Prakash Ambedkar

Meet the leader: Prakash Ambedkar

The grandson of Bhimrao Ambedkar and a lawyer by profession, Prakash Ambedkar, the President of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi, stirred controversy last year when he bowed before the tomb of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and also defended the historical significance of the emperor’s 50-year rule.

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Meet the leader: Prakash Ambedkar

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Lok Sabha polls 2024: AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi declares support for VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar in Maharashtra's Akola

Owaisi said, 'We believe the leadership of Dalits should come up. I appeal to the AIMIM team from Akola to vote for Prakash Ambedkar.'

17 April 2024, 05:00 IST

Lok Sabha polls 2024: AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi declares support for VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar in Maharashtra's Akola

17 April 2024, 05:00 IST

I doubt Congress wants to take BJP head-on, says VBA chief

'I have doubts whether the Congress wants to take on the BJP head-on,' Ambedkar tells DH's Mrityunjay Bose in a free-wheeling interview in Akola.

16 April 2024, 23:11 IST

I doubt Congress wants to take BJP head-on, says VBA chief

16 April 2024, 23:11 IST

Congress and BJP are two sides of same coin: Prakash Ambedkar

Congress and BJP are 'two sides of the same coin,' he said at a campaign rally for Sanjay Kewat, VBA's candidate from Bhandara-Gondiya constituency in eastern Maharashtra.

12 April 2024, 16:20 IST

Congress and BJP are two sides of same coin: Prakash Ambedkar

12 April 2024, 16:20 IST

Congress says Prakash Ambedkar's decision to part ways with MVA will benefit BJP

Hitting out at Prakash Ambedkar, the Congress said that the decision of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi to part ways with the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi would benefit the BJP.

05 April 2024, 12:39 IST

Congress says Prakash Ambedkar's decision to part ways with MVA will benefit BJP

05 April 2024, 12:39 IST

LS polls: Ambedkar's VBA declares 11 more nominees; in 2019, vote division favoured NDA

The 11 constituencies include Hingoli, Latur, Solapur, Madha, Satara, Dhule, Hatkanangale, Raver, Jalna, Mumbai North Central, and Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg.

31 March 2024, 17:05 IST

LS polls: Ambedkar's VBA declares 11 more nominees; in 2019, vote division favoured NDA

31 March 2024, 17:05 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Prakash Ambedkar to spell strategy in 3-4 days

Ambedkar, who had spoken to Maratha reservation campaigner Manoj Jarange-Patil and Prakash Shendge of OBC Bahujan Party, had announced the making of a Third Front in Maharashtra.

29 March 2024, 13:03 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Prakash Ambedkar to spell strategy in 3-4 days

29 March 2024, 13:03 IST

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Eyeball-to-eyeball conflict in Western Maharashtra

With the NCP divided with deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar controlling the main party, and his uncle Sharad Pawar and her daughter Supriya Sule now heading NCP (SCP) and the Shiv Sena split involving Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde— political equations in the region have changed.

29 March 2024, 03:53 IST

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Eyeball-to-eyeball conflict in Western Maharashtra

29 March 2024, 03:53 IST

Can VBA play a spoiler for Maha Vikas Aghadi, Maha Yuti in Maharashtra?

VBA has garnered 6.98 and 5.57 percentage vote share in the 2019 Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls

28 March 2024, 10:37 IST

Can Prakash Ambedkar's VBA play a spoiler for Maha Vikas Aghadi, Maha Yuti in Maharashtra?

Can VBA play a spoiler for Maha Vikas Aghadi, Maha Yuti in Maharashtra?

28 March 2024, 10:37 IST

Prakash Ambedkar floats Third Front, snubs MVA

The development comes days after Ambedkar attended the rally of I.N.D.I.A. in Mumbai which was presided over by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and attended by Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi and a host of leaders of the opposition bloc.

27 March 2024, 09:44 IST

Prakash Ambedkar floats Third Front, snubs MVA

27 March 2024, 09:44 IST