in Uttar Pradesh Recent political developments in Uttar Pradesh have been characterised by two denunciatory concepts: casteism and communalism Preliminary results of an attitudinal survey in Jaunpur district show that class- conscious voting in itself may politically result in caste polarisation. The simple characterisation of this polarisation as casteist may function as a shorthand for the condemnation and denunciation of a social stirring by the exploitative classes.