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What Rahul Gandhi does not get about Ambedkar and Dalit aspiration

April 14, 2024 Vinayak Barot

(Guru Prakash) Bhagwan Das, author of In Pursuit of Ambedkar, wrote: “The newspaper used to publish a lot of things about Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Azad, Subhas Chandra Bose and Jinnah but hardly a thing about the untouchable communities. I used to wonder, ‘Who is our leader?’ I asked Abba this, and he replied, ‘Umeedkar, the […]

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With BJP’s three new faces, a new chapter for social justice in India

December 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

(Guru Prakash) The BJP’s choice of chief ministers in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh marks the dawn of a new era in the politics of social justice in the country. The silent and remarkable commitment of the party leadership to not only cultivating leaders from marginalised sections but also consciously placing them in consequential positions […]

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A vote for One Nation, One Election agenda

September 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

(Guru Prakash) Indian voters cannot be taken for granted as they have sustained our democracy. One Nation, One Election is an idea whose time seemingly has come. Political reforms require courage of conviction. The hallmark of the present government is unquestionably a spirit of reformation. Status quoism has marred and defined the Indian polity since […]

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MP govt has shown how to be sensitive in delivering justice in Dalit-Adivasi atrocity cases

July 7, 2023 Vinayak Barot

(Guru Prakash) The recent inhumane incident in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi where one Pravesh Shukla urinated on a tribal man, which shook the national conscience, highlights two important aspects. Firstly, it exposes the existing fault lines within society, and secondly, it highlights the unapologetic commitment to justice when it comes to issues of concerning marginalised communities. […]

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Controversy around Parliament inauguration is unwarranted and ill-informed

May 25, 2023 Vinayak Barot

(Guru Prakash) The controversy around the inauguration of the new parliament house is ill-informed and another example of politics of symbolism from the Congress and other opposition parties. The President, Parliament and the office of the Prime Minister are institutions derived from the Constitution and must be kept outside the realm of politics. The new […]

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Rahul Gandhi’s conviction for defamation and disqualification from Parliament shows that no one is above the law

March 24, 2023 Vinayak Barot

(Guru Prakash) One of the core principles of the Indian Constitution is rule of law, which means that everyone must be treated equally in the eyes of law. Contrary to this principle, there was a deep sense of feudal entitlement in the ruling establishment decades after we won independence and became a republic. Officially, authority […]

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Padma Vibhushan to Mulayam Singh Yadav, a lifelong opposer of BJP, must start a national conversation on ending political polarisation

January 28, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Civilian honours like the Padma awards were long used as tools to please and perpetuate an establishment-supporting coterie from the media and intelligentsia. Over the last few years, we have witnessed a transformative democratisation of these awards. The rising number of awardees from the Dalit and tribal communities from the remotest parts of the country […]

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Delhi Police detains AAP Gujarat Chief Gopal Italia

October 13, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday detained Gujarat Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Gopal Italia from National Commission for Women (NCW) office in Delhi in a connection with a video where he was purportedly seen using derogatory language for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The NCW chief is threatening to put me in jail. What can the […]

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No danger to minorities, the concept of ‘Hindu Rashtra’ being taken seriously: RSS Chief

October 5, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said India needs a policy for population control “equally applicable to all”, and cited “religion-based imbalance” and “forced conversions” to raise the specter of the country breaking apart. Mohan Bhagwat cited East Timor, Kosovo, and South Sudan as examples of “new countries that emerged because of religious community-based imbalances.” […]

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Strategy for 2024 Election: Amit Shah And Nadda Meet BJP Leaders

September 7, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The BJP has started chalking out a strategy for winning the 144 Lok Sabha seats the party missed by narrow margins in the previous election in 2019. BJP chief JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a crucial brainstorming session on Tuesday at the party headquarters in Delhi with key party leaders […]