Punjab  is going to elections next month and now many are wondering whether parties are ignoring dalits who form 32% of the population.Many like Balvinder recollect how the local gurudwara had blared out instructions not to let any Dalit enter or leave the village.
He also suspects collusion between the police and Jatt Sikhs. Mob of Jatt sikhs raided the Jhalor village in sangrur district and chopped off his mother's legs. He says “Sar phutega, khoon bahega, hum us qurbani ke liye tayyar hain (Heads will roll, blood will flow, We are ready for any kind of sacrifice)," 

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Malwa region too witnessed cast conflicts and last October protests broke out there as Dalits protested fielding of a dummy Valmiki candidate by a rich farmer to buy panchayat lands.Though dalits form 32% of the population they own only 3% land. 


Balbir Singh laments "So much happened but no political party came to express their sympathies, fake or for real.” He added  “AAP makes big promises, they talk of morals but they didn’t say a word to us. It works in the interest of politicians that Jatts and Dalits fight among themselves so that Sikhs vote for Akalis and we go to AAP. Dalit ki party BSP ne bhi kuch nahin kiya (BSP which is the party of Dalits has done nothing).”

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In Jalandhar, Steven Klair who runs a multi million dollar tannery business and whose brother is an Akali Dal MLA feels  "We get lollipops from political parties and they utilize our votes. When you are in some other party which is a mixture of everybody then those people prevail upon you."  About BJP he says  "After Kanshi Ram passed away there is a huge leadership vacuum, there is nobody they can trust. There is nobody. There are leaders in BSP but their high command is in UP. There is a gap between Punjab and UP." 


He questions "Why not a CM? We have a population of 32 percent and in Doaba 45 percent. Why not a Chamar CM? Jatt Sikhs are less, Hindus are less. In democracy, who has the numbers represents the entire community." after AAP promised to make Dalit a Deputy CM. 


Krishan Nath questions angrily saying  "1947 mein desh azaad hua, hum Azaad desh ke ghulam log hain. Dere wale logon ki madad nahin kar sakte. Kehte hain chai piyo, pani aur langar khao aur ghar ko jao, mandir ki ghanti bajao, koi school ki ghanti ki taraf nahin le jata (In 1947 the country became independent, we are slaves of an independent country. Deras can’t help people)," 


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