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Kanshi Ram, an enigmatic politician

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Oct 09, 2006 10:52 AM IST

Ram, who remained a bachelor, was an enigma in Indian politics and strove for the spread of the Dalit movement.

Kanshi Ram, who remained a bachelor, was an enigma in Indian politics and strove for the spread of the Dalit movement throughout the country but achieved considerable success only in Madhya Pradesh apart from Uttar Pradesh.

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Ram, who launched an organisation for protecting the interests of Dalit workers in government in 1978, then floated a political forum DS4— Dalit Shoshit Sangharsh Samiti— in 1981 and tested political waters by entering the fray in 1987 in a Lok Sabha by-election against VP Singh in Allahabad when the latter founded Jan Morcha but failed to make it to Parliament.

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However, he later won from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh 1991 and entered the Lok Sabha.

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