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1571: 903:) after covering 350 km and with a mass meeting in the small village of Mota Samdhiyala. Situated near the town of Una, the village was the residence and place of origin of the victims of the Una incident, and witnessed a gathering of around 15,000 Dalits from around the state in the mass meeting. The assembly also saw the attendance of the Republican Panthers among Dalits, as well as a significant number of Muslims and students from various educational institutions. Due to the attacks on the march, the organisers were fearful of an incident on the day and decided to invite only two speakers who were already in the media spotlight, Mevani himself and the student leader 637:, scavengers, tanners, landless farm labourers, among others. The assembly which consisting mostly of young people also saw non-Dalits participants such as upper caste liberals, human rights activists, Muslims and other backward castes (OBCs). The gathering became one of the largest demonstrations for the cause of Dalits in the recent history of Gujarat. Mevani gave a speech during the assembly and was received with a wave of approval from the participants. The assembly invited a number of other speakers from a variety of backgrounds but due to the small size of the ground, many of people left early as they had to stand outside across the road. 1336:
who according to Pathan advised them to keep marching and not to stop. But as the procession passed through the village of Nani Dau, the police detained the conveners of the RDAM, Mevani and Kaushik Parmar, along with 200 participants of the procession at the village. The activists of the Pendu Mazdoor Union, the performers who had volunteered as well as Kumar and Patel were also detained while on their way back to Ahmedabad from Mehsana. The detainees were released after three hours and with a case of "unlawful gathering" lodged against 14 individuals, the core team of organisers, including Mevani
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were assigned to maintain communications with the Dalit families to ensure that the land remained in their possession. The march lasted for 7 days and concluded with the transfer of land which occurred after a period of 50 years since they were first allotted to the four families. DM Rana later gave a statement that no case was registered against the encroachers since it was agricultural land and they were using it for that purpose. According to
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land to landless Dalits a major demand of the protest reasoning that if Dalits had the land, they would not have to engage in their traditional occupations such as skinning and disposing dead cows. His speeches drew massive crowds which was credited to his understanding of Dalit issues combined with oratorical skill. He coined the slogan "
829:(Search for Freedom), or the #Chalo Una (Let's go to Una!) march. It began on 5 August and was led by Mevani along with a core group of 70 marchers, the numbers swelled up to thousands throughout the duration of the march as Dalits from across the state joined along various parts of it. The marchers also included activists from the 613:(abb. UDALS; Committee to fight against Una Dalit atrocities). The committee announced that a mass demonstration and assembly against caste based atrocities and discrimination was to be held in Ahmedabad on 30 July 2016. Mevani was one of the key organisers of the event, and was appointed as the convener of the committee. 1149:(GRP) arrested several protesters during the agitation and reportedly manhandled some of the women before the arrest. The women were released at midnight but the rest including Mevani and all the men were kept under arrest. The police booked cases against several of those who were arrested including Mevani and 1430:. The constituency was reserved for Scheduled Castes and had a large population of Dalits. The announcement came at the last day for filing of nominations, and campaign lacked both funding and a concrete organisation. Mevani's campaign operated out of a motel situated in a small village on the Ahmedabad– 529:. Subsequently, he began leading an agitation for increasing the salaries of sanitation workers. Mevani states that he drew his last salary of ₹15,000 in August 2007 and relied on 10–15 friends to provide him with ₹1,000–1,500 for his monthly expenses in order to continue working as a full time activist. 1849:
Mevani is a proponent of land reform in India. One of his long standing demands, has been that of allotment and distribution of 5 acres of land to landless farming families. His interest in the question of land is considered to be unique in contemporary Dalit politics. Mevani states that "one can not
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is simply unthinkable". During the court's testimony, the officer contradicted the FIR and did not state that Mevani had used his hands to apply any physical force on the officer or uttered any obscene words, rather that he had spoken words in his language which were allegedly abuses that the officer
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Before the announcement of the results, Mevani had predicted that he would either lose or win with a small margin of around 5,000 votes. Mevani won the election with a margin of over 18,000 votes. Chakravarthi secured 75,801 votes polling at 40.32% while Mevani secured 95,397 votes polling at 50.79%.
