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| B. C. Kamble |
B. C. Kamble was one of the founder members of Republican Party of India in October 1957.
* On September 11, 1957 Martyr Immanuvel Sekaranar was murdered at Paramakudi, Southern Tamil Nadu by a Shudra caste group of Mr. Muthuramlingam. Along with Thanthai N. Sivaraj (President of RPI) and Periyavar Ratnam (President of RPI, TN Unit) in 1957, B. C. Kamble and G. K. Mane came to Ramnad district of Tamil Nadu. They condemned the Ramnad riots which erupted after the murder of Immanuvel Sekaranar. They published a pamphlet, raised their voices in Indian Parliament and requested to Mr. Nehru's Government to introduce a report in this regard to the Lok Sabha and asked for judicial enquiry.
* On Dec 9, 1957 as a Member of Parliament, he introduced a resolution demanding all the facilities which are given to the Scheduled Classes shall be given to the new Buddhists too. Thanthai Sivaraj also voiced for this. After a prolonged struggle of RPI, this demand was confirmed by Ram Vilas Paswan through V. P. Singh government in 1990.
* He contested in Vice-Presidential election in 1984, but he was defeated by Venkataraman.
* Editor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's 'Janata' a weekly (1948-54) and 'Prabudha Bharat' a weekly (1956-58). Later he was the Editor of the Republic Weekly (1959-75).
* Member, Bombay Legislative Assembly, 1952-57. He was the only AISCF candidate who elected to Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1952 election.
* Member, 2nd Lok Sabha (1957-62) and 6th Lok Sabha (1977-79).
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