However, the strategy for liberation argues Jaffrelotwitnessed oscillation between two methods.
Unlike Gandhi who sought to reform caste system, Ambedkar propounded its complete annihilation of caste for the emancipation of Dalits. He saw it as a social institution defended by the ideology of Brahmanismas propounded in his ‘broken men thesis’. He did not subscribe to the position that untouchability has its basis in race. 
The worst of caste system was reflected in the practice of untouchability which used the notions of purity and pollution to keep an untouchable outside the fold of social interaction.This hierarchical social order was purposefully used to keep a section of population in a state of illiteracy, poverty and oppression.
Gopal Gurutalks of Ambedkar’s argument wherein even in Vedic times, people self-identified as per their caste rather as Hindus. Ambedkar noted that the ancient Hindu society was composed of classes – Brahmans, the Kshatriya, the Vaishayas and the Shudrasthat became self-closed units called castes through the practice of endogamy.but roped in other features such as division of labour, absence of inter-dining and the principle of birth as well. 
In his work, ‘Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development’, Ambedkar identifies caste as an important institution, which is practiced by no other civilized society, past or contemporary.
Dhananjay Keerregards Ambedkar is among the foremost leader of Dalits in India who played a critical role on raising dalit conciseness. Ambedkar is one of the leading progressive, liberal thinkers of India whose contributions to making of Indian Constitution and its mandate of a social revolution are unparalleled. UPSC Personality Test/Interviews Preparation.
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