Assertion: The regional movements for separate statehood bring together different groups of people who do not share homogeneous class identities.
Reason: Social movements unite participants across class boundaries.
Reason: Social movements unite participants across class boundaries.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Identity politics, cultural anxieties and aspirations are essential elements in creating social movements and occur in ways that are difficult to trace to class-based inequality. Often, these social movements unite participants across class boundaries. For instance, the women’s movement includes urban, middle-class feminists as well as poor peasant women. The regional movements for separate statehood bring together different groups of people who do not share homogeneous class identities. In a social movement, questions of social inequality can occur alongside other equally important, issues.