ET Bureau | 24 Nov, 2013
Despite
heavy political mobilization, inequality between Dalits, tribals,
OBCs and the rest of the population is still stark, and has changed
little in the past decade.
As elections approach, with a series of state polls already underway and a general election next year, appeals by various parties for votes of the Dalit, tribal and other backward classes will only intensify.
Ever since the Janata Party government set up the Mandal Commission in the late '70s to identify the ..
Despite heavy political mobilization, inequality between Dalits, tribals, OBCs and the rest of the population is still stark, and has changed little in the past decade. As elections approach, with a series of state polls already underway and a general election next year, appeals by various parties for votes of the Dalit, tribal and other backward classes will only intensify. Ever since the Janata Party government set up the Mandal Commission in the late '70s to identify the socially or educationally backward - and even before - parties in both the north and the south have tapped these castes for votes. Historically less-welloff than upper castes despite being in the majority, they were ripe for political mobilization. Politicians and parties as diverseAs elections approach, with a series of state polls already underway and a general election next year, appeals by various parties for votes of the Dalit, tribal and other backward classes will only intensify.
Ever since the Janata Party government set up the Mandal Commission in the late '70s to identify the ..
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