Untouchability
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Rajasthan CM Gehlot vield attack on BJP-RSS: 'Will you embrace Dalits besides promoting upper-class'
India | May 26, 2023, 11:01 PM ISTGehlot alleged that the BJP and RSS create and spread differences and discrimination, and promote untouchability among the people of the country.
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RSS blames 'untouchability' on Islam, BJP ally unhappy
India | Aug 27, 2019, 03:51 PM IST"It is seen when at Raja Dahir's (last hindu king of sindh) household his queens were on their way to commit 'johar' (the act of self immolation). They mentioned the word 'malechcha' and said they need to hurry to the 'johar', else the 'malechcha' will touch them and they will become impure. This is the first example of untouchability in Indian text," Senior RSS functionary Krishna Gopal said.
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Lot needs to be done to remove untouchability: Rajnath
National | Apr 13, 2015, 06:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said untouchability has been abolished to a large extent "but there is a lot to be done to remove it completely" from the country as not all
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Every fourth Indian citizen, including SCs, OBCs and Muslims, admit practising untouchability: Survey
India | Nov 29, 2014, 11:12 AM ISTNew Delhi: Six decades after the Constitution of India abolished untouchability in the society, more than a fourth of Indians say they continue to practise it in some form inside and outside their homes.What is
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HC moved against 'untouchability' in temple festival
India | Sep 19, 2014, 07:20 AM ISTChennai: Alleging untouchability by one sect of Vaishnavites against another at a temple in Cuddalore district, a petition has been filed in Madras High Court seeking to do away with the practice of shutting the