Sanjay Kumar of the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) told AnyTV that casteism is the harsh reality of Indian politics. Castes have been a major influence in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, in this election the Samajwadi Party alliance is planning to win on this basis. At the same time, BJP is trying to set a big narrative to penetrate this strategy.
Polling is to be held in Purvanchal in the sixth-seventh phase of UP elections. While explaining the likes and dislikes of the voters here, the issue of casteism is being discussed a lot. There is a constant debate about which castes have what percentage of voters in which area, in which direction their trend and which alliance of castes will be able to win a political party. It is being told that the BJP’s ‘nationalism and Hindutva’ in this region is the main contest between the ‘politics of various caste alliances’ of the Samajwadi Party. But does caste politics alone determine the politics of Purvanchal? Do other issues not affect the voters here?
Sanjay Kumar of the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) told AnyTV that casteism is the harsh reality of Indian politics. Castes have been a major influence in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, in this election the Samajwadi Party alliance is planning to win on this basis. At the same time, the BJP is trying to set a big narrative to penetrate this strategy. But it is not quite right to say that casteism is the sole basis of likes and dislikes of the voters here. He said that BJP has created a new base class in the society with the help of welfare schemes. This class may not speak very openly, but at the time of voting, it definitely keeps these things in mind. Along with this other factors also play their part.
According to Sanjay Kumar, some voters of this class leave behind their caste base and vote in favor of the governments giving beneficial schemes. Such voters can prove to be the biggest voters of BJP in this assembly election. But how big this electorate will be and how much it will be able to influence the election results, it is difficult to say right now.
youth are deciding the issues of new politics
Election analyst Sunil Pandey, who has a special eye on the politics of UP-Bihar, said that if Prime Minister Modi, who has always given development his priority, is forced to describe himself as a leader of the OBC community, then it can be understood that in the politics of Purvanchal. What is the importance of caste politics? All political parties decide the names of candidates keeping in mind the caste equations. It also proves that they know how important caste is in the politics of Purvanchal.
One of the major reasons behind the success of the BJP in the elections of 2014, 2017 or 2019 was that its leader Amit Shah had expanded his social circle by forming alliances with parties doing various caste politics that it was impossible for the opposition to cross it. Couldn’t succeed. Hence caste politics cannot be underestimated.
However, it is also true that such voters are being formed in every caste-class who are voting by breaking caste identity and inspired by issues like development, facilities and nationalism. Such voters are more in urban areas and less in rural areas. According to Sunil Pandey, the BJP had got the support of such voters in 2019, on the strength of which it had crossed the 300 mark. In this election also he is sure to get the benefit of such voters.
PM has prepared a new base class
BJP’s national spokesperson Prem Shukla told AnyTV that the history till now shows that the leaders of political parties doing politics on caste lines have only done the work of deceiving their voters. They take votes from people in the name of caste, but after coming to power, they work only for themselves and their families, while Prime Minister Modi has made it his priority to work on a new social base. The poor people of every caste, every class and every religion-sect have got the benefit of all the welfare schemes of the central government. This is the priority of BJP.
Prem Shukla said that the result of this vision of Prime Minister Modi has been that the people have rejected the parties doing politics based on caste alliances, while have accepted the BJP with great enthusiasm. The result of this thinking is reflected in the election results as well. The resounding success of BJP in 2014, 2019 general elections and 2017 UP assembly elections is a direct proof of this. He said that this proves that the people have changed their choice, but some political parties are still not ready to understand and accept this changing choice of the people.
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Polling is to be held in Purvanchal in the sixth-seventh phase of UP elections. While explaining the likes and dislikes of the voters here, the issue of casteism is being discussed a lot. There is a constant debate about which castes have what percentage of voters in which area, in which direction their trend and which alliance of castes will be able to win a political party. It is being told that the BJP’s ‘nationalism and Hindutva’ in this region is the main contest between the ‘politics of various caste alliances’ of the Samajwadi Party. But does caste politics alone determine the politics of Purvanchal? Do other issues not affect the voters here?
Sanjay Kumar of the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) told AnyTV that casteism is the harsh reality of Indian politics. Castes have been a major influence in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, in this election the Samajwadi Party alliance is planning to win on this basis. At the same time, the BJP is trying to set a big narrative to penetrate this strategy. But it is not quite right to say that casteism is the sole basis of likes and dislikes of the voters here. He said that BJP has created a new base class in the society with the help of welfare schemes. This class may not speak very openly, but at the time of voting, it definitely keeps these things in mind. Along with this other factors also play their part.
According to Sanjay Kumar, some voters of this class leave behind their caste base and vote in favor of the governments giving beneficial schemes. Such voters can prove to be the biggest voters of BJP in this assembly election. But how big this electorate will be and how much it will be able to influence the election results, it is difficult to say right now.
youth are deciding the issues of new politics
Election analyst Sunil Pandey, who has a special eye on the politics of UP-Bihar, said that if Prime Minister Modi, who has always given development his priority, is forced to describe himself as a leader of the OBC community, then it can be understood that in the politics of Purvanchal. What is the importance of caste politics? All political parties decide the names of candidates keeping in mind the caste equations. It also proves that they know how important caste is in the politics of Purvanchal.
One of the major reasons behind the success of the BJP in the elections of 2014, 2017 or 2019 was that its leader Amit Shah had expanded his social circle by forming alliances with parties doing various caste politics that it was impossible for the opposition to cross it. Couldn’t succeed. Hence caste politics cannot be underestimated.
However, it is also true that such voters are being formed in every caste-class who are voting by breaking caste identity and inspired by issues like development, facilities and nationalism. Such voters are more in urban areas and less in rural areas. According to Sunil Pandey, the BJP had got the support of such voters in 2019, on the strength of which it had crossed the 300 mark. In this election also he is sure to get the benefit of such voters.
PM has prepared a new base class
BJP’s national spokesperson Prem Shukla told AnyTV that the history till now shows that the leaders of political parties doing politics on caste lines have only done the work of deceiving their voters. They take votes from people in the name of caste, but after coming to power, they work only for themselves and their families, while Prime Minister Modi has made it his priority to work on a new social base. The poor people of every caste, every class and every religion-sect have got the benefit of all the welfare schemes of the central government. This is the priority of BJP.
Prem Shukla said that the result of this vision of Prime Minister Modi has been that the people have rejected the parties doing politics based on caste alliances, while have accepted the BJP with great enthusiasm. The result of this thinking is reflected in the election results as well. The resounding success of BJP in 2014, 2019 general elections and 2017 UP assembly elections is a direct proof of this. He said that this proves that the people have changed their choice, but some political parties are still not ready to understand and accept this changing choice of the people.