Dalit Queen sent jet to collect sandals?

NEW DELHI – A powerful Indian politician dubbed the Untouchables Queen once sent a jet to pick up her favorite brand of sandals, according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables released by the WikiLeaks website.

Mayawati, head of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, was described in the cables as "a first-rate egomaniac" who "is obsessed with becoming prime minister." Read More................"Dalit queen" sent jet to collect sandals?

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Youth workers thrash professor with sandals

Khandhwa, Madhya Pradesh: A professor in Madhya Pradesh was dragged out of his classroom and attacked by members of the BJP's student party, the ABVP.

Hours later, unrepentant, after a police case has been registered against three ABVP workers and 50 others who were with them, they say the teacher deserved it. Read more at: BJP youth workers thrash professor with sandals

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