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sections on "rioting", "hurting public servants", "criminal conspiracy", among others and under the Indian Railways Act section on "endangering lives". The Metropolitan Court gave Mevani and a number of others conditional bail on the evening of 12 January. The agitation in the middle of Ahmedabad was
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agitation was eventually called off on 1 October 2016, after the state government acceded to sitting on negotiations. The first meeting between the RDAM and the state government was held on 3 October. On 4 October, activists from the RDAM including Mevani were once again detained by the police before
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and physical transfers of land had been denied. Over the course of the following years, he fought a long drawn out campaign over the allotment of land, in the process filing around 110 RTIs till 2015. Mevani was encouraged to pursue a degree in law in order to be better equipped to assist individuals
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In the end, Bhatia from the BDS, accompanying members of the Communist Party and four members of the core team of the RDAM, namely Mevani, Dixit Parmar, Kaushik Parmar and Rakesh Maheria, visited the location accompanied by the police in order to oversee the transfer of the land. Activist in the BDS
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Following release, Mevani accompanied by a team of RDAM activists presented a statement at the district magistrate's office which outlined the reason for holding protests and their demands, which according to him was dismissed by the officials. The dismissal prompted the RDAM and Mevani to commence
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One of the primary message of the march was to encourage the Dalit community to leave their traditional caste based occupations and to demand for the distribution of 5 acres of land to every landless Dalit in the state. Mevani was instrumental in making the issue of land reform and the allocation of
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in the area, stating that they were displaced from 70 villages when the government forcefully snatched their lands for the construction of the statue. The Bill created a governance authority empowered to take punitive action against engaging in activities which would harm the "tourism potential" of
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The march reached Siddhpur on 13 July where it received a surge of Dalits, Muslims and members of the nomadic tribe of Chharas. Police personnel and attaches from state and central intelligence agencies began accompanying them by the time the march entered Banaskantha district. Dalpat Bhatia of the
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in July 2017. On the anniversary of the fogging incident, the RDAM conducted an event at the Ambedkar Hall, Ahmedabad. The auditorium saw a full attendance and featured participants from across the country including Kumar, the Manav Suraksha Kanoon committee member Anil Chamdia and the relatives of
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sections for criminal conspiracy, hurting religious sentiment and threat to peace. The BJP leader who filed the complaint stated that it was done to send a message to people that they need to be careful about making negative posts against the Prime Minister. Mevani stated that the arrest came as a
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who had joined the Congress. According to one of Mevani's friends, the Congress party workers stopped working for their campaign after Ashwin Parmar's candidancy despite their party leadership's position. On 5 December, his procession was attacked during campaigning in Tarakwad village although no
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highway. The farmers' rights activist Sagar Rabari, volunteered to help the campaign in devising its election strategy. Local activists such as Dalpat Bhatia with a team of 1,000 people from the Banaskantha Dalit Sangathan and Ishaqbhai Maderia from the Jan Sangharsh Manch volunteered to campaign
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The march was disrupted within hours following its beginning. According to Mevani, a motorcycle attempted to run over him at Fatehpur village, unidentified individuals followed Pathan's vehicle and a group of men came to the procession searching for Kumar. The incidents were reported to the police
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As of December 2016, the negotiations between the RDAM and the government had led to the distribution of plots of land to around 200 Dalit families. In his testimony, Mevani states that while Dalits frequently face much worse brutalities, the incident at Una became a symbol of their grievances and
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In order to extend their agitation for land rights to a national scale, UDALS had launched the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RDAM; State Dalit Rights Platform). Mevani along with several of his friends were the founders of the platform. During the course of the agitation, Mevani resigned from his
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Lakshmiben Maheria was a Dalit woman from the village. From the beginning the march was led by a large contingent of Dalit women, who gave speeches, sang songs and coined slogans on multiple occasion. One of the key issues the movement brought up was to campaign against the traditional custom of
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and the lawyer activist Shamshad Pathan were invited to the gathering, who aimed to highlight that the struggle for the rights of Dalits, Patidars and Muslims could be brought under the same platform. It was also attended by activists of the Pendu Mazdoor Union who had arrived from the state of
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in Ahmedabad. In the meantime, Mevani began participated in events outside the state to raise support for the movement, bringing national media attention. The protests in Gujarat had been largely ignored by the corporate media. In midst of the protests, Mevani was arrested in the evening of 16
