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Dalits

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‘Namaz will happen, won’t let them (Hindus) have wedding procession without permission’: AIMIM leader Syed Nazim Ali on Noorpur Dalit violence

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2021

On 26th May, 2021, two wedding processions were en route to a Hindu's home when they were attacked by people from a mosque

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UP: ‘On sale’ signs put outside homes as Dalits consider fleeing Noorpur citing persecution by hooligans from Muslim community, police denies claims of migration

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2021

Noorpur is a Muslim-majority village in Western Uttar Pradesh with 125 Hindu families and about 800 Muslim families.

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Congress leader Udit Raj threatens journalist with SC/ST Act, successfully stops him from releasing his interview with tough questions

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2021

The journalist has approached OpIndia saying that he could not upload some parts of his interview of Udit Raj because of threats from Congress leader.

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Exclusive: Dalits in Bihar’s Purnia rendered homeless after Islamist mob attack their colony and set it on fire: All we know so far

Jhankar Mohta - 22 May, 2021

At least 13 Dalit houses were reduced to ashes after a Muslim mob surrounded the colony in Purnia and set it on fire

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Netizens demand arrest of ‘comedian’ Abish Mathew after his sexist tweet on Mayawati goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2021

The tweet had sexist, insulting statement against the prominent Dalit leader and former UP CM.

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After TMC leader Sujata Mondal Khan labels Dalits as ‘beggars’, BJP writes to National Commission of SC, demands inquiry

OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2021

TMC leader Sujata Mondal Khan labels Dalits as ‘beggars by nature’, claims that they sold themselves to the BJP

Politics

TMC leader Sujata Mondal Khan labels Dalits as ‘beggars by nature’, claims that they sold themselves to the BJP

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2021

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sujata Mondal Khan made disparaging comments against the Dalit community.

Crime

From sexual harassment to breaking their own head with a brick: Here are 6 cases in 5 weeks where SC/ST Act was falsely used

Jhankar Mohta - 30 March, 2021

In many cases, people from SC/ST communities have been found using the Act for vengeance, settling personal scores in cases where there was no caste discrimination involved.

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