2. The persistence of Communalism as a significant internal security threat, is rooted in the deadly cocktail of identity politics, developmental deficit and systemic deficiency in state capacity to handle such threats. Comment.

Approach:

Answer can begin with a brief introduction of the kind of problems communalism brings with itself. Students should bring out how communalism is rooted in three ills ID politics, developmental deficit and systemic deficiency. Credit must be given to those students who are able to identify that of the three, ID politics is the core of communalism. Without it, the other two factors don’t give rise to communalism. No marks would be awarded for digressing towards naxalism and such other issues.