[ZESTCaste] Symbol of Dalit power

 

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Symbol of Dalit power

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An aggressive Dalit political agenda and a social coalition that
turned upside down the traditional caste and community equations took
Mayawati to the pinnacle of power in the politically largest, Prime
Minister-making State of India, with her mentor Kanshi Ram fading out
of fame. The silent social revolution gave her the distinction of
being the first-ever Dalit leader to win an absolute majority in any
State but the lack of a transformative agenda that would liberate
Dalits from the centuries-old yoke of an unjust social order promises
to keep her just a symbol of hope without changing the life of her
constituency in substance.

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