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Professor Narayan: "Unbecoming of an Indian PM to bring up his caste in the middle of an Election Campaign. Narendra Modi is desperate but he should not do it."
by Guest Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:39 am
In speeches ahead of voting day on October 28, Modi, who belongs to the community of oil-pressers - Ghanchi-Teli, has evoked his "extremely backward family" to win over the voters from the EBC category, who constitute 24 percent of electorate.
BJP leaders in the state have evoked Modi's caste to impress voters, but not often. They did use it liberally during 2014 Lok Sabha Election. When Modi talks about his humble beginnings as the son of a tea seller, he does it without bringing up caste. And so for the prime minister to do so now, observers say, is a desperate measure.
This is the first time that Modi has pointedly evoked his caste in a state election, according to Badri Narayan, a professor at the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, who said that the strategy is unbecoming for the prime minister even while wearing a political hat.
"He is desperate, but he should not do it," said Narayan. "No prime minister should bring up caste. The prime minister belongs to everyone, represents everyone."
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/10/28/modi-evokes-his-own-extre_n_8388540.html?utm_source=COLOMBIA&utm_medium=textlinks&utm_campaign=HuffPost_23Oct_5NovIntl
BJP leaders in the state have evoked Modi's caste to impress voters, but not often. They did use it liberally during 2014 Lok Sabha Election. When Modi talks about his humble beginnings as the son of a tea seller, he does it without bringing up caste. And so for the prime minister to do so now, observers say, is a desperate measure.
This is the first time that Modi has pointedly evoked his caste in a state election, according to Badri Narayan, a professor at the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, who said that the strategy is unbecoming for the prime minister even while wearing a political hat.
"He is desperate, but he should not do it," said Narayan. "No prime minister should bring up caste. The prime minister belongs to everyone, represents everyone."
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/10/28/modi-evokes-his-own-extre_n_8388540.html?utm_source=COLOMBIA&utm_medium=textlinks&utm_campaign=HuffPost_23Oct_5NovIntl
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