Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti

Kanshi Ram started the Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti (DS4 or DSSSS) on 6 December 1981^[1] by Kanshi Ram to organise Dalits and other oppressed groups of India.^[2][3] The sociocultural organisation's slogan was "Brahmin, Thakur, Bania chhor, baaki sab hain DS4".^[4] ("Leaving Brahmins, Thakurs and Banias, everyone else is DS-4.")

A large number of singers from north India joined as volunteers in the organisation. Its cultural wing composed songs of resistance and created anti-caste consciousness.^[5]

In Punjab, siblings Ashok Kumar and Saroj Kumari were singers whose popularity extended to the neighbouring Himachal Pradesh. The brother-sister duo's songs of resistance versed the inhumane condition of Dalits and their aspirations, as well as critiqued the incumbent Indian National Congress party. Their songs channelised a constant shift from pain to resistance.^[5]

DS4 was related to BAMCEF. The organisation was absorbed by the Bahujan Samaj Party in 1984.^[6]