Since the time when Indira Gandhi invented various innovative and not-so-pious means to remain the all powerful Godess that she was made out to be, Indian politics has been transformed forever. Over the decades, the politicians have increasingly become more corrupt, more ingenious and more shameless. The politics of aayarams and gayarams have become the order of the day.
The upcoming general election has once again set the stage for jumping the fence and political poaching, Kalyan Singh being the latest in the list. This is not the first time that the erstwhile UP Chief Minister has left the BJP. What makes the event even more bizarre this time around is the fact that the SP and the UPA is willing to accommodate the veteran politician. The SP has given the ticket to Kalyan Singh’s son for the upcoming elections. The fact that Kalyan Singh is the person who supervised the karseva leading to the Babri Masjid demolition, by virtue of being the UP Chief Minister at the time, does not deter the apostles of secularism from forging political ties with the man.
Some months ago, during the Karnataka elections, Maragaret Alwa, a senior Congress leader who is now out of the party, had raised the bogey of dissent against the unfair manner of seat distribution. She was provoked by the denial of candidacy to her son.
On the other hand, we have a the Punjab Chief Minister making history by appointing his son as the deputy Chief Minister of the state. Dynasty politics is nothing new to us. We Indians love to be ruled by the illiterate ‘leaders’ filling in for the actual leader, who is kept out of power due to legal proceedings in civil and criminal cases that usually drags on for decades. We have bestowed the leadership of our grand old party upon the Nehru dynasty. Still, the politicians are becoming increasingly greedy and shameless in their pursuit of absolute power.
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