Untouchable leaders in Madras were rivals for national political representation.

Evidence

5 Rao Bahadur M.C. Rajah (1883–1943) and Rettamalai Srinivasan (1860–1945, conferred the title Dewan Bahadur) were Untouchable leaders from Madras Presidency. Rajah—author of The Oppressed Hindus (1925), the first ever book in English by an Untouchable in India—was the chief political rival of Ambedkar to the position of the representative of the Depressed Classes on the national scene. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1218

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reserved seats in general constituencies left Untouchable leadership under privileged-caste control.; Hindus disputed Untouchable population figures to protect their own political representation — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 505; M.C. Rajah pioneered Depressed Classes representation in Madras and national councils — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1218
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Reserved seats in general constituencies left Untouchable leadership under privileged-caste control.; Hindus disputed Untouchable population figures to protect their own political representation — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 505; M.C. Rajah pioneered Depressed Classes representation in Madras and national councils — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1218