between 1990–2010, dabholkar was active in a movements for the equality of dalits (untouchables) and against india's caste system and caste-related violence. he advocated renaming the marathwada university after babasaheb ambedkar, who is the author of india's constitution and fought for the equality of dalits. dabholkar wrote books on superstitions and their eradication, and had addressed over 3,000 public meetings. he had taken on asaram bapu in march 2013 over an incident during holi in nagpur, when bapu and his followers used drinking water from tankers brought from the nagpur municipal corporation to celebrate the festival. they were accused of wasting it while rest of maharashtra faced drought.