Lok Sabha polls 2019: Dalits look beyond Congress, BJP in Solapur
Lok Sabha polls 2019: Dalits look beyond Congress, BJP in Solapur Some political observers are sticking their neck out to assert that neither the Congress nor NCP are principal opponents to the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena combine Elections : On the 128th birth commemoration of B R Ambedkar, his grandson, Prakash Ambedkar, went to the recognition function in Solapur, one of the locale in Maharashtra with a solid Dalit and Muslim base, who together record for 35 percent of the city’s populace. He is battling the Solapur Lok Sabha situate against Sushilkumar Shinde of the Congress, and Jaisiddheshwar Swami of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The seat has seen substituting triumphs of the two driving national gatherings over the most recent two decades. Be that as it may, this time, it is extraordinary, says Akhil Shakya, a legal counselor and Solapur area leader of Bhim Army, a socio-political outfit. “The Dalit vote generally went to the Congress, however everybody knows at th...