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He worked at the magazine for three years before quitting journalism to become an activist. He also briefly worked for a Gujarati language daily newspaper during this period. In his testimony, he states that he "realised that idealism and realism are two different things" and came to the final
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surprise to him but he was not afraid and would continue to fight for the rights of the deprived, adding that the arrest has only gone to highlight the real situation of the country and the motives of the government. He was arrested at midnight from his residence in Gujarat and transported to
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on 14 July where it was received with felicitation, in particular from Dalit women. The RDAM had directly intervened in the village where a Dalit woman named Madhuben was attempting to gain possession of her land which she had been allotted in 2006. One of the committee members of the RDAM,
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withdrew their candidates, and both the parties announced their support for Mevani. This turned it into primarily a bipolar contest between Mevani and Vijay Chakravarthi, the candidate of the BJP. Ashwin Parmar, the son of a former Congress legislator decided to rebel and contest from the
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who was an associate professor and dramatist at the college and by the faculty member Sanjay Bhave who introduced him to various historical and contemporary figures of social activism in Gujarat. He further states it was because of Joshi and Bhave that he came into contact with Gujarati
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if necessary, while several other activists and supporters of Mevani announced their intention to escalate the protests to Delhi. After a 3 day police custody, he was moved to judicial custody by the district court with the date for the hearing scheduled for 25 April.
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In February 2019, the president and the vice-president of the HK Arts College were forced to cancel an event where they had invited Mevani (an alumnus of the college) and resigned thereafter under pressure from Bharatiya Janata Party affiliated students union leaders.
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had been conclude the march by securing land of 12 acres which was allotted to four Dalit families in the village of Lavara near Dhanera. On 17 July, while they had stopped at the village of Soneth, they were informed by the police personnel that Dileep Rana, the
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to take up a petition for police reforms to mandate officers to wear body cameras and install CCTVs in police vehicles, raising concerns that Assam was becoming a police state, citing frequent instances of police brutality and other excesses in the state.
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leading it and the other composed of ordinary Dalits, civil society organisations and other supporters of Mevani. Mevani's supporters have also stated that Gujarat Police has been threatening and harassing Mevani's family and associates since his arrest.
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He was released on 25 April after the hearing with the court stating that it did not find any reasonable grounds for keeping him detained, but he was re-arrested immediately after his release and moved to a police station in
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constituency as an independent, causing apprehensions that he could draw in some of the votes that would have otherwise went to Mevani. Among other candidates were one from a local party called Jan Chetna, one from the
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at the High Court for the allocation of 56,873 acres of surplus government land to landless labourers in Gujarat. Due to his activism over the years, he gathered a following and a support base among workers' groups and
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were being violated as he was not provided a copy of his FIR and was not allowed to meet his lawyer, leading to the chief secretaries of Gujarat and Assam being sent notices to present the facts of the case to the
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membership with the Aam Aadmi Party stating that he intended to keep the protests "untainted by political affiliations". He was also involved in the efforts of UDALS to form an alliance with the large network of
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on the pretext of cow protection and in the presence of the police. The assailants had filmed the incident and it was widely shared over social media. The incident culminated into a mass movement and large scale
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In 2022 Gujarat assembly elections, Jignesh Mevani won the election with a margin of over 5,000 votes. Manilal Vaghela secured 89,837 votes polling at 45.51% while Mevani secured 94,765 votes polling at 48%.
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did not understand. The court reprimanded the police stating that they had manufactured a false case and misused the process to keep him detained for a longer period. The court also sent a request to the
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for municipal workers in the state was increased to ₹14,000 but sanitation was shifted to contractors who hired the workers and paid them wages of around ₹7,000–9,000. Drawing criticism at the
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created an unmatched outcry, adding that anger among Dalits was simmering for years, and giving the example of the policemen who had shot 3 unarmed Dalits in 2012 and were yet to be arrested.
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and six other independent candidates. According to Bhatia, the Banasakantha Dalit Sangathan was able to sway around 20,000 voters among Dalits towards voting for Mevani instead of Parmar.
