A Step Towards Dalit–Bahujan Unity? Reading the Alliance Between ‘Jat Party’ and ‘Dalit Party’ in Rajasthan

IF 0.3 Q3 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Krishan Takhar
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As the Rajasthan elections were hardly a month away, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and Azad Samaj Party, popular among Jats and Dalits, respectively, entered into an alliance. What is the meaning of this alliance between the two parties whose major voting communities are in relations of domination and subjugation? The leaders, Chandrashekhar Azad and Hanuman Beniwal, invoked Ambedkar and Chhotu Ram and used the term parivaar for this alliance of jawan, kissan and Dalits. This article argues that for any meaningful alliance to work beyond electoral jugaad, the party holding influence over the dominant community must engage in structural work beyond the confines of symbols. The first step in the same direction is to acknowledge the power relations between the communities.
实现达利特人-巴胡扬人团结的一步?解读拉贾斯坦邦 "贾特党 "与 "贱民党 "之间的联盟
距离拉贾斯坦邦大选还有不到一个月的时间,分别在贾特人和达利特人中颇受欢迎的拉什特里亚人民党和阿扎德-萨马吉党结成了联盟。这两个党派的主要选民群体都处于被统治和被奴役的关系之中,它们之间的联盟有何意义?领导人钱德拉谢卡尔-阿扎德(Chandrashekhar Azad)和哈努曼-贝尼瓦尔(Hanuman Beniwal)援引了安贝德卡尔(Ambedkar)和乔图-拉姆(Chhotu Ram),并用 "parivaar "一词来形容这个由贾特人、基桑人和达利特人组成的联盟。本文认为,要使任何有意义的联盟在选举之外发挥作用,对主导社区有影响力的政党必须在符号的限制之外开展结构性工作。朝着同一方向迈出的第一步是承认各社区之间的权力关系。
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Contemporary Voice of Dalit
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