1.   If voted to power, the party would expand job quotas for minorities and low caste people, its manifesto said.

2.   In a large number of towns and villages across the country, upper caste people refuse to touch Dalits or eat food prepared by them.

3.   In several villages, upper caste people have prevented low-caste residents from attending school, she said.

4.   Maoist rebels in the state rode to strength along with the rise of a slew of political parties that represent the landless lower caste people.

5.   She accused the socialist group of reneging on its election promises, rigging local body elections and harassing low caste people.

6.   The Hindu Front has been active in reconverting to Hinduism low caste people who become Muslims to escape persecution by their high-caste neighbors.

7.   The Hindu Front has been particularly active in reconverting to Hinduism low caste people who become Muslims to escape persecution by their high-caste neighbors.

8.   They want a separate state where they say they will not be discriminated against by governments run by upper caste people from the northern districts.