Uttar Pradesh, the country’s politically most important state, is providing the best example of the efficacy of our “caste identity” thesis.
It is now becoming almost clear to every jati that its members can get security only if it consolidates its members, asserts its (caste) identity and then presses for representation in proportion to its population.
Nation within nation: That means soon there will be a political party for each jati. This is what we want and this is what is happening. UP has proved it.
In our forthcoming book we have argued that caste comes nearest to a nation. Since India is not a nation but a group of nations, the only thing that comes nearest to a nation is caste.
Brother Gurnam Singh (see p may say that caste identity helps only the upper castes (Hindus) but divides the “lower castes” (Bahujans). He also says that the Hindus take advantage of the caste divisions among the SC & BCS and put one subcaste against the other.
Iyengar fight: Yes. He is right. The upper castes also were fighting among themselves once upon a time. Two factions among Iyengars (Tamil Brahmins) fought for over 100 years and took their dispute right up to Privy Council in London.
Hate as staple diet: They started uniting only after “Independence” (1947) but this unity is only limited to the extent of fighting the Bahujans (original inhabitants of India) and keeping us enslaved.
A Hindu’s staple diet is hate. How can he afford to stop eating his most favourite food (hate)? The Brahmins also fight but they don’t show it outside.
The SC and BC jatis have not reached that stage. They are still an unconscious lot. Moreover, the brahminical toilet papers are there to keep us divided. We have no media to counter the Hindus.
Elections help “caste Identity”: So, our people suffer from all these disadvantages. And will continue to suffer for some more years. This is the beginning of the caste consciousness process. Parliamentary politics is very helpful in promoting such a consciousness.
In Bihar, Nitish Kumar Is heading a Kurmi party. In UP, Sone Lal Patel is building one. All over India we need jati- based parties – EDITOR