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the site, including begging, hawking and unauthorised development. Mevani was suspended for 3 days on grounds of indiscipline after alleging that the Treasury benches followed the
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one was injured. Kaushik Parmar, an associate of Mevani at the RDAM states that the incident caused a surge in supporters volunteering for his campaign. His team arranged a
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BDS helped them secure permission to march through the villages of Banaskantha and it continued without further disruption. It passed through the village of Sagrosana, near
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and volunteers from Delhi, local communities and organisations in Vadgam and the Congress party workers. His candidacy was endorsed by the Congress party vice-president
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agitation which had been cancelled earlier in October 2016 with the beginning of the negotiations. On 11 January, RDAM activists including Mevani attempted to halt the
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donated ₹3,00,000 to the campaign. According to Roy, Mevani represented "a kind of breakthrough in Indian politics, a solidarity that rises from the bottom upwards".
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on whether he was related to the officer who was allegedly present at an incident where a Dalit RTI activist was beaten to death by a group of upper caste men.
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on the night of 12 August. From 13 August onwards, the eighth day of the march, as the group approached closer to Una, locals from non-SC villages and
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and intimidation of dissidents through the misuse of law and order machinery under the Modi administration in India. Human rights activist such as
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with them while refusing to budge on enacting physical transfers of land to landless farmers and Dalits. The protest was scheduled to be held at
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on 31 August with the assistance of the Navsarjan Trust, raising calls to renew the agitations for the charter of demands through means such as
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under provisions of the Gujarat Agriculture Land Ceiling Act. The findings of the survey revealed that the allotment of land had occurred only
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to empty stomachs" and that land reform is a vital tool which can bring about important structural changes for the annihilation of caste.
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Mevani had appealed to other parties to not field candidates in the constituency stating that his fight was primarily against the ruling
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To commemorate the protests of the earlier year and to reinforce the demand for land reforms in the state, Mevani organised a second
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In March 2021, Mevani was suspended for a day on grounds of indiscipline from the Gujarat Legislative Assembly by the speaker
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accused Mevani of having "terror links" in response to which he threatened to initiate a defamation suit against the party.
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Mevani was released on 30 April after a hearing at the district court stating that one would have to rewrite the entire
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organised a protest outside the Kokrajhar police station where Mevani was being held with plans to move the case to the
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has cancelled its offline examinations but the education department is continuing it and risking the lives of students.
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for the upcoming election in Gujarat. In response, the RDAM formed a pact with the Adivasi Kisan Sangharsh Morcha (
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among Dalits in the state. In midst of the protests, around 30 Dalit rights organisations had combined to form the
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joined the group in solidarity and continued to accompany the procession throughout the march. The Patidar leader
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in India, he states that it intends to reorient the state into a casteist and fascist system on the lines of the
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described to have led to an increase in the visibility of the cause of the protesters among the general public.
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situation. The BJP campaign created a perception among upper castes that the Dalit leader Mevani would conduct
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On 6 January 2017, Mevani along with Kanhaiya Kumar joined the agitations of the Kachra Vahtuk Shramik Sangh (
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on 20 April 2022 after he made a tweet criticising the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with charges under the
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the victims of various lynching cases. The success of the programme prompted the announcement of the second
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themselves arrived to campaign against him in the constituency. During the campaign, the BJP spokesperson
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The momentum garnered in the demonstration led the assembly to conclude with the decision to carry out a
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while continuing his campaign over land issues during his studies. He graduated for a second time with a
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and not the Constitution, according to him the bill violated the provisions of the Schedule 5 of the
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Area Development and Tourism Governance Bill on the justification that it would adversely effect the
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On the same day, the police denied permission for the procession to conduct rallies in the towns of
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began attacking the procession with stones, blockading their route and harassing the participants.
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Vankar, Devendra (October 2016). Parmar, Anita (ed.). "Introduction article on Jignesh Mevani".
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in response to another assault by members of the Bajrang Dal on the pretext of cow protection.
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attitude of the Modi administration and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The President of the
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initiative for the campaign which ultimately raised ₹20,50,000. The writer and activist
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to the able to accept the case and that "converting our hard-earned democracy into a
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news website, the march received a media blackout from most of the mainstream media.
