'RSS will use him as a poster boy of Hindutva'

June 22, 2017 10:54

'I have been in the Dalit movement for 27 years, I have not heard of R N Kovind's views on the Dalit agenda. He is a BJP man among Dalits, not a Dalit man in the BJP. What does Ram Nath Kovind's selection as the National Democratic Alliance candidate for the Presidency mean to India's Dalits?

Rediff.com's Archana Masih spoke to Dalit thinker Chandrabhan Prasad to find out. Do read

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