NAWANSHEHAR: 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.