Expressing his disappointment over the reluctance of the Congress party to accommodate Dalits into higher posts, Parameshwara said that Dalit leaders are not being given a chance to be the Chief Minister.
Giri further stated that he wants politicians to stop using the word Dalits and call the members of his community SCs, STs and OBCs as mandated by the Constitution. He asserted that he has faced casteist comments himself but wants Gharwapsi of people to Hinduism.
BJP has announced construction of a 100-feet tall statue in Uttar Pradesh of Uda Devi, a Dalit freedom fighter, who fought in the Indian War for Independence in 1857.
Times Now had reported that Yogi Adityanath during his speech, he had said, "Lord Hanuman was Dalit who united India from east to west, north to south."