Dalit youth alleges loss of job in U.K. due to caste discrimination by Pune college

Prem Birhade | Photo Credit: special arrangement

Prem Birhade, a Dalit youth based in London, has alleged that he lost an employment opportunity in the United Kingdom due to caste discrimination in India after the college he studied in — Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Pune — failed to provide the verification certificate to the employer in time.

In a video on Instagram four days earlier, Mr. Birhade said in Marathi, “I have lost my job because of the college. This company had asked my college if I had studied there. The college did not respond. Why? Because you don’t want us to get ahead in life. This is the struggle of me, my family, my community.”

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