Bangalore: Caste has proved to be India’s trump-card to fight the casteists (upper castes). See how Mayawati is using it in UP where the coming Assembly election will be fought only on the basis of caste.
What happened to “ideology” then? No. There is nothing like ideology in “Hindu India”. What we have is only the “casteology”. Each caste has its ideology and the Brahminical order presents the best example of its “casteology” through its party of BJP:
Lucknow: BSP chief Mahawati on March 13 released the list of party candidates favouring. Brahmin-Dalit combination. Of the 403 seats, 139 have been given to upper castes. Brahmins have been fielded in 86 seats, Thakurs in 38 and Vaishyas in 14 while one seat has been allotted to a Kayasth. OBCs get 110, Dalits 93 and Muslims 61. (Hindu March 14, 2007).
Our “caste identity” thesis is now universally accepted as the only panacea to cure the cancer of Brahminism (casteism). Use caste to kill casteists. Since our “national” parties have failed, the only hope is in caste- based or regional parties.
