Former MP and president of Bahujan Samaj Morcha Satnam
Singh Kainth said on Sunday that in the present scenario in which the
entry of private sector in different aspects of life has thrown up new
issues and challenges, only pressing for reservations would do Dalits
no good.

Addressing a meeting of party workers here yesterday, Kainth said the
increasing gap between the rich and the poor, collapse of vital
sectors like health and education, increase in unemployment among the
poor esp. the Dalits and globalisation were the issues that were of
utmost concern at the moment. He accused the SAD-BJP alliance in
Punjab of failure on all fronts. Atrocities on poor had increased and
there was frustration among them as no one was listening to their
grievances in the state, said Kainth who urged his cadres not to
become a tool in the hands of power-hungry politicians.

An awareness programme had been prepared for creating awakening on
vital issues among the poor and the Dalits, he added.