This article has critically engaged with the speculative claim that the disappearance of caste question from public discourse during Left rule in West Bengal was a result of conscious upper-caste ploy to silence articulation of caste interests and tactfully eliminate the possibility of Dalit political assertion. To verify the veracity of this claim, this study has critically scrutinized Left Front’s political mobilization strategy of rural population and also its landmark land reform initiative. The investigation attempted by this article, in this regard, has revealed that there is little to suggest the existence of any organized upper-caste conspiracy. It is, however, true that the articulation and aggregation of political demands along the lines of caste was indeed averted in West Bengal through political tactics and developmental strategies devised by the upper castes. But, the marginalization of the caste question in mainstream politics was an unintended consequence of such political tactics and developmental strategies which were primarily designed with the objective to preserve and enlarge the political support base, rather than to contain the lower castes. Thus, political motives acted as far more important determinants of political and developmental activities rather than any inherent caste bias.

本文与投机性主张进行了批判性的联系，即在西孟加拉邦左翼统治期间，公众话语中种姓问题的消失是有意识的上层种种loy俩silence默表达种姓利益并巧妙地消除了达利特政治主张的可能性的结果。为了证实这一说法的真实性，这项研究严格审查了左翼的农村人口政治动员战略及其具有里程碑意义的土地改革倡议。在这方面，本文试图进行的调查表明，几乎没有证据表明存在任何有组织的上流社会阴谋。但是，的确，西孟加拉邦通过上层种姓制定的政治策略和发展战略，确实避免了种姓阶级对政治要求的表达和集结。但是，主流政治中种姓问题的边缘化是这种政治策略和发展战略的意外结果，其主要目的是维护和扩大政治支持基础，而不是遏制下层种姓。因此，政治动机是政治和发展活动的重要决定因素，而不是任何固有的种姓偏见。种姓问题在主流政治中的边缘化是这种政治策略和发展战略的意外结果，其主要目的是维护和扩大政治支持基础，而不是遏制下层种姓。因此，政治动机是政治和发展活动的重要决定因素，而不是任何固有的种姓偏见。种姓问题在主流政治中的边缘化是这种政治策略和发展战略的意外结果，其主要目的是维护和扩大政治支持基础，而不是遏制下层种姓。因此，政治动机是政治和发展活动的重要决定因素，而不是任何固有的种姓偏见。