Dynasty Politics Turned India Into Dynastic Democracy
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Dynasty culture has entered deep into Indian politics. No doubt the Congress has led the way and at the same time we have grown to see almost all political parties - national as well as regional are participants in the dynasty game.
Majority of regional parties be it the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Shiromani Akali Dal, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Conference, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and even the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) -- for all the family only matters.
Despite the BJP crying hoarse about the Congress and dynasty politics, the ruling party, and its alliance partners, is full of dynasts. BJP is guilty of dynasty politics too. In Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the sons of ex-BJP chief ministers are MPs. Dushyant Singh, the son of Rajasthan ex-chief minister Vasundhara Raje, is the MP from Dhaulpur, which his mother represented for many years. Vasundhara’s sister Yashodhara Raje was a minister in Madhya Pradesh. Her mother, the late Vijayaraje Scindia, was an MP from Madhya Pradesh and was among the founder members of the BJP. She was also associated with the erstwhile Jan Sangh.
Union minister Jayant Sinha is the son of former finance minister Yashwant Sinha, while UP MLA and BJP state general secretary Pankaj Singh is the son of home minister Rajnath Singh and BJP MP Rajveer Singh is the son of Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh
The BJP's alliance partners Shiv Sena, Shiromani Akali Dal, Paswan's LJP, earlier PDP of J&K follow dynasticism.
The BJP may cry foul over the Gandhi family, but if it was truly against the dynasty culture in Indian politics, it would not have allowed ‘political families’ to proliferate in its own backyard or made alliance with political parties practicing dynasty culture.
Interestingly, to checkmate the Gandhis, the BJP brought in Maneka Gandhi and her son Varun though now Varun has expressed his mind to join the Congress. Such double standards of BJP is not acceptable to any sound mind.
Until Indian democracy matures, people will have to put up with dynasties whether they like it or not.
It is the quest for power than service to the nation that brings them into politics. India may boast of being the world’s largest democracy, but in reality, it has turned into a ‘dynastic democracy’.
Dynasty culture has entered deep into Indian politics. No doubt the Congress has led the way and at the same time we have grown to see almost all political parties - national as well as regional are participants in the dynasty game.
Majority of regional parties be it the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Shiromani Akali Dal, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Conference, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and even the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) -- for all the family only matters.
Despite the BJP crying hoarse about the Congress and dynasty politics, the ruling party, and its alliance partners, is full of dynasts. BJP is guilty of dynasty politics too. In Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the sons of ex-BJP chief ministers are MPs. Dushyant Singh, the son of Rajasthan ex-chief minister Vasundhara Raje, is the MP from Dhaulpur, which his mother represented for many years. Vasundhara’s sister Yashodhara Raje was a minister in Madhya Pradesh. Her mother, the late Vijayaraje Scindia, was an MP from Madhya Pradesh and was among the founder members of the BJP. She was also associated with the erstwhile Jan Sangh.
Union minister Jayant Sinha is the son of former finance minister Yashwant Sinha, while UP MLA and BJP state general secretary Pankaj Singh is the son of home minister Rajnath Singh and BJP MP Rajveer Singh is the son of Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh
The BJP's alliance partners Shiv Sena, Shiromani Akali Dal, Paswan's LJP, earlier PDP of J&K follow dynasticism.
The BJP may cry foul over the Gandhi family, but if it was truly against the dynasty culture in Indian politics, it would not have allowed ‘political families’ to proliferate in its own backyard or made alliance with political parties practicing dynasty culture.
Interestingly, to checkmate the Gandhis, the BJP brought in Maneka Gandhi and her son Varun though now Varun has expressed his mind to join the Congress. Such double standards of BJP is not acceptable to any sound mind.
Until Indian democracy matures, people will have to put up with dynasties whether they like it or not.
It is the quest for power than service to the nation that brings them into politics. India may boast of being the world’s largest democracy, but in reality, it has turned into a ‘dynastic democracy’.
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