It is the strategy of elites to pit one group of minority against the other, such as Dalits against Muslims and Muslims against Dalits. This is the divide and rule strategy. The reality is that both groups are marginalized and exploited, but in different areas. It's an agenda of the state to create confusion against the communities. We must try to work to build the ‘unity of oppressed.’
It took centuries of struggle by Dalit-Bahujan leaders – including Jyotirao Phule, Iyothee Thass, BR Ambedkar, Baba Mangu Ram, Periyar, Aiyyankali, Narayana Guru, and others – to unveil casteism and expose the anti-human religious structure. What bothers today is how blatantly the state looks for opportunities to snatch away the constitutional rights and civil liberties of her citizens, particularly those hailing from oppressed sections of society in the creation of Hindu Rashtra.
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