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Development has overshadowed the influence of caste in electoral behaviour in recent elections. Discuss.

  • UPSC 2019
  • 20 marks
  • Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics

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The 2014 verdict prompted the claim that the Indian voter had moved from jati to vikas — from caste to development. Rajni Kothari had long argued that caste and politics transform each other rather than one displacing the other, and the survey evidence since 2014 bears him out. Development has not overshadowed caste; it has…

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  • The case for development
  • The case for caste
  • Reconciliation: development through caste
  • Conclusion
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