Why Dalit Sikhs of Punjab's Bathinda are nonchalant towards elections, debate around caste, quota and development

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A visit to the town reveals that the Dalits in Bathinda have not benefited from the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964, where one-third of public agricultural land and cultivable common land in each village is reserved for SCs

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Arjun Sharma

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