Opinion: Why India Under PM Modi Averted A Major Caste Showdown Despite Opponents' Attempts

Opinion: Why India Under PM Modi Averted A Major Caste Showdown Despite Opponents' Attempts Since British rule, caste has been cynically exploited as a fault line to divide the Hindu majority of Bharat and push one's agenda Got Question about the News? There have been many scuffles at Jantar Mantar during the June Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests. Nearly 70 days later, one of them is ageing interestingly. CJP leader Saurav Das has now alleged that influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj attacked Sanjay Kumar, father of CJP protester Nishu Azad, and called Sanjay a Dalit. Das demanded attempt-to-murder and grievous-hurt sections, as well as the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, slapped against Bhardwaj. Opinion: A 'Dead Economy' Growing At 7.8% The Accountability Gap: India Builds The AI, But Who Answers For It? Opinion | The Gulf Is Calling: India's Moment To Move From Presence To Strategic Power Global Watch | China's Himalayan Information Gap: How Floods In Nepal Exposed Beijing It is probably bad homework that Das did not bring up the caste angle earlier. To overcompensate for it, Das posted a fake, AI-generated image on X and tried to put 'casteism poison" in BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia's mouth. When threatened with a lawsuit, he hurriedly deleted it. But since British rule, caste has been cynically exploited as a fault line to divide the Hindu majority of........