Is There a Caste Bias in Corruption Cases? Asks Shekhar Gupta
Are politicians from lower castes & subaltern classes more corrupt? Or is the system unfairly stacked against them?
Are politicians from lower castes and subaltern classes more corrupt? Or is the system unfairly stacked against them, offering them no possibility at redemption, while the same chances are given to privileged, upper-caste and upper-class politicians?
In his column, ‘National Interest’ in The Print.in, Shekhar Gupta asks thought-provoking questions on how whether it is in the judiciary, media or politics, members of the subaltern classes are often labelled as “corrupt” or “criminal”? Is it an unfair label, coloured by our prejudice? Taking examples from India’s contemporary history, Gupta argues, that it might be so.
Later, Lalu Prasad Yadav tweeted The Print’s article, saying “ Powerful people and powerful classes always managed to divide society into ruling and the ruled classes. And whenever anyone from the lower hierarchy challenged this unjust order, they would be deliberately punished.”
Here are excerpts of his argument.
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