In an appeal on Nov 7, 2011 to all political parties spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who embarked on a three-day-anti-corruption yatra, said, “Politics should not become trade.” In fact in India politics has become trade full of corruption due to the dynastic rule.
After years of Dynasties and Colonial rule India has been going through a period of shameful politicians and disastrous political culture which is affecting the life and living of common Indians in this country. This is the reason common people are coming in the support of Anna Hazare, Bab Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and others.
In fact corruption in Indian politics came and comes through the political dynasties in India. Seed of dynasty -rule was sowed, by Nehru. After years of Dynasties and Colonial rule India has been going through a period of shameful politicians and disastrous political culture which is affecting the life and living of common Indians in this country. Of late, well to do industrialists or rich persons enter politics, not to serve the nation, but to serve and protect them under immunity.
Tatya Tope was hanged in British Rule, so his family members are now struggling to feed their stomach by breads. His heir residing in Kanpur could not get pension even after giving the bribe. Due to the poverty daughters could not get higher education.
Due to Ballabh Bhai Patel all kinds of pre-independence came under the umbrella of united India. After that Indira Gandhi finished privy-purses of the pre-independence of India’s kings. Were all those steps to make Kingdom Gandhi dynasty and other dynasties which are in its line, instead of those kings?
Under the June 3, 1947 plan, more than 600 princely states were given the option of joining either India or Pakistan, or choosing independence. Patel was understood the best man for the task of achieving unification of the princely states with the Indian dominion.
At present parliament of India is full of relatives more than ever before, fathers and sons, Mother and daughters, wives of the politicians, widows, uncles and nephews of the politicians. Has democracy in India become a monarchy?
The dynastic politics is not a good sign & the same is happening in film line.The talented people will keep struggling to come-up.
What do you say about the RJD, of the Lalu Yadav family, Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Yadav business, Shiv Sena? The late MG Ramachandran’s wife (Janaki) and mistress (Jayalalitha) battled to succeed him in AIADMK. Chandrababu Naidu and Biju Patnaik are not different. The DMK, is the property of Karunanidhi family as Congress is the property of Nehru Gandhi family.
Former BJP prime minister Vajpayee wished that politics of india would live up to the age-old ideal of vasudeva kutumbikam (universe is a family ). In present scenario it seems that vajpayee's wish has come true, and at list Indian politics has become a family business or family affairs.
In the matter of political dynasty India and United States America are competing to each other. In United States not only the Kennedys, Bushes, Clintons but others are also adopting dynastic politics. From the start, American political life has been populated by dynasties that have dominated its conversation and civic culture.Consider these families: Adams (two terms as president, one as vice-president, one as secretary of state, one in the House); Roosevelt (two presidencies, one vice-presidency, one failed vice-presidential nomination, two governors of New York); Bush (two presidents, one vice-president, two governors, one senator, one chairman of the Republican National Committee, one head of the CIA, one ambassador); and Clinton (a president, governor, senator, secretary of state). That's not counting the marriage of Elizabeth and Robert Dole, which alone comprises one House member, two senators, one chairman of the Republican National Committee, one presidential nominee, one vice-presidential nominee and two cabinet positions.
By Premdendra Agrawal