The professional politics in India today can be characterized by a win-win politics carved out in the name of secularism and communalsim for the convenience of our
professional politicians as it presents a win -win situation for both secularists
and communalists because in a democracy like ours, the best and easiest way to
make political capital is to cause polarization in the society in the name of either caste, or religion or region etc. as
relatively poor people in all sense can be easily carried away with such
tactics where as it is very sweating to capture the imagination of the people
in the name of progress especially in a challenging social economic setting
that exists in India. That is why our professional politics has somehow managed
to divide the society into tow by way of defining politics in terms of communalism
and secularism. If so, then the rule of the game is simple: suppose election is
on the way, then you just manage something like Muzaffar Nagar episode, polarize
the society on the one hand and at the same time, consolidate your vote bank through
the same polarization, on the other hand. Thus, this process of consolidation
on the both sides presents a win-win situation to both the champions of secularism
and communalism. What is interesting is the fact that immediately after
independence certain section has realized that they can make inroads to politics
of power in India only through the exercise of polarization and thereby, they
themselves has implicitly agreed to act as the forces of polarization which was
wholeheartedly accepted the so called forces of secularism as it is beneficial
for them. Thus, to a large extent Indian democracy today is essentially driven
by this kind of implicit win-win strategy pursued by our profession politicians.
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