Family Politics: Bloodlines- Local versus Global: WAVING GOODBYE? The latest oxymoron in my list is Family-Politics! After being humbled by the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the he...
Dear Ushyji, well written. The son/daughter - father/mother combination is generally an anathema in Indian politics. Though we have merged into Union of states called Bharat we still seem to cling on to Monarchy in a different form.
The combination is not unique to any one state/region/religion. The list is long like Abdullahs, Yadavs, Gowdas, Thakerays, Karunanidhis,Reddys,...I have deliberately omitted Gandhis.The list is endless. This modified monarchy is hereditary disease. I do hope we get mukti ASAP. The one way we can break the heredity is by electing well meaning singles like Mr Narendra Modi of BJP. JJ is another example. We had ABV.
Jai Bharat
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