Want to understand why battle against caste & communalism are intertwined ? Massive propaganda going on in the hinterlands of North India on how CAA actually is going to grant citizenship to persecuted Dalit Hindus from Muslim majority countries & the protests are anti Dalit 1/n
But American Style ID pol won’t work in India / Let’s ignore casteism in order to form a broad based coalition against fascism.Sure.RSS knows how to play this game better than anybody else. They are masters at manipulating castes with massive data at their disposal. 2/n
You only have to analyze the change in character of communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. The most significant change was that the most heinous violence happened in Adivasi majority areas. Where social fautlines between Muslims & Adivasis had existed for years. 3/n
Another example would be the Muzaffarnagar riots in UP. What many don’t know that these riots were preceded and succeeded by a number of communal incidences b/w Dalits & Muslims in Moradabad, Hathras, Meerut, Budaun, Saharanpur, Bareilly districts. 4/n
That perceived shift you witness in the Dalit votebank isn’t for nothing. Class & caste play a very intricate role in communal riots and RSS has mastered the art. This fight against fascism will not be won or lost in Delhi but in the hinterlands of North India 5/n
So “American Style IDpol or ignoring caste now to forge broad based alliances” are as far as you get from fighting the hydra headed monster which RSS is. Either acknowledge this & understand or keep living in your bubble while RSS works to exploit these fault lines. Finish.
