The New Contours of Identity Politics
Saffron Mobilization of Dalit and Backward Caste in Uttar Pradesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13118366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sorokhaibam Sureshkumar Singh (0000-0001-9142-6493, Institute of Development Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 360-372 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Voice of Dalit (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2455-328X • E-ISSN: 2456-0502 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2455328x221082497 |
| OpenAlex | W4220672068 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The intense electoral competition has made it imperative for political parties to invent new languages and newer modes of organizing the demos. The interchanging registers of Mandal and Kamandal have so far configured the trajectory to power in the state. A careful reading reveals that both these registers have employed the discourse of ‘identity’ to mobilize people. The popularity of this discourse hinges on the fact that it is dynamic and can touch upon the idea of the ‘political’ of diverse people. However, the appropriation and reappropriation of this discourse has transformed its meaning over time. While caste remains the centre around which it is woven, the way in which caste entities are captured to form alignments has changed over time. While the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) used it for arousing critical consciousness of the Dalit-Bahujan caste to challenge caste hegemony, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used it successfully for constructing a rightist identity and dismantling the Bahujan politics. BSP strengthened the Dalit-Bahujan identity to fight caste discrimination, turning caste disadvantage into caste advantage. To counter this BJP too engaged in caste-based community mobilization, while simultaneously giving a rhetoric of caste-free developmental politics to consolidated upper-caste–lower-caste Hindu alliance
Aesthetics · Caste · Hinduism · Identity (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · Law · Religious studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
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