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I've seen a definite effort to dissociate Dalit and Hindu identities via these debates, not just on LI but also in other political venues. I am aware of what foreign forces are attempting, and let me state unequivocally that you are worse than the Savarna who enslaved us. You see us as a large political organisation and uninformed voting bank that can be mobilised for solidarity. I'm particularly disappointed in all the Savarnas who posted here since not a single person said, "but Dalits are also Hindus." It's seems like everyone has duly accepted and normalised the notion that Dalits do not follow Hinduism.
My identity is not a dice that you may roll depending on the propaganda that is most convenient for you at the time. I come from a community that has endured thousands of years of struggle to have my religious identity trivialised and limited. We are aware that some religious communities and organisations do not want for us to be connected with or referred to as Hindus. Your vote bank politics and effort to normalise this concept would fail here, and most definitely would fail on me. I am a Hindu, and I see the flaws in the faith; I want to remain here and rectify them. I am not switching parties.