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Prakash Ambedkar claims Maharashtra Bandh received overwhelming response

Prakash Ambedkar claims Maharashtra Bandh received overwhelming response

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Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar on Thursday claimed that the Maharashtra Bandh called in support of students protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar received an overwhelming response across the state, and asserted that the agitation would continue until the Centre announces a concrete roadmap to prevent examination paper leaks. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Ambedkar thanked the people of Maharashtra for supporting the 48-hour bandh called to protest the alleged police lathi charge on students at Jantar Mantar and to express solidarity with the ongoing agitation. He claimed that citizens and various organisations participated in the bandh across several districts, including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nanded, Latur, Kolhapur, Dharashiv (formerly Osmanabad), Gondia, Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Jalgaon, and Nashik. According to Ambedkar, the bandh also received support from the Congress, Left parties and various social organisations. Criticising the Centre, Ambedkar alleged that the government was attempting to suppress the students’ protest at Jantar Mantar instead of engaging in dialogue. He also expressed apprehension that action could be taken against the protesters’ social media accounts and urged …

Prakash Ambedkar admitted to hospital after chest pain, undergoes angiography – India TV

Prakash Ambedkar admitted to hospital after chest pain, undergoes angiography – India TV

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Image Source : PTI Prakash Ambedkar Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar was admitted to hospital after complaining of chest pain on Thursday and underwent an angiography procedure. The Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi in a statement said that a small blockage has been found in the right coronary artery, which can be easily removed by angioplasty.  The party said that his condition is not critical and is being monitored by an expert team of medical professionals. The party said he will undergo angioplasty tomorrow in Pune and the report of angiography will be released at 10 AM on Friday.  Family requests for privacy “We, again, request everyone to respect the Ambedkar family’s request for privacy,” the VBA said.  The party said the Ambedkar family will not be taking questions at this time and requests you to respect the family’s request for privacy as they deal with these circumstances. Who is Prakash Ambedkar?Prakash Ambedkar is the grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Indian Constitution and a prominent leader of the Dalit rights …

Sharad Pawar met Dawood Ibrahim as Maharashtra CM in Dubai, claims Prakash Ambedkar

Sharad Pawar met Dawood Ibrahim as Maharashtra CM in Dubai, claims Prakash Ambedkar

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Image Source : PTI Prakash Ambedkar Mumbai: Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar on Friday made explosive claims, saying Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) chief Sharad Pawar once met Dawood Ibrahim as Maharashtra Chief Minister in Dubai. Notably, Prakash Ambedkar called for the release of historical records to understand whether the central government allowed Sharad Pawar to meet Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai during his time as Chief Minister.  Ambedkar pointed out that Sharad Pawar was Chief Minister from 1988 to 1991 and travelled abroad during that period. He further alleged that Pawar first went to London, then spent two days in California for a meeting. “I have not made any allegations but I have just put forth some facts. From 1998-1991 Sharad Pawar was the Chief Minister and during that time he went to London and then went to California for a meeting. He came back to London and then went to Dubai. He met Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai. We are asking if the central government had sanctioned this meeting,” Prakash Ambedkar said.  Ambedkar …

Among Muslims in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) emerges as surprise “Right choice” in tough field | Analysis

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The 2024 Lok Sabha polls are being seen as a semi-final to the final reckoning of the dramatic redrawing of political boundaries in Maharashtra with the one act of walking out of the NDA by Uddhav Thackeray.  | Photo Credit: PTI The paradigm shift that occurred in Maharashtra politics in 2019, when the then united Shiv Sena walked out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, along with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the State, is perhaps best exemplified by the fact that leaders of the Muslim community are now looking at the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) as its most likely bet in these elections, even from among the MVA constituents. According to Ghulam Arif, convenor of the “Community Talking” platform, a debating group among the Muslim community in Maharashtra, it has not been an easy journey from the community’s alienation from the Shiv Sena since before the 1992 riots following the destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, to being the first …

What Rahul Gandhi does not get about Ambedkar and Dalit aspiration

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Bhagwan Das, author of In Pursuit of Ambedkar, wrote: “The newspaper used to publish a lot of things about Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Azad, Subhas Chandra Bose and Jinnah but hardly a thing about the untouchable communities. I used to wonder, ‘Who is our leader?’ I asked Abba this, and he replied, ‘Umeedkar, the one who brings hope,’ which is how Abba saw Babasaheb Ambedkar.” In the life of a nation, there are times when there is a need for collective introspection on the past and to strategise on the future. As a school student, I often wondered about the objectives behind organising events to commemorate stalwarts on their birth and death anniversaries. Now, somewhat more evolved, socially and intellectually, things have started making sense at multiple levels. Ambedkar’s anniversary since our childhood has ignited curiosity and enthusiasm in equal measure. In a poll conducted jointly in 2012, Ambedkar was voted the “greatest Indian”, outshining leaders such as Gandhi, Nehru and Patel. Ambedkar’s legacy   April holds a special place in the Dalit imagination as it …

