LET THE YOUNG TAKE OVER

A fortnight ago Hillary gracefully accepted defeat and went forward to appeal to all her supporters to support Obama as democrat’s presidential nominee. While I was seeing the speech I was wondering whether such an instance would come in our Indian politics. A women of the stature of Hillary who has seen everything in American politics accepting defeat to a young dynamic person like Obama was a treat to watch. She very much respected the people’s opinion. If we shift over to India the scenario is completely different. Today if at all there are some young leaders with potential to lead the country they must satisfy the following conditions:
(i)Has to be son/daughter of an influential national leader
(ii) Shouldn’t show any interest in changing the current political scenario
(iii) Turn a blind eye to grave problems of people but travel threw out the country on road shows like a hypocrite
If all these conditions are satisfied and he/she manages to impress all the octogenarian leaders of their party then he/she can hope to get nominated as the prime ministerial candidate. The agony doesn’t end there. If at all a young person(35-45) gets elected as the prime minister which I know is very hypothetical then opposition forces instead of respecting the people's mandate starts their mudslinging activity saying he/she has been spoon fed by their parents and dynastic politics . Infact I can draw an example from present scenario, Rahul Gandhi a 38 yr old MP from Amethi fought the election and followed all norms of constitution to become what he is now. But the opposition keeps attacking him even after 4 yrs as MP, labeling him as a child on the block being shielded by his mother . I fail to understand on what grounds are these people attacking him?. He has been elected by the people of his constituency (Amethi) . What these attacking people want to convey ? Do they want to say that these people were fools?. Did the people who elect him not know his background?. That’s the sad state of our Indian politics. The Politicians are disconnecting from people . They give more preference to their agenda than to their people. What for have they been elected? Definitely not to accommodate them in the lutyen’s bungalows and pamper them with all the perks and allow them to come out on roads and shout on the ruling government on every single issue. These days the opposition is not concurring with the government even on a single issue. For example the BJP very well knows the plus points of nuke deal but they don’t support it because its being carried forward by its rivals. Its simply school boyish in nature. There are cat fights happening every where with the the blame game going on everywhere. In AP the state govt was going ahead with auction of licenses for alcohol shops. On the media asking the CM for such a move which would encourage alcohol consumption he puts the blame on the previous govt which had done the same. Its absolutely insane. Doesn’t the CM have a mind of his own to judge what is good and bad for his citizens? It’s a tit for tat game going on. I don’t know when this is going to end. Even the parliament which was witness to some great debates till the early nineties has seen very few debates over the last few years with the opposition boycotting most of the sessions without even thinking of how much loss it is for the exchequer. I appeal to the political fraternity to act in a sane manner and please allow the young who have managed to come on to the national political scenario to implement their ideas if they have any.
JAI HIND