Her Sarvajan Test

The building of a pan-Indian Dalit party was the goal of B.R. Ambedkar for 20 years. He successively initiated the Independent Labour Party (1935), the Scheduled Castes Federation (1942) and the Republican Party of India (1956). But none of these could make an impact, largely because Dalit jatis were not prepared to join hands and support the same party. In fact, the Mahars — Ambedkar’s caste fellows — were the only ones who tended to support his parties.

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