‘‘Every social difference does not lead to social division.’’ Justify the statement.

• In a democracy, it is only natural that political parties would talk about these divisions, make different promises to different communities, look after due representation of various communities and make policies to redress the grievances of the disadvantaged communities.
  
• Social divisions affect voting in most countries. People from one community tend to prefer some parties more than others.
  
• In many countries, there are parties that focus only on one community. Yet all this does not lead to the disintegration of the country.
  
• People belonging to different social groups share differences and similarities cutting across the boundaries of their groups.
  
• The political expression of social divisions allows various disadvantaged and marginal social groups to express their grievances and get the government to attend to these.
  
• Expression of various kinds of social divisions in politics often results in their canceling one another out and thus reducing their intensity. This leads to strengthening of a democracy