Punjab polling postponement indicates growing politics surrounding ‘Dalits’
The Hindu
Credit war begins among political parties
With the in view of the Ravi Das Jayanti celebrations, the growing significance of politics surrounding ‘Dalits’ in Punjab, which has close to 32% population of the Scheduled Caste (SC) community - has yet again come to the fore.
According to the , polling was to be held on February 14.
The way all in the State shows the importance of Dalit votes for them, who in the run-up to the polls can’t afford to annoy them, and are leaving no stone unturned to woo the community.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.