Universal Adult Franchise Law


 
 
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Universal Adult Franchise Law

Universal Adult Franchise: After The implementation of this concept ,Every adult citizen of India is entitled to cast his/her vote in all state elections unless that citizen is Declared as ‘convicted of certain criminal oftences’ or ‘deemed unsound mind’. It gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or any other restriction, subject only to relatively minor exceptions. In India it was implemented in 1950.

Politics in Caste: There is not only a one way relation between caste and politics. Politics too influences the caste system and caste identities by bringing them into the political arena. Thus, it is not politics that gets caste - ridden, it is the caste that gets politicised. It takes several forms

1.  Each caste tries to become bigger by incorporating within it other sub  castes.

2.  Various caste groups are required to enter an alliance with other castes or communities.

3.   New kinds of caste groups like ‘backward’ and ‘forward’ caste groups have come up in the political field.

Thus, caste plays different kinds of roles in politics. Sometimes, caste division leads to tensions, conflict and violence. But sometimes it gives many disadvantaged communities like Dalits and OBCs the space to demand their share of power. As in the case of religion, politics based on caste identity alone is not very healthy for our democracy. Many more important issues like poverty, development and corruption are not getting proper attention due to excessive focus on caste-politics. Caste-division leads tensions, conflict and even violence in some cases.

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Universal Adult Franchise means:

Right Option : A
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