” In May 2007, she became chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the fourth time. On taking the oath of office, she declared that “nobody can stop me from becoming prime minister”. We shall find out soon enough if she is right: India goes to the polls in a general election in April and May this year.

Read complete story from 

http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/03/caste-mayawati-india-bsp

BSP chief Mayawati slams Centre, UP government over law and order situation

BSP President Mayawati on Friday charged the BJP government at the Centre and Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh of failing to provide a peaceful atmosphere to the people.

"At the national stage, the BJP government and in the state, the Samajwadi Party government have totally failed to provide a peaceful, harmonious and just atmosphere to the people," Mayawati was quoted as saying at a BSP meet in a release here.

"There appears to be a competition going on between Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Centre and SP government in the state as to who can mislead the people by making tall claims.

"Both governments led by BJP and SP appear to be completely passive and lax about the welfare of crores of dalits, backwards, minorities especially Muslims and poor among the upper castes which is not in national interest," she said.

Mayawati who was addressing a meeting of senior party leaders and office bearers of Uttar Pradesh andUttarakhand units, which had been overhauled recently, said that now the main opposition parties as well as the common people are agreeing to what the BSP had been saying about prevailing "jungle raj" and dismal law and order under the SP government.

"The constitutional traditions and law are being flouted ...Crime control and law and order is very bad, officials are locking horns with each other, corruption is rampant and common people are being harassed," she said, adding that power crisis has made things more difficult for the people.

Reiterating her party's demand, Mayawati said that Governor Ram Naik has himself aired his views on the bad state of affairs in the state several times but this is not the real remedy of the problems.

"Therefore, the BSP makes a renewed demand from the Governor to make the Centre aware of the ground situation in the state in writing, recommending President's rule to fulfil his constitutional duty," she said, adding that otherwise BJP would be equally responsible alongwith the SP in the eyes of the suffering people.

Mayawati who also issued directives to the leaders of both the states for increasing party's support base among the sarv samaj and organisational matters, said that the situation in Uttarakhand with regard to law and order and development under the Congress government also does not appear to be any better.

From - 

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bsp-chief-mayawati-slams-centre-up-government-over-law-and-order-situation-2026882

BSP won 1 seat in Haryana

Many Congratulations!

BSP got around 4.4%, i.e. 542683 votes and came at 5th position in Haryana. 

Maya now wants reservation for Jats - The Times of India

Maya now wants reservation for Jats - The Times of India:

"LUCKNOW: UP chief minister and BSP supremo shot off yet another letter to prime minister Manmohan Singh demanding inclusion of Jats in central government's list of other backward classes (OBC). This is third letter to prime minister from Mayawati in last three days. While in the first letter she asked for constitutional amendment for Muslim quota in government jobs and educational institution, the second one was for giving reservation to poor upper castes. "

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Mayawati-now-wants-reservation-for-Jats/articleshow/10042093.cms

Six SP MLAs defect to BSP to 'serve people'

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Six-SP-MLAs-defect-to-BSP-to-serve-people/articleshow/9493412.cms

LUCKNOW: After receiving several setback when its three MLAs defected to SP, the ruling BSP has struck back at its arch rival, the SP. While on Thursday Sandhya Katheriaya, a sitting SP MLA from Kishna assembly constituency in SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's home ground Mainpuri, joined BSP, on Friday five sitting SP MLAs defected to BSP.

The five SP MLAs who have defected to the ruling BSP are Sarvesh SIngh MLA from Sagr constituency in Azamgarh, Sultan Beg MLA from Kawar constituency in Bareilly, Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel from Hamirpur, Sandeep Agarwal from Moradabad, Sundar Lal Lodhi from Hadha constituency in Unnao and Suraj Singh Shakya from Kanshiram Nagar.

The move is being seen as BSP reply to SP. While MLAs are defecting after being denied ticket by their parties for the assembly elections due next year in April-May, by engineering defections, the political parties are trying to give impression that the poll mood is in their favour.

Significantly, three BSP MLAs and several other leaders have defected to SP since May this year. Those who have joined SP include BSP MLA from Mallawa in Hardoi, Satish Verma, BSP MLA from Masauli in Barabanki district, Farid Mefhooz Kidwai and BSP MLA from Jalalpur, Ambedkarnagar, Sher Bahadur Singh.