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on his return from an event at New Delhi and put under detention for the duration of
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on 15 July, and eventually reached Dhanera on 18 July. One of the objectives of the
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decision to quit career as a journalist after watching the Gujarati documentary on
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Four separate groups emerged to campaign for him; his associates from Ahmedabad,
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The #Chalo Una march inspired a similar rally called Chalo Udupi in the state of
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stated that the arrest was an attack on democratic norms and an example of the
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On 9 January 2017, Mevani announced the beginning of an agitation during the
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to support their cause, and the members of the Jaipur Hangama Natak Dal and
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India Tomorrow: Conversations with the Next Generation of Political Leaders
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in India, Mevani has formed direct associations with individuals such as
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groups, and endorses the formation of a joint platform between all anti-
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On 30 November 2017, it was announced that Mevani would contest in the
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of science, dropped out and completed his schooling after switching to
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and Ahmedabad to study the distribution of surplus government land to
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Mevani rose to national prominence during the protests following the
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and the Dalit Shakti Kendra. He also worked with the activist lawyer
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reiterated the statement in Mevani's tweet, that Modi was following
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The arrest received condemnation and was described as an attack on
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over a number of assaults on Dalits including the murder of one in
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In April 2021, Mevani raised the issue of postponement of offline
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In March, the Bharatiya Janata Party had begun campaigning in the
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in English literature from the HK Arts College, affiliated to the
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during this period. Following his graduation, he enrolled at the
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were concerned that they would be targeted with cases under the
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during the protests received criticism and were described as
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Choudhury, Ratnadip (30 April 2022). Achom, Debanish (ed.).
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plans for disrupting the summit by reviving the idea of the
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Mevani states that in college, he was never seen as just a
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after the government's refusal to negotiate, the proposed
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against them. According to Sagar Rabri, the community of
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of Ahmedabad, who volunteered to perform at the gathering
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In 2009, Mevani had led a JSM survey in the districts of
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extended their support to him. Rajasthan Chief Minister
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because Dalits worked in their farms and factories. The
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and researched the works of the Gujarati language poet,
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Gaaye nu puchhdu taame rakho, aamne amaari jameen aapo"
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Kenneth, Gabriel; Conlon, Carroll (16 December 2016).
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Mevani was elected from Vadgam constituency again in
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in need for legal representation. He enrolled in the
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as an INC candidate defeating his nearest rival and
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agitation was planned to begin on 1 October, at the
