As someone said “Indians don’t caste their vote but vote their caste”, the politics of dividing people based on their caste and exploiting them as “vote banks” is a common practice. 
Kama alivyowahi kusema mtu mmoja “Wahindi hawapigi kura bali wanapigia kura matabaka”, siasa za kuwatenganisha watu kwa kadri ya matabaka yao na kuwatumia kama “benki za kura” ni utaratibu wa kawaida.