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VOL. 5, ISSUE 1 (2023)
Politicization of caste in India
Authors
Dr. Silky Tyagi
Abstract
The implementation of the Mandal Commission report in 1990 and the anti- Mandal agitation by upper castes youth and parties have, according to Kancha Ilaiah, politicized and homogenized Dalits. According to Ilaiah, after the demolition of Babri Masjid minorities have started looking towards backward castes formation for a security belt. He point out that when Hindutva school is appealing to the sense of the religious community, the Dalit Bahujan school is trying to woo the sense of caste community [1]. Now, this caste politicization did not always lead to coalitions. In fact, the caste by its very nature is a divisive factor [2]. It separates one backward caste from another and makes them compete among themselves. Each caste thus gets organized for its own politics and develops its own leadership where commonalities are forgotten. The backward caste party gets factionalized in the process [3]. It sometimes even becomes difficult to keep track of factions of splits within splits, for instance in the case of Janta Dal [4]. This caste logic not only separate the backward castes from one another but also brings in the hierarchy element i.e. the castes which are little ahead of with regard to income, educational and organization capture and deny any share in power to others.
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Pages:11-13
How to cite this article:
Dr. Silky Tyagi "Politicization of caste in India". International Journal of Sociology and Political Science, Vol 5, Issue 1, 2023, Pages 11-13
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