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This was coupled with the death and retirement of influential leaders who represented lower caste interests. This led to a break in the congress's hold over these groups. This led to a burst of parties that pandered to conservative Hindus(BJP), lower castes(SP, BSP etc) /2
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Oh yeah and the congress also consolidated itself around the Gandhi family(no relation). This led to a lot of very influential political leaders from the congress to splinter off and form their own parties. Since India is FPTP, they created regional bastions which made them indispensable.
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This broke the congress' hegemony over indian politics. If you want a really deep dive into Indian politics, have a look at RC Guha's book India After Gandhi.
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