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How Abhijeet Dipke created a broad-based idea of politics that put the BJP on the backfoot
['Sumit Samos']
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Abhijeet Dipke during a protest in New Delhi on June 6. Credit: AFP.
Urban commentators in Delhi were casting aspersions on Dipke and the protest for not having an ideology nor radical demands for structural overhaul.
Dipke, on the other hand, is a young, Dalit man who entered a hostile territory courageously and was able to strike a chord with his confidence, poise and kindness.
Ink thrown at Abhijeet Dipke during the protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 18. Credit: Reuters.
But Dipke has shown that broad politics is possible, of course, not without contradictions and conflicts but worth striving for.