Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan is a Dalit rights activist and lawyer. He, in 2014, along with Vinay Ratan Singh, co-founded the Bhim Army or the Bhim Army Bharat Ekta Mission. He was arrested under the National Security Act (NSA) on charges of instigating caste clashes in Saharanpur in 2017. Watch the video to know more about your neta.
Quick facts about Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan:
- Chandrashekhar Azad alias Ravan was born in Dhadkuli village near Chatmalpur in Saharanpur.
- Chandrashekhar Ravan is a Lawyer from Chutmalpur, a village in Saharanpur district.
- Chandrashekhar was named as an accused in a total of 24 FIRs by the Uttar Pradesh Police for his alleged role in fanning the protest by members of the Dalit community.
- He recently announced he would contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi.
- He, however, has found no support from either the Congress or the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party.
- In fact, BSP supremo Mayawati said Ravan was a pawn planted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Ravan now dares Mayawati to prove with evidence that he is in any way aligned to the BJP. After she accused him of dividing the Dalit Vote.
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