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DALITS AGREE TO CELEBRATE B'DAYS OF AMBEDKAR & BJ RAM

Mandya, Apr 03 -- The dalit leaders agreed to celebrate the birthdays of Dr B R Ambedkar and Babu Jagjeevan Ram on April 14, at a meeting held presided by the Transport Minister N Chaluvaraya Swamy on Sunday. The meeting was held in the light of an announcement by the dalits to boycott the celebrations organised by the district administration. The dalits took serious objections to the announcements made through the media, with out taking them into confidence and accusing them of backstepping their promise. Dalit leader Guru Prasad alleged that the district administration lacks commitment to the cause of construction of the Ammbedkar Bhavan and appealed to ...

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