“I want to inform you that we are putting up candidates for the coming elections through the Scheduled Castes Federation. The Scheduled Castes Federation is for all Backward Classes. Every Backward Class will be given representation. I want to request all men and women that they should leave aside everything on the day of polling and go to the polling booths and cast their votes. The day of polling is the day of life and death for the Scheduled Castes.”

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar ^[53]

From 27^th October, 1951 to 29^th October, 1951 Babasaheb Dr. B. R Ambedkar was on election campaign tour of Punjab to expedite the political movement in Punjab State. At that time the Punjab State was a big State of northwestern India which covered present Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, some area of Jammu and Kashmir and erstwhile PEPSU. During this tour of Punjab Babasaheb Dr. B. R Ambedkar addressed four public meetings to expedite political momentum in Punjab. Out of these four meetings first on 27^th October, 1951 at Ramdaspur, Jalandhar, presently Ambedkar Bhawan, Nakhodar Road Jalandhar, Punjab and second meeting was at D.A.V. College, Jalandhar City (Punjab) on 28^th October, 1951. Third meeting was at Ludhiana on 28^th October, 1951 and fourth meeting was at Patiala on 29^th October, 1951. In these public meetings Babasaheb Dr. B. R Ambedkar addressed the public gathering and urged to the people to cast their vote in favour of candidates set up by the Scheduled Castes Federation. This tour affected Punjab State strongly and resulted for better political momentum in Punjab in 1951 elections, in which Mihan Singh Gill won the election from Amloh Payal Constituency and became MLA on the ticket of Scheduled Castes Federation in PEPSU Legislative Assembly Election, 1951 and Ram Dass won the election from Solan Constituency and also became MLA on the ticket of Scheduled Castes Federation in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1951. From this election Scheduled Castes Federation became National Party which was later on renamed as Republican Party of India on 30^th September, 1956 in its Central Executive Council meeting at 26 Alipur Road, Delhi. This journey of successful results was sustained even after this visit of Punjab for a long time and resulted in Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Election in 1957, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election in 1951, Haryana Legislative Assembly Election in 1957, 1967, 1968 & 2000, Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) Legislative Assembly Election in 1951 and Punjab State Legislative Assembly Election in 1957 & 1967. In all these elections Scheduled Castes Federation/ Republican Party of India performed very well. Hence, in this research work we have to discuss and analyze the very purpose of Indian Ambedkarite Republican Movement in past, present as well as its future through Ambedkarite literature published by the Government of Maharashtra, Government of India and results of various Legislative Assemblies conducted by Election Commission of India.