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“An iniquitous social structure has produced an iniquitous power structure. Individuals and parties are not at fault. Political, social and economic monopolies exclude a large section of the masses from decision-making. To that extent they are undemocratic. So far teams of the ruling elite played and the rest were called to applaud. Now the onlookers are saying we also want to kick and net a goal, and we have our own team.”

V. P. Singh

On the changes occurring in the political structure of the country
We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj

“One thing the ruling elite should understand, if we keep driving the deprived sections of our society to the wall, we'll have more unrest. Hang V. P. Singh, but give the deprived justice. Otherwise this country will go beyond anyone's management.”

V. P. Singh

We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj

“What we have to ask is not what we have got out of it, but what we have been able to get for the poor and the oppressed. For one, equity is now on the national agenda. No party can ignore it. They now enumerate how many candidates, chief ministers, Rajya Sabha members they have fielded from the deprived sections. The same is true of the choice of President or vice-president. So we have changed the political environment.”

V. P. Singh

On his party losing elections on the issue of reservations for backward class.
We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj

“Every day you are being abused by the press and by the sections that had abused us for millennia. If you stand by us, you will get your share of abuse.”

V. P. Singh

Dalit students of JNU addressing him quoted in his interview with Javed M. Ansari and Zafar Agha in: We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dalits-are-a-powerful-secular-force--v.p.-singh/1/307978.html, 29 December 2012.