Who is the next leader for Congress(I) ?--- Rahul Gandhi. A school going kid would have answered that. On the other hand many are scratching their heads trying to guess who could be the next after Advani in BJP. The electoral defeat and the ongoing internal differences in BJP have dented the ground of the party but it was back from the brink surviving such situations in the past. The fight for the future top position also hints a different point altogether.
When it comes to power transfer in political parties family is the best option. It is an established fact that in family run parties, an outsider can never aim for the top spot. On the other side in other parties transfer of power is neither smooth nor planned, mostly.
Is there any one who could be considered a future alternative for AIADMK after Jayalaitha. Murky feuds among its leaders marked Andhra Pradesh Congress for decades. Kanshiram to Mayavathi, MGR to Jaya could be considered as exceptions, but they are different for their own distinct reasons. It is imminent that parties like DMK, NCP etc would be led by Stalin, Supriya Sule, Abdullahs, Owaisis, and the list is ever increasing and endless like Hanuman's tail. Bingo that is the advantage with family, no confusion, great combination.
It is omnipresent, take Kennedys, Clintons, Bush clan in US of A, but we have championed it. After every election whatever might be the outcome they say, voters are intelligent and they can’t be fooled. We wishfully get fooled trying to choose a known exploiter to an unknown.
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recently i watched this movie called "mahathma" where the protaganist is a small time rowdy who is asked to take the blame of a murder committed by the son of the local MLA in return of a glorious political career prmoised by the MLA. The intelligent protoganist refuses and says,"if i take it up , my political career would end here! why is that its always your son or your grand son to rule us? why is that it can't be us for one time!". As the MLA in the film is shell shocked, the audience in the hall was clapping and cheering to the protoganist's so called punch dialogue but what a pity its just an impulse! tomorrow some great neta dies and the party fields his daughter or son or wife and people vote for them even if its a 5 year old kid or a 50 year old veteran! all that they want to do is to prove to the world that they love their late neta! dont you think we are missing the whole point here!
@180ml of vodka .. Dude rightly stated. As you said it stems from so called "love for neta". There are two broad categories here who love their neta....
1. Ppl who are directly benefited when their beloved neta is at helm.
2. Ppl who vote for dynasties due
a) lack of choice or
b) just for the heck of it.
It is this 2b section which does not apply any logic and blindly support and are mostly influenced by 1st category. Only when ppl use their brains ( which is a rarity in indian democracy) this is bound to change.
Untill then family "Jai ho"
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