Agra, March 7 -- Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Thursday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the biggest champion of the Dalit cause in present-day politics.

With abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, the prime minister paved the way for implementation of reservation for the Scheduled Caste community in elections there, the BJP chief said at the party's "Anusuchit Varg Maha Sammellan" (convention for Scheduled Castes) in Agra.

Nadda, who shared stage with chief minister Yogi Adityanath, blamed the Congress for having done nothing for the Dalits and only considering them as a vote bank. He said it was the Congress which posed a hurdle in Dr BR Ambedkar getting his due and even opposed him (Dr Ambe...