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'''[[Ahinda]]<ref>https://ahinda.in/</ref>''' <br />
(a [[Kannada]] acronym for Alpasankhyataru or [[minorities]], Hindulidavaru or [[backward classes]], and Dalitaru or [[Dalits]]) is a [[political terminology]] coined by the [[Karnataka]] state's first backward leader [[Devraj Urs]], AHINDA has been reinvigorated by [[Siddaramaiah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/867739/in-karnataka-it-is-congress-partys-ahinda-versus-bjps-hindutva|title=In Karnataka, it is Congress party's AHINDA versus BJP's Hindutva|first=Supriya|last=Sharma|website=Scroll.in|date=7 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFslDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT319|title=India's 2014 Elections: A Modi-led BJP Sweep|first=Paul|last=Wallace|date=7 July 2015|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9789351505174|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
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There are two explanations regarding the motives behind Ahinda. Firstly, it is a challenge to the continuing dominant caste hegemony in Karnataka politics. Secondly, it is a non-political social movement aimed at pursuing the cause of social justice to the oppressed classes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u1cdCwAAQBAJ|title=Emerging Political Leadership Of Backward Classes In Karnataka|first=Dr Prahalladappa|last=M.H|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781329462205|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
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The religious minorities, [[Dalit]] and [[Adivasi|Adivasis]] constitute 39% of the state’s population – Muslims and Christians (14.79%), Scheduled Castes (17.14%) and Scheduled Tribes (6.95%) and thus they form a significant electorate within the state. However political alignment is not along [[Demography|demographic]] lines because of the inherent political differences between [[Chalavadi]] and [[Madiga]] sub groups within [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Supriya|title=In Karnataka, it is Congress party's AHINDA versus BJP's Hindutva|url=https://scroll.in/article/867739/in-karnataka-it-is-congress-partys-ahinda-versus-bjps-hindutva|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Scroll.in|date=7 February 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=MANOR|first=JAMES|date=2013|title=Lucky in Its Adversaries: A Slipshod Congress Gains a Majority in the Karnataka Election|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23528642|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=48|issue=47|pages=51–59|jstor=23528642|issn=0012-9976}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Caste politics]]<br />
* [[Bahujan]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External Links==<br />
{{Wikiquote}}<br />
{{wiktionary|AHINDA}}<br />
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[[Category:Politics of Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Political movements in India]]<br />
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