: Kothari and other scholars have noted that caste serves as a significant political resource. Political parties often use caste as a mobilizing force to garner support from various caste groups. This is particularly evident in the way parties select their candidates and in the promises they make to specific caste groups.
Kothari challenged the Western modernist view that politics would simply erase caste. Instead, he argued that caste became the primary vehicle for democratic mobilization. Rajni Kothari Caste In Indian Politics 15.pdf