5 years, 5 months ago
BJP and caste equation in Haryana
“There were governments for special castes in Haryana. In a state riddled with caste politics, the BJP’s strategy has been to seek broad-based support and generate a new social coalition - and it is a strategy that seems to be working. That changed in 2014 when the BJP’s Manohar Lal Khattar became the state’s first non-Jat Chief Minister in around two decades. Khattar, who belongs to the Khatri caste, a minority Punjabi community within the broader upper caste umbrella, has helped the BJP secure significant support from non-Jat castes. BJP’s prospects have been boosted by the central government's actions in Kashmir The BJP’s ability to overcome the Jat versus non-Jat dichotomy has also been aided by Haryana’s economic transformation.


























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