Role of Caste in Indian Politics
The Influence of Caste on Decision Making in Indian Politics
by Neelam Devi*,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 13, Issue No. 2, Jul 2017, Pages 693 - 695 (3)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
Caste has always been a very significant and decisive factor of Indian politics. It is a deep rooted feature of Indian social structure. Firstly its evidence showed in Manusmriti, a document that compiles the code of conduct for human society. The Varna system of ancient time now turned into caste system. The word caste has been derived from the Spanish word `CASTA` that means breed or race. The meaning of caste is, people belonging to same breed. It played a major role in Indian politics not only after independence but also in pre independence era. After caste based reservation, the importance of every caste increased and these are playing an important role in decision making process.
KEYWORD
role, caste, Indian politics, Manusmriti, Varna system, caste system, breed, race, caste-based reservation, decision making process
In the end of this research paper we can say that caste is very deep rooted in Indian social structure and played a major role in politics. From party formation to decision making, it becomes very important. After the introduction of Adult Franchise, every vote becomes very important and each party tried to influence more and more voters. Now a day‘s caste become more important for politics and politics also becomes more important for caste. Sometime political parties increase this caste system by using caste based slogans and other thing. It destroyed the social harmony and created violence in society. To the development of society it is very important to remove casteism. Government should try to remove this evil completely. All political parties should also try to maintain social harmony. It is very important for the development of world biggest democracy.
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Corresponding Author Neelam Devi* Assistant Professor, Political Science, S.D. College, Ambala Cantt.