The appointment of Rahul Gandhi as a general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the first clear indication that an electoral breeze may blow through the country earlier than expected, following the kerfuffle over the nuclear deal and the Ram Sethu. By putting the 37-year-old in charge of youth affairs and the National Students’ Union of India, the “demands” of many a Congressman (and woman) for a more substantive role for the Member of Parliament from Amethi have been met. But the move is also indication that Manmohan Singh may have reached his use-by date by the time election nears.
Questions: With his surname, will Rahul Gandhi be able to strike a chord amongst the electorate like his father Rajiv Gandhi, mother Sonia Gandhi, or grandmother Indira Gandhi? Or, given his inability to do any wonders in the Uttar Pradesh election, is this another move by the “dynasty” to prevent the party from coming apart? Does he have the equipment upstairs to deal with the Karats and khaki sticks? Or is the Congress betting too much on a household horse that it has been riding for very long? If the Congress and an alliance led by it comes to power in the next election, as opinion polls indicate, will Rahul Gandhi get to occupy the hot seat?
Bonus questions: Is a democratically elected MP’s elevation as general secretary of the AICC another indication of “dynastic politics“? And is Priyanka Gandhi next?
Sadly the largest political party of democratic India does not have internal democracy.
most notable aspect in the reshuffle other than rahul gandhi,is the prominence given to karnataka. veerappa moily continues his spectacular rise in the ranks, few years down the line he may take the place of pranab mukherjee.
b.k hariprasad continues to be in the good books of madam gandhi.
hope these two lobby for karnataka and get things done for karnataka prominent being the classical language status.
Rahul Gandhi belongs to a rare pedigree of leaders from Motilal-Jawahar-Indira-Rajiv-Sonia. He is genitically suited to rule Bharat varsha. Under the darwinian evolutionary paradigm Rahul has those evolved leadership genes which enables him to occupy high offices by virtue of his genetic inheritance. This is a scientifically proven fact by evolutionary biologists. The Sangh Parivar as usual are quite unscientific in their approach and should make way for Rahul who is the ‘Rajan’ and ‘Prajapati’ as mentioned in the rig veda. One wonders why the left will be opposed to Rahul as the left is known for their scientific temper and rationalism and they have even supported secular forces like muslim league in Kerala. Rahul also has the rare genes from his european ancestry. This makes him all the more desirable to rule the masses. He is indeed a unique masterpiece of the Master Race. Three cheers to the congress for undertaking this great White Man’s burden to civilize our nation. Rahul can also keep the right wingers and Nationalists away from power. These communal forces who regard India as Bharth Mata and also the hindutva wadis who claim that India has a great heritage. Hope these people stay out of power so that we can realize that we as a nation do not have a great heritage.
Indian Politics itself is dynastic . Look at Lalu-Rabri , HDD-HDK-HDR, MK -MKS MKA …. the list is endless. When you have Bush and Bush in US of A itself setting the example it looks like the whole world is dynastic. Democracy is just a tool to fool the gullible public.
If we think about it politics, business, films and the media to an extent – all are dynastic and patronage driven. And it is condoned by quite a few in these professions. So while a few noises are made about dynastic politics, most do not really question it as it is inconvenient and could result in loss of patronage.
Yet another Asshole from the dynasty……
Rahul GHANDY it is! Why confuse people about the relationship with MKG!?
Bankruptcy in Congress. Is it Rahu Gandhi for India…
Rahul from Kotla End and Priyanka from Indiagate end will bat and bowl from now on.The Congress Party will prepare the Pitch and Public will watch. Feeble and Injury prone BJP are the opposition. The Prize Money is ‘India ‘. Chak De Indira!The saga continues…
More like…. Rahul Chandy
If what he achieved in UP elections is of any guide BJP and BSP must feel happy.
nepotism is an evolutionary trait. nothing wrong with it. very natural.
what is wrong is for us to believe that leadership and vision are genetic. they can go ahead and nominate their yet unborn grandson, but how will they get elected if we don’t vote for them?
TS, as long as illiterates are there they don’t bother about your votes. They have preserved vote banks by keeping them in slums, telling that they are minorities, promising heavens, akrama-sakramikaraNa, bonda-coffee and packets just before election and polling, saris and lungis to some lucky …
I like the sophistry that people like NSS Prasad use to kid themselves into believing that its the ‘illiterate’ people and their implicitly irresponsible voting behavior that’s led to the political mess we have- what on earth prevents the middle class from going out and exercising their electoral rights- lazy and compromised – that’s what the ‘literates’ are.
Gaby, history has not forgotten that a former Chief minister of Mysore/Karnataka had declared in Mysore that who cares for the votes of 2% educated in the state. “Implicitly” irresponsible .. the educated and the literates do vote but it is to be observed they vote for a candidate looking from various angles not worying about the party,, what happens then…you can just find that there votes are always going waste…What I had said that they know whom to bank upon and just see the promisses made by the national parties in the elections to be held on 28th…clean roads, no slums,80 lts. of drinking water per family….only assurances …nothing more than that.Even in Metropiltan ares and Corporation areas where are the so-called faciities.
N S Sharada Prasad – illiterate doent mean ignorant. They are one of the smartest people around.
NSS,
Is it incidental you bear the same name as another Nehru?Ghandhi family sycophant from Mysore !
Now Congress Men/Women got new Buttocks to lick, I hope sometime in distant future their culinary taste changes!!!
If Rahul Gandhi wasnt the son of Rajiv Gandhi then he wud be an unemployee like many other indian youths..