Prakash Ambedkar Archives

After poll drubbing that saw Dalits ‘shift to Congress’, Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA has tough road ahead

Mumbai: Prakash Ambedkar’s decision to go it alone in the Lok Sabha elections appears to have cost him dearly, with a chunk of Dalit voters possibly moving to the Congress from …

MVA expands in Maharashtra, welcomes AAP, SP, Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA into its fold

by James Odonell

According to the 2011 Census, Maharashtra has 11.81 percent scheduled caste population — VBA’s primary vote bank. The Shiv Sena UBT had announced an alliance with the VBA last year, …

As Prakash Ambedkar seeks place in INDIA as equal partner in MVA, allies say ‘top leaders to decide’

by James Odonell

Mumbai: As key parties of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance — Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP’s Sharad Pawar faction — get into a huddle in New Delhi …