Why now? Modi has long pushed back on attempts to define the population along traditional caste lines, previously declaring that the four “biggest castes” were the poor, youth, women and ...

Watch Live TV in English Watch Live TV in Hindi How Caste, a word of Spanish origin, redefined Indian social order during British rule Specimen of various described castes (Image: Wikimedia Commons) ...

Alongside its traditional upper-caste base and growing inroads among some Scheduled Castes via allies like Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party, the BJP aims to broaden its social footprint.