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Post by Guest Tue Aug 02, 2016 11:50 am

Critics say the self-styled "cow protection" vigilantes are running extortion rackets and running amok even as Prime Minister Modi maintains a curious silence.
The agitation in Gujarat may not hurt the BJP in polls much - a third of Dalit voters have voted for the Congress party in the recent past. But, as psephologist Sanjay Kumar says, it might hurt the party's electoral prospects in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, two states with large Dalit populations and which go to the polls early next year.
"It is a canary in the mine," warns Mr Mehta. "There is deep social conflict bubbling from below."
This cannot be good news for Mr Modi.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36921348

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Post by Seva Lamberdar Tue Aug 02, 2016 2:05 pm

Rashmun wrote:Critics say the self-styled "cow protection" vigilantes are running extortion rackets and running amok even as Prime Minister Modi maintains a curious silence.
The agitation in Gujarat may not hurt the BJP in polls much - a third of Dalit voters have voted for the Congress party in the recent past. But, as psephologist Sanjay Kumar says, it might hurt the party's electoral prospects in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, two states with large Dalit populations and which go to the polls early next year.
"It is a canary in the mine," warns Mr Mehta. "There is deep social conflict bubbling from below."
This cannot be good news for Mr Modi.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36921348
It's time for the BJP to scrap caste based quotas (including SC/ST consideration) in education and jobs.
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Post by Guest Tue Aug 02, 2016 2:42 pm

Seva Lamberdar wrote:
Rashmun wrote:Critics say the self-styled "cow protection" vigilantes are running extortion rackets and running amok even as Prime Minister Modi maintains a curious silence.
The agitation in Gujarat may not hurt the BJP in polls much - a third of Dalit voters have voted for the Congress party in the recent past. But, as psephologist Sanjay Kumar says, it might hurt the party's electoral prospects in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, two states with large Dalit populations and which go to the polls early next year.
"It is a canary in the mine," warns Mr Mehta. "There is deep social conflict bubbling from below."
This cannot be good news for Mr Modi.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36921348
It's time for the BJP to scrap caste based quotas (including SC/ST consideration) in education and jobs.

if you believe that caste based reservations should be scrapped, then it is time to start looking beyond the BJP:

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/no-change-in-dalit-reservation-policy-says-pm-modi-charges-oppn-with-spreading-lies/

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dont-believe-in-rumours-that-BJP-is-against-reservation-says-PM-Modi/articleshow/49312340.cms

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