The politics of divide and rule can be learnt from this example.
1.You derecognize a group named Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle in IIT-Madras. Protest starts.
2.You start quoting selectively and propagate that Ambedkar and Periyar stood for two different ideologies. Potray periyar as anti-brahmin while Ambedkar was just anti-brahminism.(I read somewhere that to name a group “Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle” is akin to naming a group “Nehru Jinnah Study Centre")
3.Bring other trivial issues about their view on India,Sanskrit,religion etc. Bury all the core reforms which they did(as there are chances for commonality) and also the issues which the Ambedkar Periyar study circle stood for.
4. After successfully creating the divide, absorb the followers of Ambedkar and ask them to oppose the followers of Periyar as anti-national(becuase Periyar did not believe in India...u see, if you have to follow a person you have to blindly accept all his ideas in total and so all periyar followers are anti-India). Now appropriate Ambedkar as your party idol because its easy to rewrite history and no one is going to cross verify the truth.
5. After the dalit votes turn to your favour, sideline the Ambedkar followers(and dalits).
6. Complete the divide and rule as the main issue is now forgotten.
