2019 Elections - Seminal moment in abrogating caste lines


A cliché doesn't make the truth any less cliché.  2019 elections will be a seminal moment in India's election history.

When 91 crore voters reached the booth for there ultimate moment of truth, they demolished the entrenched caste structures and voted for India. They either voted for Modi or against Modi. The fact that he/she was a Vokkaliga , Kayastha, Yadav, Jatav, Brahman was inconsequential and not the cornerstone of his/her vote. One and half crore first time voters failed to even recognize caste barriers as they reached the booth for there first tryst with democracy. Only an echo chamber in the leftist cabal or a dynastic political private entity can deny this inconvenient truth. In an eclectic sense this is effectively a Hindu reform that may stand the test of time. One of Hinduisms biggest fault lines has been its caste lines. Politicians and media merely exploited the status quo and nurtured the wounds to fortify the entrenched market share of there political firms. One memorable movie line said - जो कभी जाती नहीं  हैं उसे जात कहते हैं।


What psephologist refer to as a polarization is in effect a consolidation. Modi and BJP managed to transcend the caste barriers and usurped these pocket boroughs from under the political feet of leaders who mistook inertia for action! To improve market share a corporate consolidates the market and not polarizes them. M&S (Modi & Shah) simply practiced M&A to widen the vote catchment horizon.


For an expansionist mind set with an audacious vision, the second part of the game plan has to be transcend the crude religious borders. The voter then ceases to be a Hindu voter or a Muslim voter or a Sikh voter. He steadfastly remains a Indian voter. That essentially may be a ram rajya that India pines for!

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