Caste-aways of India’s politics: From Mandal to Modi

They are the new castaways of India’s politics. The massive Modi tsunami has swept away mascots of caste politics in India, tossing these so-called messiahs of backward castes into oblivion. The spectacular drubbing of caste-based parties in the 2014 elections in India has been interpreted by pundits as a potential paradigm shift in India’s political landscape with the politics of vote banks giving way to development-centric politics, blended with a dose of Hindutva, which has been exemplified in the overwhelming victory of the BJP and Narendra Modi.

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