Congress Announces Candidate For Akola, Warangal

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The Congress move to name Abhay Kashinath Patil from Maharashtra’s Akola has put a firm period to its intended  friendly ties with Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA (Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi). Though the alliance plans of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the VBA fell through, the Congress and Mr Ambedkar had declared support for each other, especially in Akola, a seat the Dalit leader wished to contest. In Telangana, the Grand Old Party has announced a candidate for Warangal — Kadiyan Kavya, who crossed over from K Chandrasekhar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi a few days ago. Ms Kavya is daughter of senior BRS leader and sitting MLA Kadiam Srihari, who also served as deputy chief minister in then BRS government. The sitting BRS Lok Sabha member from Warangal, Pasunoori Dayakar, also joined the Congress in Telangana recently. In Maharashtra, when the MVA and the VBA were discussing seat sharing, the alliance was ready to give Prakash Ambedkar the Akola seat along with four others. But after the VBA decided to go solo, the Congress — which had been …

2024 Lok Sabha election | Prakash Ambedkar remains ambivalent over MVA tie-up; will clear stand on March 26

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VBA Leader Prakash Ambedkar during the opposition INDIA rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on March 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini/The Hindu Continuing to maintain an ambivalent stance towards forging an alliance with the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar on Saturday said his party would announce its decision on March 26 on whether it would contest the Lok Sabha election independently or go along with the MVA. Mr. Ambedkar again claimed that the MVA parties (which include Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena UBT, the Congress, and Sharad Pawar’s NCP-SP) had yet to resolve their seat-sharing problems and that it was wrong to point fingers at the VBA for acting as a roadblock in seat-sharing discussions. “If their [MVA’s] seat-sharing problems are not resolved as yet, then what is the point in us making an entry in the MVA. We will wait for two more days, till March 26, to see whether the deadlock between the MVA parties on the 15 Lok Sabha seats is solved. We will then …

“Seat-Sharing On Hold For Prakash Ambedkar’s Party”: Sharad Pawar

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The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief said the opposition bloc wants Mr Ambedkar’s party on board. Mumbai: NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) President Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said seat-sharing among Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) constituents for the Lok Sabha polls is stuck as leaders are waiting for the political outfit led by BR Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar to join the opposition bloc in Maharashtra. Mr Pawar maintained alliance leaders have suggested giving four to five Lok Sabha seats to the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), which, he said, has given a list of 16 constituencies where it claims to have a good presence. He expressed confidence about finalising allocation of seats among MVA allies, which currently includes the Congress, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar), in the next two to three days. The MVA is part of the national-level opposition bloc INDIA. Although the Ambedkar-led party did not win a single seat in the 2019 general elections, it garnered a healthy 14 per cent vote share and damaged prospects of candidates of the Congress …

MVA’s seat-sharing formula will be finalised after March 17: Chennithala

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A file photo of Maharashtra Congress in-charge Ramesh Chennithala | Photo Credit: PTI Congress’ Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala on March 12 said the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will be finalised after March 17. Addressing a press conference of the party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Nandurban, Mr. Chennithala said discussions were also underway with Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar, and all are moving ahead together without any difficulties. “Talks are going on between the Maha Vikas Aghadi constituents about seat sharing, and the formula will be finalised after March 17. All parties have decided to work together equally taking forward a common ideology. There is no trouble in the MVA and all are moving ahead together,” he said. Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats. The MVA constituents – Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) – have been holding hectic discussions to reach a consensus on seat-sharing. Asked about Prakash Ambedkar‘s letter to Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge alleging a lack of coordination between the Congress …

Prakash Ambedkar urges Jarange-Patil to contest Lok Sabha to give weight to Maratha quota demands

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Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday exhorted Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil to contest as an Independent from Jalna in the upcoming Lok Sabha election even as the activist’s health deteriorated on the fifth day of his hunger strike. Mr. Jarange-Patil launched yet another hunger fast since February 10 to protest against the government’s failure in granting other backward class (OBC) Kunbi caste certificates to blood relatives of Marathas whose records proved them as Kunbis. The activist was reportedly bleeding from the nose owing to his fast, said the government doctor who visited him for a routine check. Mr. Jarange-Patil was intravenously administered medicines following the decline in his health. Meanwhile, speaking in Mumbai, Mr. Ambedkar said there was no point in Mr. Jarange-Patil giving up his body in his fight for the Maratha quota and that he instead ought to contest the election to make his voice heard in Parliament. “We have conveyed there is no point in him …