what caste do to politics in India does politics influence caste system
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Caste can take various forms in politics:
- When parties choose candidates in elections they keep in mind the caste composition of the electorate and nominate candidates from different castes so as to muster the necessary support too win elections.
Political parties and candidates in elections make appeals to caste sentiment to muster support. Some political parties are known to favor some castes and are seen as their representatives.
Universal adult franchise and the principal of one-person-one-vote compelled political leaders to gear up to the task of mobilizing and securing political support. It also brought new consciousness among the people who were hitherto treated as inferior and low.
Politics in caste can take several forms:-
Each caste group tries to become bigger by incorporating within it other sub-castes which were earlier excluded from it.
Various caste groups are required to enter into a coalition with other castes and thus enter into a dialogue or negotiation.
New kinds of caste groups have come up such as 'backward' and 'forward' caste groups.