Shadow is caste

The wafer-thin majority of Kerala’s Oommen Chandy government — 72 for the Congress-led United Democratic Front in a 140-member assembly — has reduced it to pandering to the whims and wish-lists of not just allies but caste and community outfits. After the Congress relented to the demand of its heavyweight partner, the Indian Union Muslim League, for a fifth minister in the recent cabinet expansion, Kerala has been witness to the worst form of caste and community census of its council of ministers.

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