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Politics and Religion

Quick points to remember
● India is driven by the two pillars, Religion and politics while caste based
politics is widely observed in India
● The religious beliefs especially expressed by the Hindutva movement strong
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has influenced the Indian politics in the 20 century
● Many aspects like casteism and communalism in politics emerged during the
British rule in India
● In particular, the Indian Councils Act 1909 established different Hindi and
Muslim body of voters for provisional councils was highly disruptive. This act
multiplied the stress between Hindus and Muslims
● Due to increasing dominance faced by lower castes, certain provisions for
affirmative action were commenced by the Constitution of India

Introduction

Since the formation of the constitution and before, India has witnessed religion based
discrimination in the political area. In fact, a lot of states ruled by the BJP were forced
for conversions and the party gained a lot of attention when the leaders of the part
asserted themselves to several religious issues and concerns.
A lot of political parties are accused of giving political support to some religious
issues just to gain more votes of a particular community. Both the famous parties of
Indian Politics, BJP and Congress have been accused for hauling religious issues in
the political matters. In fact, communalism plays a huge part in framing the history
of Indian politics. As a result of Britain’s Divide and rule policy, India was partitioned
into two nations, one with the Muslim majority- Pakistan while another with the Hindu
majority – India. Even after partition, India has witnessed lot of communal issues
due to its Muslim minority and Hindu Majority. However, Indian Republic is secular
and doesn’t support any specific religion.

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