Besides being Ambedkar's favorite colour, retired IPS officer and Dalit activist SR Darapuri said that blue was also the colour of the flag for the Scheduled Castes Federation of India ...

This flag was later retained by the Republican Party of India, established by Ambedkar in 1956. The adoption of blue as a political colour has allowed it to become synonymous with Dalit identity ...

Balagarh party MLA Manoranjan Byapari raised the issue when the Chief Minister and Speaker were not present in the House ...