Manuscript Number : GISRRJ192412

Caste Politics in India

Authors(1) :-Rupesh Kumar

Caste is an integral part of Indian society. Caste is almost present in every political and social process in India. Caste has played both integrative and disintegrative role in Indian society. Identity politics has lead to emergence of caste in electoral politics. Some scholars see rise of caste in political process as a factor which has strengthened the democracy in India, because a large section of people come out to cast their votes to support their candidates who belongs to their caste. Caste based politics gave voices to those section of people who were underrepresented .While on the other hand many scholars see caste as a disintegrative factor for long term development of Indian society. They are opined of instead of caste, development should be an integrative factor in Indian political system. It is reality of our Indian societies that caste has deeply rooted in almost every aspect of our life. Many political parties have been emerged along the caste lines. Their whole politics is based on their caste group instead of developmental politics. Our many public policies are caste driven ,while at same time we are trying to make caste free Indian societies. In contemporary time in electoral politics caste has entrenched too much. Political parties give ticket to candidates keeping the caste equations . Even the composition of council of ministers are formed along keeping all type of caste calculated cost-benefit. Dr.Ambedkar in a constituent assembly debate had said that caste is not a positive factor for development of Indian societies.

Authors and Affiliations

Rupesh Kumar
M.A. Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

Politicisation of Caste, Democratic Values, Instability, Vote Bank Politics.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 2 | March-April 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-04-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 41-45
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ192412
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

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Rupesh Kumar, "Caste Politics in India ", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp.41-45, March-April.2019
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ192412

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