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| Article Name : | | | POLITICAL COMPETENCY AMONG BACKWARD CLASSES IN RURAL AREA- A CASE OF HARYANA | | Author Name : | | | PREM KUMAR AND SUNIL KUMAR | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2528 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The present study was carried out to know the Political Competency among Backward Classes in rural Haryana. On the basis of literacy rate, 267 respondents from four villages namely, Kardhan , Gokalgarh , Dhanauri village and Chautala village were selected with the help of Stratified Random sampling. The study reveals that majority of the respondents know the name of the Chief Minister and MLA/ MP of their constituency. Maximum respondents knew the meaning of democracy, equality of right, adult franchise, midterm election and lok sabha/vidhan sabha etc. It is also found that majority of the respondents (63.3%) agreed that sometimes politician seem so complicated but disagreed (81.65%) on the point that most political parties care only winning the elections. The study highlighted that caste plays a major role in creating hurdles in decision making process in political sphere. The study shows that majority of the people cast their vote on the basis caste. Regarding the involvement in a political party, only 17.6 % respondents were found having worked for political parties but reluctant on joining an organisation for the OBC's. The study highlights that maximum of the backward classes people were consulted in decision making process at village level but cast their vote on the basis of caste irrespective of their educational advancement. | | Keywords : | | |
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