Rajnath blames Cong for plight of Dalits

Singh, who addressed the party’s Scheduled Castes cell at a meeting, also alleged that the Manmohan Singh Government had stalled SC welfare schemes. Singh also assured Dalit leaders in the party that he would keep “them a step ahead in every institution of the party”.

Meanwhile, the core committee of the BJP in a meeting took stock of the political situation in the country and concluded that the UPA-Left alliance would break soon. Party leaders felt it was time it fine-tuned election strategies, particularly on bringing together a viable alliance. The NDA, led by the BJP, is in a state of disarray and the party would approach prospective allies and strengthen the existing ones.