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Battle for 2012 polls: groundwork begins on ambedkar anniversary Express News Service Posted online: Thursday , Apr 15, 2010 at 0443 hrs Lucknow : Access denied Since Wednesday’s event coincided with BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, Rahul Gandhi wanted to start the proceedings by garlanding a nearby statue of Ambedkar. But since the BSP had put up pandals around the statue, he garlanded a photo of Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi placed on the stage. Maya’s up in the air survey Contrary to expectations, Chief Minister Mayawati chose not to visit Ambedkarnagar, where the BSP had organised a parallel rally as part of its state-wide protests against the Women’s Reservation Bill. Instead, she took off in a helicopter and made an aerial survey of the BSP protests in some districts. Diggy missing All five Congress Union ministers from UP, most MPs and almost all senior leaders were present on Wednesday’s rally. Digvijay Singh, AICC general secretary in-charge of UP, who is reportedly in the US on a personal visit, was missing. Black flag protests During Rahul Gandhi’s speech, a few men got up and began waving black flags, shouting “Rahul Gandhi murdabad”. The Congressmen beat them up and then handed them over to the police. The men told the police that they were from the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha and were protesting against the implementation of the Sacchar Committee recommendations. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/