Harish S. Wankhede / Mainstream
The Bihar elections have brought the BJP closer to the hardened caste realities and their political significance. Therefore in the BJP’s campaign, the agenda of militant Hindutva is missing for strategic reasons as the caste and sub-caste identities will play a significant role in deciding the electoral outcome in each constituency.
The BJP’s uncanny social engineering between the upper caste and Dalits under the heightened slogans of good governance and economic development has a measure of social justice politics but its social implications at the actual social turf will decide its future prospect. On the other hand, the realignment of the Yadav-Muslim-Kurmi sections under the secular umbrella has revived the time-tasted political arithmetic of electoral success and can thus bring a new lease of life to the social justice-secular front. more
The Bihar elections have brought the BJP closer to the hardened caste realities and their political significance. Therefore in the BJP’s campaign, the agenda of militant Hindutva is missing for strategic reasons as the caste and sub-caste identities will play a significant role in deciding the electoral outcome in each constituency.
The BJP’s uncanny social engineering between the upper caste and Dalits under the heightened slogans of good governance and economic development has a measure of social justice politics but its social implications at the actual social turf will decide its future prospect. On the other hand, the realignment of the Yadav-Muslim-Kurmi sections under the secular umbrella has revived the time-tasted political arithmetic of electoral success and can thus bring a new lease of life to the social justice-secular front. more
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