Tumble after Mandal: How VP Singh's caste gambit cost him PM's chair
The PM Narendra Modi-led Centre has decided to enumerate castes in the upcoming population Census. It was VP Singh, as the Prime Minister, who took the biggest bet on caste on the national stage, implementing the Mandal Commission report in 1990, hoping to gain from it. However, it triggered a series of deadly protests across India, and led to a downslide in his political fortunes.
The PM Narendra Modi-led Centre has decided to enumerate castes in the upcoming population Census. It was VP Singh, as the Prime Minister, who took the biggest bet on caste on the national stage, implementing the Mandal Commission report in 1990, hoping to gain from it. However, it triggered a series of deadly protests across India, and led to a downslide in his political fortunes.
