The party that has been in dynastic rule for more than half century has now asked its workers to shun their feudal titles. The leadership in party feels it a moral violation in politics to gain from the family name, so raises an interesting question, will the Gandhi’s give up the later half of their name and stop calling themselves Gandhi? For the reason, they have been gaining in every election not just for themselves but even to their followers in every election since independence in the name Gandhi. I would also like to point, if she were not a Gandhi, would that be possible to Sonia to reach the dais she stands on the day. There is also another point to make, how can congress stop people from recognizing the royal born as Maharaja or with some other title they hold on even after they renounce.
India had 540 princely states during independence and abolishing and preventing people from having the feudal titles is to symbolically kill the history of the nation and to wipe the prominence of great rulers who once ruled. The feudal powers of the people bearing these titles no more exist in independent India. Yet the good work done by their families still wins them respect and love in the hearts of people. The principle in politics is not very far from that of business, people look for a brand before they buy goods in market. The brand gives people an assurance of quality, so is it in politics. When a man from well-known family contests’ the election, a section of people feel secure voting to him with a confidence in the family that brought him up to the stage. Such leaders have exceptionally failed the voters of their constuency with their words and actions.
India had been a feudal country for the centuries and de privileging its workers from their origins is a step towards establishing the supremacy over the party by Gandhis, to make the seat even more secure from some royal born gaining advantage over their future generations. It’s a step to check the charisma of many leaders in younger congress who have fair chances to out beat Mr. Rahul Gandhi through the good work carried in the estates held by their families. I shall not miss the opportunity to ask Mrs. Gandhi if it was not the family name that has won her and her Party good will in the elections. Had she just been Sonia she would not have made it to parliament so soon and with so much of ease. Isn’t that the family name of Gandhi that Rahul banked on and raised to the place he chairs today and the respect he commands from many sections of Indian society?
The way Congress has volunteered asking its workers to stop use of any feudal titles is just a political stunt in the lieu of the fact that the party leadership itself is feudal from decades.
India had 540 princely states during independence and abolishing and preventing people from having the feudal titles is to symbolically kill the history of the nation and to wipe the prominence of great rulers who once ruled. The feudal powers of the people bearing these titles no more exist in independent India. Yet the good work done by their families still wins them respect and love in the hearts of people. The principle in politics is not very far from that of business, people look for a brand before they buy goods in market. The brand gives people an assurance of quality, so is it in politics. When a man from well-known family contests’ the election, a section of people feel secure voting to him with a confidence in the family that brought him up to the stage. Such leaders have exceptionally failed the voters of their constuency with their words and actions.
India had been a feudal country for the centuries and de privileging its workers from their origins is a step towards establishing the supremacy over the party by Gandhis, to make the seat even more secure from some royal born gaining advantage over their future generations. It’s a step to check the charisma of many leaders in younger congress who have fair chances to out beat Mr. Rahul Gandhi through the good work carried in the estates held by their families. I shall not miss the opportunity to ask Mrs. Gandhi if it was not the family name that has won her and her Party good will in the elections. Had she just been Sonia she would not have made it to parliament so soon and with so much of ease. Isn’t that the family name of Gandhi that Rahul banked on and raised to the place he chairs today and the respect he commands from many sections of Indian society?
The way Congress has volunteered asking its workers to stop use of any feudal titles is just a political stunt in the lieu of the fact that the party leadership itself is feudal from decades.
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