Mumbai: Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for trying to divide the country, the Bahujan Vanchit Aghadi President Prakash Ambedkar on Thursday demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Ambedkar accused Shah of creating a mass unrest in the country by bringing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Addressing […]
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Losers in Maharashtra – Anant Geete, Sushilkumar Shinde, Prakash Ambedkar
Mumbai: In a shock to the Shiv Sena, party strongman and Union Minister Anant Geete was trounced by Nationalist Congress Party’s Sunil Tatkare in Raigad constituency of Maharashtra on Thursday. Geete secured 4,18,855 votes against Tatkare’s over 4,33,918 votes, but lost a chance to make a hat-trick in the erstwhile Congress bastion. In Solapur, former […]
Prakash Ambedkar threatens to throw Election Commission into jail
Yavatmal (Maharashtra): Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) chief Prakash Ambedkar on Thursday threatened that if voted to power, his party would “throw the Election Commission (EC) into jail” for banning any reference to the Pulwama suicide attack during the elections. “The armed forces are being sacrificed and the EC says we cannot speak about the Pulwama attack. […]
Election Commission orders legal action against Prakash Ambedkar
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday said that it has asked the Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer to register a case against Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) chief Prakash Ambedkar for threatening to “throw the EC into jail” for banning any reference to the Pulwama terror attack during the Lok Sabha elections. Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra […]
Ambedkar-Owaisi alliance is ‘BJP’s B-Team’: Shiv Sena
Mumbai : The alliance between Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh and All India Majlis Ittehadul-e-Muslimeen (AIMIM), announced in Maharashtra on October 2, would prove to be the ‘B-Team of the BJP’, said Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday. Terming the political partnership between BBM-AIMIM as undesirable, he said as of now, it is quite difficult to […]
Ambedkar-Owaisi to join hands for 2019 elections
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) : Marking a new dimension in Maharashtra politics, the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will jointly fight the upcoming Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections, an official said here on Saturday. The BBM is led by Prakash Ambedkar while the Hyderabad-based AIMIM is headed by Asaduddin Owaisi, […]
Raids on Dalit activists ‘to destroy evidence’: Prakash Ambedkar
Mumbai : Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) President Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday alleged that the raids on Dalit activists in which the Maharashtra Police have seized electronic gadgets was intended to destroy evidences pertaining to the Koregaon-Bhima riots of January 1. Meeting media persons here, he said that police have confiscated laptops and other materials which […]
No evidence of Hindutva leader’s involvement in Pune riots: Fadnavis
Mumbai : A day after prominent Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “shielding” Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that there was “no evidence” to prove Bhide’s involvement in the January 1 caste riots in Bhima-Koregaon. Fadnavis said although an offence has been registered against Bhide, […]
PM ‘shields’ Maharashtra Hindutva leader, is like Hitler, says Ambedkar
Mumbai : Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh President Prakash Ambedkar on Monday charged the BJP-led Maharashtra government of not arresting rightwing Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide alias ‘Guruji’ as he “enjoys the backing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. Addressing a huge gathering of Dalits and other parties’ activists who took part in the ‘Yalgar Morcha’ here this evening, […]
PMO protecting Bhima-Koregaon violence accused: Prakash Ambedkar
New Delhi, Jan 22 : Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on Monday alleged that the PMO had given orders not to arrest Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, booked on the charge of orchestrating violence during the celebrations of the Battle of Bhima-Koregaon this month. He claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bhide had good relations. “Maharashtra Chief […]