Political and Social Career
Kamble was the national president and one of the founding members of Dalit Panther. He was also national general secretary of Janata Dal, a member of the National Election Committee — Janata Dal (Parliamentary Board), and a member of national committee and in charge of Bihar State. He successfully led the Namantar Andolan of Marathwada University as a president of Dalit Panther.
After a dispute arose on the book of Riddles in Hinduism (appendix, Riddles of Ram & Krishna) authored by Ambedkar, Kamble led intellectual fight and march in procession with ten lakh people (January 1987) and the provision for reservation to Buddhist, Backward class, and minorities from prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh. He got promises and assurance to implement the Mandal Commission, with immediate effect (1989).
Kamble resigned from Janata Dal on the issue of Dalit president of India. He led the march as a president of Dalit Panther during an Assembly Session at Nagpur on the issue to publish Ambedkar's complete body of literature (1979). He later worked as a member of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Charitra Sadhane Publication which was borne by march.
Kamble worked as an editor for the book Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Writings & Speeches. Government-placed decisions to omit a part from the appendix (Riddles in Hinduism, 4th series of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Writings and Speeches) for this issue caused him to leave the editor's committee and file lawsuit in the High Court against the government.
He inaugurated the Manusmruti Cremation Conference at Karur by Dravida Kazhagam who founded by Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1983). He also inaugurated and led the march to protest against the outrageous behavior on Dalit at Karamchedu (1987). He led Samajik Nyay Jyoti (Social Justice Flame) with Ram Vilas Paswan from Chundur to New Delhi (1992).
He was the chief guest at the All India Dalit Writer's Conference (October 1987) and worked as a convener of the 'All India Dalit Writer's Association. He inaugurated the Social Gathering of Dalit Literature at Bangalore (1986) and gave a speech on the conference of the Namantar-Mandal Commission (1984). He inaugurated the 9th Marathi Conference at Badoda (1995) and gave a speech at the conference on All Indian Dalit Liberation (December 6, 1987). He undertook editorial work for the periodicals Ambedkar Bharat, Shunya, and Sangharsh.
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