{"id":1372,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-rise-of-caste-politics-is-to-be-attributed-to-both-regional-upsc-psir-2023-2407\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:20","slug":"the-rise-of-caste-politics-is-to-be-attributed-to-both-regional-upsc-psir-2023-2407","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-rise-of-caste-politics-is-to-be-attributed-to-both-regional-upsc-psir-2023-2407\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of caste politics is to be attributed to both regional aspirations and electoral manifestations. Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> rise \u2260 survival of hierarchy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> transformation by democracy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kothari<\/b>\u2019s \u201cpoliticisation of caste\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the statement\u2019s two engines named <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> regional aspirations + electoral competition drive caste\u2019s political rise<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>politicisation of caste <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> regional aspirations (caste composition varies by region <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Naicker<\/b>\u2019s non-Brahmin Dravidian identity vs high-caste \/ North Indian dominance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Dalit Panthers\u2019 Maharashtra roots <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Rudolphs<\/b>\u2019 \u201cbullock capitalists\u201d as landowning regional forces) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> electoral turn (adult franchise <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> numbers into votes <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> tickets \/ candidate selection \/ vote banks <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> caste parties BSP \/ SP \/ RJD convert caste into representation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> social-engineering coalitions) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Srinivas<\/b>: reservation + political opportunity transform the hierarchy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>empowerment but double-edged <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Varshney<\/b>: elections successful, democracy between elections weak <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mehta<\/b>: representation\u2013responsiveness gap <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fragmentation as easily as empowerment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> both claims hold <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> regionally grounded aspirations channelled through electoral competition<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kaviraj<\/b>: hierarchy of castes <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> democracy of castes <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but justice cannot end at caste arithmetic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[65],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1372","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-caste-religion-and-ethnicity-in-indian-politics","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4784,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1372\/revisions\/4784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}