Casteism and Electoral Politics in India It is an established fact that no democratic system is immune to religious and casteist influences. The fate of the candidates contesting an election is directly proportional to the sectarian votes they can garner. All political parties make tall claims in their election manifestoes, cleverly concealing their casteist and parochial bias. Casteism, as practiced in India, is the bane of our body politic today. The...