The latest election results have raised deep questions for introspection before the Congress. The politics of ethnic identity adopted by its leadership, Is it actually causing harm?? At present, This path does not seem to take him to any destination.
There is no end to BJP in the politics of caste and religious identity, the results of Haryana Assembly elections have once again proved this. If seen from this perspective, the election results of Jammu and Kashmir can also be understood to a great extent. In Haryana, BJP focused on mobilizing OBCs and those castes which are at odds with the Jat community. Since the entire narrative of the Congress focused on farmers, wrestlers and soldiers – which have a direct connection with the Jat community – it became easier for the BJP to mobilize other castes. Apart from this, he also effectively used the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the classification of Dalits according to the circumstances of the state.
There was no dent in its vote bank built on the Hindutva agenda even in the Lok Sabha elections. In that election it got 46 percent votes, while Congress got 44 percent. 5-5 seats were definitely won in both. It is surprising how the Congress leaders considered their victory easy amidst these concrete circumstances. With the election results coming, this misunderstanding has fallen flat. On the other hand, the election results in Jammu and Kashmir seem to be deepening the regional divisions. Public opinion was in favor of a one-sided National Conference-Congress-CPM alliance in the Kashmir Valley. Whereas in Jammu region it was the opposite story. Congress could not make much dent in BJP’s Hindutva vote bank here.
So in this state too, there are indications that religious and regional identities proved to be decisive. As a component of the alliance, Congress may be satisfied with these results, but as a party the results here too are disappointing. Both these results have raised deep questions for Congress’s introspection. It has to consider whether the politics of caste identity adopted by its leadership is actually causing harm? If through this he has thought of a way to avoid the responsibility of presenting an alternative policy by turning away from the questions of livelihood, then this method is proving to be harmful.