
Congress tributes to Kanshi Ram sign outreach to Dalits amid BSP disaster
Born on 15 March 1934 in Punjab’s Ropar district, Kanshi Ram emerged as a transformative chief for Dalits and different marginalised communities. His founding of the All India Backward and Minority Communities Workers Federation (BAMCEF) in 1971, the Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti (DS-4), and finally the BSP in 1984, reshaped the panorama of Indian…