JM private sphere, taking for example the objectives and popularity of the BJP party in India. Identity-based groups affirm the significance of a right to difference as an integral and indispensible component of the modern citizenship formation. Th ough uniformity is intended to bring members of the nation-state closer together, these groups argue that in reality, the majority must assert their difference in order to claim substantive citizenship. Although different treatment (caste status for example) can produce inequa lity, equal treatment (when conceived of as same-ness) discriminates against the values and identities that people find to be most meaningful to their personhood. In recent times, according to the inequality of urban areas, the politics of difference has become significant and produces incompatibility with any notion of universal equality as the formative notion of citizenship. In effect, difference-based politics demand different treatment on the basis of their right to retain and realize their full potential and unique qualities, contributions, and historically formative practices (Holston & Appadurai 1996). Difference-based politics essentially argues that populations have been denied full opportunity because their values and identities produce different motivations and values for space for instance use-value versus exchange value in the case of squatter settlements (Roy 2007). Though the state proclaims valueneutrality by utilizing a system of uniform rights and a commitment to a legal system, difference is subdued along with their authentic and ‘natural’ character. The resultant claim upon o thers and the nation-state to recognize special qualities and accord ‘special’ rights in order to ensure their survival and well-being is the foundation of difference-based politics (Holston 2009). Without doubt, the impact of identity politics or the politics of difference, is divisive and is having an impact on urban areas and definitions of national citizenship. By demanding the right to pursue their definitions of the good and proper life in the public sphere, these ‘difference-