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He was also influenced by the Dutch painter 2673:"The death of a cow, the birth of a movement" 1590:of Dalit leaders, activists and academics at 1496:In contrast to Mevani's campaign, the ruling 576:in 2014 and became its Gujarat spokesperson. 8: 3495:"Azadi Kooch: The Amazing Women in the Lead" 1646:boards examination in Gujarat, stating that 1018:and as a method of stifling the agitations. 382:. He attained his graduation in 2003 with a 3680:"Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017" 2906:Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism 2293:"Jignesh Mevani, face of Dalits in Gujarat" 1439:of Bhangal village, an year earlier in the 1300:The march began on 12 July and marked by a 418:. In his student life, Mevani performed in 4622:"'Five years have been oppressive, scary'" 3454:"Permission denied for Dalit leader Mevani 1780:2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election 1002:they could join a new wave of protests in 397:student. He was particularly impressed by 20: 4594:"In Gujarat, some stand up to be counted" 1285:It was scheduled to begin in the town of 299:Learn how and when to remove this message 4592:Vincent, Pheroze L. (11 February 2019). 4496:Rajasekharan, Ilanhogvan (26 May 2017). 3016:Prakash, Shambhavi (19 September 2016). 1874:Mevani is an advocate for unity between 1746:National Commission for Scheduled Castes 1385:who had threatened them including their 952: 3135:Chandra, Rajshree (28 September 2016). 2262:Chhibber, Pradeep; Shah, Harsh (2020). 1921: 1890:, its Sangh Parivar affiliates and the 888:on 11 August, and reaching the town of 4559: 4557: 4528: 4526: 4524: 4491: 4489: 4487: 4458: 4456: 4281: 4279: 4277: 3953: 3951: 3887: 3885: 3856: 3854: 3852: 3850: 3848: 3545: 3543: 3488: 3486: 3484: 3383: 3381: 3379: 3377: 3375: 3373: 3371: 3369: 3367: 3341: 3339: 3337: 3335: 3333: 3304: 3302: 2955: 2953: 2951: 2949: 2947: 2633: 2631: 2479: 2477: 2475: 2473: 2364: 2362: 2360: 2358: 2356: 2354: 2146: 2144: 2142: 2140: 2138: 2136: 2003: 2001: 1999: 1997: 1995: 1993: 1991: 1989: 1987: 1985: 1983: 1929: 1927: 1925: 1817:Described as a part of a new emergent 1170: Adivasi Farmers' Struggle Front 1037:and ended on 9 October in the town of 790: 4021:Chakravarty, Ipsita (23 April 2022). 3892:Choudhury, Ratnadip (24 April 2022). 3591:Dhar, Damayantee (13 December 2017). 3586: 3584: 3582: 3580: 3578: 3576: 3574: 3422: 3420: 3418: 3416: 3414: 3412: 2988:Kartikeya, Charu (10 February 2017). 2895: 2893: 2891: 2666: 2664: 2662: 2574: 2572: 2570: 2509: 2507: 2505: 2471: 2469: 2467: 2465: 2463: 2461: 2459: 2457: 2455: 2453: 2325: 2323: 2257: 2255: 2253: 2193: 2191: 2189: 2187: 2185: 2183: 2181: 2179: 2177: 2175: 2134: 2132: 2130: 2128: 2126: 2124: 2122: 2120: 2118: 2116: 2087: 2085: 2083: 2081: 2079: 2077: 2075: 2073: 2049:Dhabi, Parimal A (26 December 2017). 2044: 2042: 2040: 2038: 2036: 2034: 2032: 1981: 1979: 1977: 1975: 1973: 1971: 1969: 1967: 1965: 1963: 1690:and opposition politicians including 1605:In December 2019, Mevani opposed the 1586:On 6 October 2018, Mevani attended a 1424:Gujarat Legislative Assembly election 322:serving as the representative of the 7: 2960:Dhar, Damayantee (12 January 2017). 2484:Shah, Ghanshyam (2 September 2017). 2224: 2222: 1882:and leftist groups. Identifying the 1648:Central Board of Secondary Education 489:Mevani started his activism through 3736:Johari, Aarefa (13 February 2019). 2671:Chaturvedi, Swati (10 March 2018). 2607:Halarnkar, Samar (13 August 2016). 2151:Bhardwaj, Amit (22 December 2017). 1506:in a later report compared it to a 1166: 1108: 1074: 969:Mevani employed the threat of mass 880:town on 10 August, passing through 762: 572:in their cases. He also joined the 4314:Karmarkar, Rahul (29 April 2022). 4049:Sachdev, Vakasha (24 April 2022). 3958:Jaiswal, Umanand (23 April 2022). 3493:Kalita, Devangana (17 July 2017). 2727:Dhar, Damayantee (29 April 2018). 2369:Nigam, Aditya (18 December 2017). 2229:Doval, Nikita (11 December 2017). 1132:Ahmedabad Junction railway station 825:(Dalit Self Respect Journey), the 330:since 2017. He is a member of the 14: 4463:Ashraf, Ajaz (19 February 2018). 3708:Dhara, Tushar (28 October 2018). 3427:Dhar, Damayantee (13 July 2017). 3388:Dhar, Damayantee (19 July 2017). 3309:Dhar, Damayantee (21 July 2017). 3278:Johari, Aarefa (7 January 2018). 3250:Pande, Suchi (11 November 2016). 3044:Pathak, Maulik (7 October 2016). 2783:Pathak, Maulik (15 August 2016). 2579:Kapoor, Shuchi (18 August 2016). 1049:(caste based segregation) at the 957:Jignesh Mevani at a programme in 692: 650: 467:and became a journalist with the 334:party. He is the convener of the 4620:Salam, Ziya Us (12 April 2019). 4432:Dave, Hiral (27 February 2018). 4350:Agarwala, Tora (30 April 2022). 4199:Agarwala, Tora (26 April 2022). 4171:Agarwala, Tora (25 April 2022). 4143:Agarwala, Tora (22 April 2022). 3824:Kalita, Bishal (14 April 2021). 2812:"Come, sniff 'badbu' Gujarat ki" 2198:Pathak, Maulik (9 August 2016). 2008:Raza, Danish (20 January 2018). 1435:for him. 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(5 August 2017). 1886:movement – consisting of the 1800:Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch 1235: 1207: 1116:Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti 919:Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch 720: 450:, which he received in 2004. 336:Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch 3688:Election Commission of India 1938:. 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