Caste Politics  

 The Samajwadi Party, the main opposition party in Uttar Pradesh, has come forward to cash in by playing the Brahmin card in the state. According to party sources, the SP had decided to raise an issue of the Brahmin community through a different platform to attract them

In its bid to regain power in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is trying to woo Brahmin voters in the state ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections. Jitin Prasad will connect with Brahmins through 'Brahmin Chetna Samad' on social media

It is due to caste and money politics that the Karnataka government is facing such crisis, Ananth Kumar Hegde, the BJP MP from Uttara Kannada, said

The ruling AIADMK in fact struck an alliance with the PMK only because its Vanniyar votes are pretty important in Northern Tamil Nadu. The AIADMK has carefully earmarked for the PMK the constituencies of Dharmapuri, Cuddalore, Arakkonam, Villupuram and Sriperumbudur — all dominated by Vanniyars

The JD(S) leaders stooped to a new low by playing the caste card, calling Sumalatha a 'Naidu' and outsider to Mandya. However, JDS’s national president Deve Gowda in Andhra Pradesh praised Chandrababu Naidu calling him as a frontrunner for the PM’s post. In this, the party’s double standard is clearly exposed

Karnataka’s deputy chief minister G Parameshwara said there is caste politics within the Congress party. He alleged that just because he belongs to the Dalit community, he has been denied the chief ministerial post thrice

Caste plays a key role in politics in India, more so in the Hindi heartland states. A survey by The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) and Azim Premji Institute shows that 55% of Indians are likely to prefer the candidate of their caste in elections