Caste and politics

The indian society is straitified by the caste system into many castes.There were also people without caste, the untouchables.After India gained independence in 1947,the caste system was abolished.That abolition remains only in the papers.That is because,hinduism the religion of the majority is caste based. Legislation could not remove this system from the hearts and minds of the masses of India.It still remains a very important aspect of Indian society.The mistreatment of the untouchables and lower caste by the uppercaste has decreased considerably but it still exits.
Politics in india, is not ideology based or policy based but caste based.Ideology and policy come second only to caste in most parts if not all.
Now political parties greedy for power,give tickets only to candidates who are from the majority caste in a particular constituency.That is first principle .In a particular constituency all the parties will field candidated from the majority caste only.Only now after the field is equalized does ideolgy and policy come into fray.
The pragmatism of the political parties is understandable.But in doing caste based politics,poltical parties are in everyway reinforcing caste system as as important component of Indian society.That is regrettable ,given the fact that caste was abolished by the constituition long ago.