Dijesh J. Khobragade An analysis of the FPTP System The biggest threat India is facing today is its own anti-democratic electoral system. Nowadays, many political parties are babbling over the isssue of EVMs and say it’s the reason for their losing deposits in every election. Yes, indeed it’s true, EVMs are hackable and they …
Karnataka elections and Dalits
Mangesh Dahiwale Karnataka boasts of 23 percent population of Dalits, but the Dalit led party BSP could win only one seat and its vote share is just 0.4 percentage. The Dalit votes got divided not only in Karnataka, but also in Tripura recently where the Dalits constitute 17 percent of the total population. The …
A suggestion for Behenji
Dipankar Kamble Just a suggestion! Caution: This suggestion is just a view and analysis of an amateur Ambedkarite. I am not a great political analyst; this suggestion just struck my mind when I was sitting idly in the canteen. And I don’t even know how much relevance it holds. On 18th July 2017, Mayawati …
Caste in the UK – British Government Seeks Answers from Indian Community
Round Table India If Hindus migrate to other regions on earth, Indian caste would become a world problem.~ Babasaheb Dr. BR Ambedkar, Castes in India (1916) A new initiative by activists in the UK to combat caste: http://casteintheuk.org/ This website has been started in the wake of the UK government’s announcement calling for an …
EVM is Killing India’s Democracy
S Kumar Election process is the sacred soul of a democracy. After India’s independence, voting rights were granted to all the adults irrespective of caste, creed, gender, religion etc., without any discrimination. Earlier the voting process were done using paper based ballots. The election process gradually became more prone to manipulation with violence …
Bahujan Students’ Front (BSF) on HCU Elections
Bahujan Students’ Front (BSF) The recently concluded HCUSU elections generated a lot of discussion and debate both in social media and offline as well. Innumerable questions were raised and allegations were made against the Bahujan Students’ Front-UoH in particular and United Front for Social Justice (UFSJ) in general. In this pamphlet, Bahujan Students’ Front …
Left Wants Victimized Dalits… not Victorious Dalits
Murali Ramathoti The upcoming student union elections at the University of Hyderabad once again prove that Rohith Vemula was correct when he said “No left, no liberal left, and no radical left stand by the oppressed people of India”. These elections are crucial for BJP government as it wants to create bastions in all …
JNUSU Elections: The myth of Left Unity and the upsurge of the Oppressed
C Ahamed Fayiz “It is your claim to equality which hurts them. They want to maintain the status quo. If you maintain your lowly status ungrudgingly, continue to remain dirty, filthy, backward, ignorant, poor and disunited, they will allow you to live in peace. The moment you start raising your level, the conflict starts”. …
BJP’s way is highway
Arvind Kumar (JNU) Amid the numerous speculations, finally the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies have arrived on a seat sharing formula for the upcoming Bihar assembly election. The BJP has kept the lion’s share by retaining 159 seats out of 243 whereas its three principal allies namely the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), …