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Caste Politics in India
Elections in India are fought with an eye on getting votes on the caste system which has its roots firmly fixed in the Indian social order.
Elections in India are fought with an eye on getting votes on the caste system which has its roots firmly fixed in the Indian social order. Side by side with caste system the question of reservations has become a major attraction for creating a vote bank during elections
Political power, economic prosperity and social status were the exclusive privilege of the upper castes. This peculiar discriminatory caste system in India led to the growth of only a section of the society dominating the rest of the populace by depriving them of economic opportunities and equal privileges.
This led to the lack of unity among the Hindus who were divided into the Harijans, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Classes and depressed Classes. All these sections of the Hindu society attribute the existence of their poverty to their exploitation by the upper castes that deprived them of equal opportunities in pursuing education and engaging in professions of their choice.
Such customs and practices were evolved which gradually took the form of declared and undeclared law. This facilitated of the maintenance of caste distinctions and preservation as well as continuation of perpetual poverty and servile position of the rest of the castes, other than the so-called upper classes.
The British rulers in India realized the inherent weakness in social structure of India. Taking advantage of this, they passed such laws which injected the communal venom into the body politics in India. They created hatred among the Muslims and the Hindus and provided for separate electorates for Muslims by the Minto- Morley Reforms of 1919.
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Similarly, the 1919 Montague-Chelmsford Reforms continued to maintain separate electorates for the Muslims. This was, later, extended to other minority communities like Christians, Sikhs and Anglo- Indians. Thus the present caste politics originated during the British rule itself with reservation of seats for various communities.
Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar signed the Poona pact, according to it, although separate electorates were not granted to the Scheduled Castes seats, were reserved for them, which gave birth to the creation of joint electorates.
Realizing the grievances of the backward classes, Dr. Ambedkaras Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly, provided adequate scope for reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes.
A law was passed to preserve the rights granted to the Scheduled Castes and also to remove the notorious custom of untouchability. Thus the caste factor became an important item of political agenda.
Elections in India are fought with an eye on getting votes on the caste system which has its roots firmly fixed in the Indian social order.
Elections in India are fought with an eye on getting votes on the caste system which has its roots firmly fixed in the Indian social order. Side by side with caste system the question of reservations has become a major attraction for creating a vote bank during elections
Political power, economic prosperity and social status were the exclusive privilege of the upper castes. This peculiar discriminatory caste system in India led to the growth of only a section of the society dominating the rest of the populace by depriving them of economic opportunities and equal privileges.
This led to the lack of unity among the Hindus who were divided into the Harijans, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Classes and depressed Classes. All these sections of the Hindu society attribute the existence of their poverty to their exploitation by the upper castes that deprived them of equal opportunities in pursuing education and engaging in professions of their choice.
Such customs and practices were evolved which gradually took the form of declared and undeclared law. This facilitated of the maintenance of caste distinctions and preservation as well as continuation of perpetual poverty and servile position of the rest of the castes, other than the so-called upper classes.
The British rulers in India realized the inherent weakness in social structure of India. Taking advantage of this, they passed such laws which injected the communal venom into the body politics in India. They created hatred among the Muslims and the Hindus and provided for separate electorates for Muslims by the Minto- Morley Reforms of 1919.
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Similarly, the 1919 Montague-Chelmsford Reforms continued to maintain separate electorates for the Muslims. This was, later, extended to other minority communities like Christians, Sikhs and Anglo- Indians. Thus the present caste politics originated during the British rule itself with reservation of seats for various communities.
Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar signed the Poona pact, according to it, although separate electorates were not granted to the Scheduled Castes seats, were reserved for them, which gave birth to the creation of joint electorates.
Realizing the grievances of the backward classes, Dr. Ambedkaras Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly, provided adequate scope for reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes.
A law was passed to preserve the rights granted to the Scheduled Castes and also to remove the notorious custom of untouchability. Thus the caste factor became an important item of political agenda.
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