Presidential Polls Stir Up Dalit Politics

2,686 views · Published 2 July 2017 · 14:16 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: NDTV India · 2017 · News & Politics

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With both the Congress and the BJP having nominated Dalit candidates for the presidential polls, we ask on Hum Log whether both parties are trying to appease people of the Dalit community. Some analysts however point out that the BJP will be accused of being upper caste centric had they nominated a candidate belonging to an upper caste. Should we focus on the caste of a presidential candidate rather than her or his achievements? We discuss. (Audio in Hindi)

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