BJP’s divisive Adivasi politics in Telangana

Ramji Gond and Komaram Bheem are celebrated by the Adivasis for their heroic fight against British imperialism and the Nizam's revenue and forest policies. Yet, they are now painted by the BJP as Hindu Adivasis fighting against the Muslim rulers, the Nizam.

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https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/bjps-divisive-adivasi-politics-in-telangana-9025486/

Minority alliances, Police Action, and the troubled past of Dalit Razakars in Hyderabad

Both Ambedkar and Shyam Sundar feared the ‘tyranny of the Hindu majority’ and tried to negotiate it in different ways. The label of ‘Razakar’ never left Shyam Sundar and eventually contributed to his ‘convenient’ marginalisation and forgetting.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/minority-alliances-police-action-and-the-troubled-past-of-dalit-razakars-in-hyderabad

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There is more to Hyderabad state’s history than BJP’s 'Liberation Day' narrative

A walk through the history of Telangana, during and after the state of Hyderabad’s annexation to India on September 17, 1948. Yusuf Y Lasania writes.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/there-more-hyderabad-state-s-history-bjp-s-liberation-day-narrative-167906

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