And how a Savarna party stands to benefit.
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 | Bihar: The Manjhi-Paswan Feud Shows How Savarna Groups Exploit A Fractured Dalit Polity | With the election to Bihar assembly less than two months away, the state’s two main Dalit parties are openly at the loggerheads with each other despite being a part of the same coalition.
Who does this help? The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is essentially a Savarna party, and the Janata Dal (United) which has expertly fractured the state’s Dalit polity over a 15-year tenure.
The events in Bihar are the latest illustration of the difficulty and complexity of uniting the Dalit community – a trend previously mirrored in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh — and of the short-sightedness of the Dalit leadership in these states, who have consistently valued short term gains over the long-term struggle of creating a strong cohesive base. | |
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