The Dalit leadership has failed young Ambedkarites like Rohith Vemula
The politically correct felicitations of B R Ambedkar on his 125th birth anniversary were rendered somewhat meaningless by the suicide of Hyderabad Central University student Rohith Vemula. Netas descended in quick succession on HCU. From Rahul Gandhi to Chirag Paswan, Mayawati to Arvind Kejriwal, there were familiar expressions of sympathy but little evidence of just how the political class intends to address the core issue of realising the Ambedkarite vision for 21st century India. Particularly heartless were the utterances of Union ministers who questioned Rohith’s caste without an ounce of empathy, even as they’ve been busily trying to appropriate Ambedkar.
When Ambedkar is only a political token, how can his modern progressive Read More
