INSIGHT: SOUTH ASIA - BJP aims to win disadvantaged communities’ votes in

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INSIGHT: SOUTH ASIA - BJP aims to win disadvantaged communities’ votes in

16 Nov 2022

Population and socioeconomic status as “reservations,” comes months ahead of the state The ordinance to increase the reservation assembly elections and is indicative of the ruling proportions is based on the recommendations of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s strategies the Nagamohan Das committee’s 2020 report. [...] It underscores two issues: first, that the existing reservation of 18 per cent of seats for SC and ST IN BRIEF communities does not reflect the increase in Karnataka, the only state in southern India under the proportion of SCs and STs. [...] The where the population of SCs as a percentage of the quota for SCs will be increased from 15 to 17 per cent, total district population is more than 20 per cent and from 3 to 7 per cent for STs. [...] The legislature is and the population of STs is over 10 per cent tend likely to discuss the ordinance when it assembles to score below the state average in terms of literacy. [...] Chamarajanagar 11.78% 61.43% Mysore 11.15% 72.79% • If the increase in reservation leads to positive Kodagu 10.47% 82.61% results for the BJP electorally, it could also be used Karnataka 6.95% 75.36% by the Hindu nationalist party as a template in other states where they are in power to influence the voter base and also, possibly, to change the 2.
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