It is an open secret that no political party in India fields its candidates in elections without considering the caste equations. The same trend is seen across India irrespective of state and political party. There were times when many intellectuals thought that caste is an evil born out of ignorance and illiteracy. But the funniest thing which we are seeing in our country at the present moment is even after pursuing top class education and working in the world’s best corporate companies, caste is one thing where Indians are still narrow-minded.
Now political parties are not just using caste for their poll equations, but openly using it as an ultimate weapon to counter allegations, corruption charges, political alliances and the list is never ending. The recent statement by Gali Janardhan Reddy exposed the political and power rivalry between two castes in Andhra Pradesh. Earlier Konda Surekha’s statement after submitting her resignation had the same caste angle.
Many Congress leaders criticised DS for the proposed PRP-Congress alliance . They brought in the caste factor stating that both DS and Chiranjeevi belong to the same community, that is the reason for D Srinivas’s interest in the alliance. After TDP lost in the 2009 general elections, they blamed the Lok Satta for their loss which also has an caste angle. When TDP, CPM, CPI fought against the alleged corruption and SEZ’s of the government many opposition leaders stated that the three parties belong to the same community and they are conspiring together against the government.
Even media was not spared from getting tagged with caste card by many political leaders.
Now we are at the political crossroads where caste has been developed in to a dangerous weapon from a mere tool by the political parties. If the educated youth of India who instead of leading many other people, falls into the caste trap, the very progress and democracy of our country will be at stake.
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