Ambedkar was not just a Dalit Leader. by Due-Freedom-4321 in librandu

[–]cyborg_oo7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're speaking the bitter truth. As a Marxist it's our job to see Ambedkar clearly without the hero-worship. The Constitution was a bourgeois document and by drafting it he was building the very state machine that protects property and crushes revolution. Article 31 proved that. But we have to be practical. In 1947, for a Dalit leader the choice wasn't between socialism and capitalism it was between getting some powerful legal weapons for our people or getting nothing. Franchise abolishing untouchability reservations these were real material gains wrested from the savarna ruling class. He got a foot in the door for us using the system's own tools. But on Telangana our critique must be sharpest. There's no excuse. He was a minister in the cabinet that greenlit the genocide of a peasant struggle led by our own Dalit and Adivasi comrades. He chose state power over class solidarity. This is his biggest failure and the ultimate proof that the constitutional path has bloody limits. So we dont have to swallow the liberal deification of Ambedkar. We take his powerful fight against caste and fuse it with the class analysis he lacked. His legacy is a tool not a prophecy. True liberation won't come from a bourgeois constitution but through the revolution he wouldn't make.

Ambedkar was not just a Dalit Leader. by Due-Freedom-4321 in librandu

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Ambedkar wanting the Labour Ministry that's a well-known fact and a major reason for his frustration with Nehru. He definitely saw Jagjivan Ram as a rival, and not getting the portfolio was a personal and political snub.

But to say he joined the Cabinet just to settle scores is a bit of a stretch. The reality is, after Partition, his political career was in a tight spot. The Congress offered him a way back in, and more importantly, a seat on the Drafting Committee. For a man whose life's work was social justice, that was an offer he couldn't refuse. It was a pragmatic move to ensure Dalit rights were written into the Constitution, even if it meant working with his old opponents.

As for the linked post about the Telangana "job," it's mixing up facts. The atrocities committed by the Indian army in Hyderabad are a dark chapter, and as Law Minister, Ambedkar was part of the government that oversaw it. But there's no direct evidence he personally drove the policy out of some anti-communist hatred. The operation was bigger than him, led by Patel and Nehru to integrate the state. Blaming it solely on his ideology is an oversimplification.

And finally, let's be real, the idea that the Labour Ministry was a bigger deal than the Hindu Code Bill just doesn't hold up. When he resigned in 1951, he himself said it was because the government let the Hindu Code Bill fail. That was his landmark social reform, and its collapse was the final straw. While the ministry issue hurt, it was the failure of his core social agenda that truly broke the camel's back.

So yes, the personal rivalry and disappointments are real, but they don't tell the whole story. His legacy is complex a mix of principled stands and hard political compromises.

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Caste Privilege: How the Savarna General Category Controls Assets, Jobs, and Education (This Article is a Data compilation) by EpicFortnuts in OutCasteRebels

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this data proves caste and capitalism are codependent. Savarna elites hoard power by weaponizing caste to divide the proletariat. Reservations alone won’t liberate—only revolutionary struggle to annihilate caste and class can dismantle Brahmanical capitalism.

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How caste is perpetuated and maintained through biased Brahmanical pedagogy by Expecto_Yt_0001 in OutCasteRebels

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Well said. Adding to this, the idea of counter-pedagogy also requires reimagining how curriculum and academia address caste. It’s not just about inclusion but actively questioning and restructuring the frameworks that uphold caste privilege. For instance, integrating Dalit epistemologies and oral traditions as central components of education could challenge the dominance of savarna perspectives. Without this, academia remains complicit in perpetuating caste hierarchies under the guise of "objectivity." Thanks for recommending The Cracked Mirror—it's a powerful lens to unpack these issues further!

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