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Gadar deplores Dalits' exploitation

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MACHILIPATNAM: Revolutionary balladeer, Gadar accused all political parties of exploiting the dalits in the country. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, he said the political parties were interested in the dalit votes, but not so enthusiastic about bettering their lot.

Gadar, urging dalits to emulate B.R.Ambedkar and Babu Jagjivan Ram, said Hindus, Christians and Muslims, though they were minority communities, fought for their own survival alone, ignoring dalits.

K.V. Raju, president, A.P. Dalit Sena, and K. Rajendra Kumar, secretary, State Dalit Sena, were present..

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