All the turncoats enjoyed their term as MLA for four-and-a-half years and now after being denied election tickets, they all suddenly realised that their parent party is 'suffocating'. They all said that they have defected to 'serve the people'.

Mostly BJP, RLD and SP leaders Join BSP in UP

Mostly BJP, RLD and SP leaders Join BSP in UP

http://www.nhatky.in/mostly-bjp-rld-and-sp-leaders-join-bsp-in-up-12326458

 

Former BSP leaders join hands ahead of LS polls 

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-bsp-leaders-join-hands-ahead-of-ls-polls/87185-37.html

 

Maudood Madani joins BSP, to contest Lok Sabha from Amroha 

http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2009/feb/01/maudood_madani_joins_bsp_contest_lok_sabha_amroha.html

 

Shahid Siddiqui: Why I joined the BSP 

http://world.rediff.com/news/article/www/news/2008/jul/20inter.htm

Afzal Ansari joins BSP,to contest from Gazipur 

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/afzal-ansari-joins-bsp-contest-gazipur

Akhilesh Das joins BSP 

http://news.indiainfo.com/article/0805101359_das/148969.html

7 Oppn legislators formally join BSP

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lucknow/7-Oppn-legislators-formally-join-BSP/articleshow/4220657.cms

 

SP rebel leaders Agarwal, Verma join BSP

http://www.samaylive.com/news/sp-rebel-leaders-agarwal-verma-join-bsp/99730.html

SP, RLD, BJP leaders join BSP in UP

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/sp-rld-bjp-leaders-join-bsp-in-up_100162646.html

Father, son join BSP

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080529/jsp/nation/story_9335165.jsp

Mayawati deserves to be PM more than Advani, Manmohan: Bardhan

Mayawati deserves to be PM more than Advani, Manmohan: Bardhan

http://inwww.rediff.com/newshound/searchshowarticle.htm?rediffid=http://www.indiaenews.com/politics/20090320/186186.htm

SRP to merge with BSP

http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=SRP+to+merge+with+BSP&artid=RYbELU3djgs=&SectionID=1ZkF/jmWuSA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=X7s7i|xOZ5Y=&SEO=

KOLLAM: Socialist Republican Party (SRP) has decided to merge with BSP. The decision was taken at the meeting of the state executive committee of the party, said party state chairman Varadarajan and general secretary Thekkumbhagam Reghunath.

Candidates List of BSP for Parliament Election 2009

http://bspindia.org/final_candidate_loksabha_election_2009.php

Mayawati to address rallies in Haryana

Mayawati to address rallies in Haryana

Ms. Mayawati will address public rallies on April 4 at Ambala and Jind and on April 5 at Faridabad.

Read complete story from 

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200903151521.htm

No alliance with other parties: Mayawati

"BSP believes in doing much and talking less... we hope to get good results in these elections," - Mayawati

Read complete story from

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200903151340.htm

Mayawati never projected herself as PM candidate: TDP

http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/524271/National/1/20/1

India may vote for untouchable leader

More than 60per cent of India's population live on less than $2 a day, so it is hardly surprising the poor and disenfranchised are politically motivated. Dalits - who sit at the bottom of India's rigid caste system - represent 16 per cent of the population, 175million out of a total 1.1 billion people.

"Mayawati is Chief Minister of a state which has as many people as Brazil (190 million) so we should look at her party seriously," Professor Rangarajan told The Australian.

Complete story from:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25190793-25837,00.html

Best Wishes on eve of Kanshiram Sahab's 75th Birth anniversary (15th March)

On eve of 75th Birth anniversary of Bahujan Nayak Manyawar Kanshiram Sahab, my best wishes to you all.

One who dedicated his entire life to organize the downtrodden, exploited and backward sections of society so as to enable them to stand on their own feet, A grateful Indian nation remembers
Bahujan Nayak Manyawar Kanshiram Sahab on occasion of his 75th Birth Anniversary on 15Th March, 2009.

Kanshi Ram: from BAMCEF to the Bahujan Samaj Party
http://www.ambedkar.org/books/tu5.htm

Senior SP woman leader quits, joins BSP

Showering praise on the BSP, she declared, "what has impressed me most about the BSP was that this party gives due respect not only to Brahmins but to other castes as well."

http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/mar/14/loksabhapoll-senior-sp-woman-leader-quits-joins-bsp.htm