Bangalore: DV was the first in India to predict BSP victory in UP elections even as the Brahminical papers were publishing all sorts of false reports.
In our Editorial (April 1, 2007, p.4) we announced BSP would win. We repeated this in all subsequent issues and the Editor, in his DV silver jubilee speech in Delhi on April 8, 2007, said:
“In the current UP elections some Dalit leaders are busy fighting Sister Mayawati whose party is emerging as the victor. A happy development of UP is the death of all ‘national’ parties — Congress, BJP and communists — and the emergence of caste-based parties. Did we not predict this? Will our family members from UP sitting here agree with me?”
(DV Edit May 16, 2007, p.4)
RPI as tail of upper castes
DV has always remained a supporter of BSP because DV has to a great extent influenced the formation of BSP. That is how we have consistently supported Kanshi Ram and BSP. Kanshi Ram has been a close friend of our Editor right from his days at Pune.
But the Dalits elsewhere are still confused and going with all sorts of Brahminical parties like the Congress. RPI, torn into several fractions, is a tail of the upper castes. It is high time Dalits decide to jump into BSP. How did we so confidently predict BSP victory in UP?
Because we know the caste equations of the state and the role played by “caste identity.”
BJP, the party of the upper castes (16%), has no ideology. Its only ideology is casteology — that is purely social and cultural:
Cow slaughter, Go sammelan promoting vegetarianism Superstitions like astrology, vaastu, palmistry dead language of Sanskrit launching hate-English campaign Anti-conversion movement Re-conversion of Christian tribals into Hinduism Destroying Babri Masjid and other Muslim monuments Killing Christian priests and nuns and demolishing churches Saraswati vandana Drinking cow’s urine abolition of Muslim Personal Law Scrapping special status for Kashmir, etc. There are hundred and one other programmes like this.
BJP is doing all these to Hinduise the non-Hindu SC/ST/BCs and instigating them against Muslims. Once the SC/ST/BCs become “good Hindu”, all the problems of India are solved.
Not a single economic programme
In the BJP programmes listed above, is there any economic programme? None.
Why are the Brahmins criticising DV for “confining to caste”? Why are they advising only DV to take up economic programmes for the “betterment” of Dalits? Why can’t they give the same advice to their own Brahmana Jati Party?
DV has repeatedly said the problem of SC/ST/BCs and even Muslim/Christian/Sikhs is social and cultural. Not economic. Mayawati also knows this and gave importance to “caste identity” by organising different caste conferences.
Strengthening each caste
The oppressed SC/ST/BC jatis can come up only when each caste or subcaste among them is strengthened and made to stand on its own leg. Chamars in UP were the first to understand this prime principle.
Brahmins and Banias of India came up and became rulers only by strengthening their respective subcastes. But when we start strengthening our jatis, they call us casteists.
UP election results called the bluff UP election results called the bluff of the Brahminical people.
DV was able to predict Mayawati sweep because her steps were exactly on the lines of our “caste identity” thesis. Different castes in UP formed their caste associations and caste-based parties. The next step for each caste is to make right alliances with BSP.
That is how DV was able to predict UP results so accurately.
