Dr BR Ambedkar’s 130th birth anniversary celebrated

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 14

On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, members of the Pendu Mazdoor Union, Punjab, and the Naujawan Bharat Sabha held a meeting on the issue of ‘Jaat Paat Ate Dalit Mukti Da Sawal’ (Caste and the question of Dalit Emancipation) here on Wednesday. After the discussion on the issue, a march up to Ambedkar Chowk was held.

Leaders of the organisations said the voice of Dalits and farmers as well as labourers had been strengthened and now their demands needed to be implemented at the ground level. They said the farmers needed to support the demands of the Dalits and labourers such as according a third of panchyati land to needy families for residential plots, merging village shamshan ghats and merging of village gurdwaras into one. They said if the farmers and labourers together supported these issues, then the Mazdoor-Kisan Ekta would be strengthened. They said the policies of the Central Government which were attacking labourer-farmer unity could be curbed with these measures.

The leaders said BJP leaders were showing false affection towards Dr BR Ambedkar even though their policies were the exact opposite of the message propagated by Dr. Ambedkar.

They said caste-based violence in the country had increased ever since the BJP government came to power. They said Covid-19 had also become a means to exploit labourers and farmers and numerous bills which are diametrically opposite to the needs and wants of these sections were being introduced.