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In Mevani, Gujarat poll springs up a dalit leader Camil Parkhe Thursday, 21 December 2017    goo.gl/jGxTWX Jignesh Mevani, who was elected as an independent backed by the Congress, is among the leaders most discussed after the Gujarat assembly poll verdict. The journalist-turned-lawyer came into limelight when he launched a strong campaign following the controversial Una village incident.  Jignesh Mevani, who was elected as an independent backed by the Congress, is among the leaders most discussed after the Gujarat assembly poll verdict. The journalist-turned-lawyer came into limelight when he launched a strong campaign following the controversial Una village incident.  A group of dalit youths who were involved in their traditional job of skinning a dead animal in Una were brutally assaulted by a mob on suspicion of a cow slaughter incident in July 2016. The y...

Political interference in profession, eating habits dangerous goo.gl/C8nX87     Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE |  Sunday, 28 August 2016 AT 09:39 AM IST Sakal Times One of the first major policy decisions implemented by the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance soon after forming the government in 2014 was to exhume the 19-year-old pending bill on the ban on the slaughter of cow and her progeny and secure the President’s approval for it. Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, who along with other BJP leaders had followed the Bill to its logical end, had then claimed that there is nothing communal about the ban. Soon after this bill became a law, there was a spurt in violent incidents related to the alleged eating or possession of beef in the country. The dubious credit for bringing the cow or beef issue at the Centre of nationwide controversy, therefore, should go to the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra. Subsequently, tension over the issue of cattle slaughter or be...

Is it not time for dalits to give up their despicable traditional jobs? http://goo.gl/NPq7iu       Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE |  Saturday, 30 July 2016 AT 09:09 AM IST Blog ,  India ,  dalit community ,  traditional jobs ,  Maharashtra ,  Camil Parkhe ,  Sakal Times Even before India gained independence, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar had appealed to his followers from his dalit community to give up their traditional jobs in the village, to forfeit their claims on Vatans and free themselves from the shackles of untouchability. The traditional jobs of the people belonging to the Mahar, Matang and other dalit communities involved carrying the carcass of the cattle away from the village, skinning the dead cattle, and also using the hide for various works. The dalits also used to eat meat of these dead animals. These jobs were most despised by the upper castes people and this was also one of the reasons why the dalits were most hated and...