The Hindu·4 min read·medium
Why Punjab’s Dalits remain divided
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Vikas Vasudeva
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Despite representing 32% of Punjab's population, the Dalit community remains politically marginalized due to internal caste divisions and religious fragmentation. Mainstream political parties are actively courting these voters ahead of the 2027 state elections, though a unified political front remains elusive.
The Scheduled Caste (SC) community of Punjab is close to 32% of the total population of the State, the highest in the country, yet they remain politically marginalised, having produced only one Dalit Chief Minister and that too for a brief period in the year 2021.
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