Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti was formed out of:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation.
The Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti, and later the BSP, emerged under Kanshi Ram out of the Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF), formed in 1978.
NCERT (2026-27): “Political fallouts … In 1978 the Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) was formed. This organisation was not an ordinary trade union of government employees. It took a strong position in favour of political power to the ‘bahujan’ – the SC, ST, OBC and minorities. It was out of this that the subsequent Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti and later the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) emerged under the leadership of Kanshi Ram.…” |