Among the many cute arguments that have been advanced for the surprise Congress win in the 2009 elections is the “young face” it presented to a nation 56% of which is below 25 years of age.
The fresh, eager, bubbling, innocent, positive faces, it has been argued, were in contrast to the old, tired, negative, cynical fossils like you-know-who that were strutting around on TV.
And, as is the current mantra, all credit for that is being laid at the door of the uncrowned king, Rahul Gandhi.
His vision and sagacity, and his desire to plough a lonely furrow despite being born with a silver spoon held by the SPG, it is being said, have singularly transformed the fortunes of the party which was staring at the bottom of the electoral barrel by making it more palatable to the young.
Really?
Are the “new faces” new faces? Or are they just old wine in younger bottles?
Are we seeing an end to Congress sycophancy? Or just a generational shift in Congress sycophancy?
The right-wing newspaper The Pioneer, whose editor Chandan Mitra is a Rajya Sabha member nominated by the BJP, says “most of the three dozen-odd young Congress MPs have a family background in politics which has helped them catapult to the national stage without much effort.”
Only two of the young MPs who have been elected for the firsrt time do not have any political legacy to fall back on: Meenakshi Natarajan from Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, and Ashok Tanwar, from Sirsa in Haryana.
As for the rest…
Mohammed Hamdulla Sayeed: son of P.M. Sayeed
Sandeep Dikshit: son of Shiela Dikshit
Jagan Mohan Reddy: son of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Deepinder Hooda: son of B.S. Hooda
Nilesh Rane: son of Narayan Rane
Jyoti Mirdha: grand-daughter of Ram Nivas Mirdha
Mausam Noor: grand daughter of Ghani Khan Chaudhary
Pratik Patil: grandson of Vasantdada Patil
Shruti Chaudhary: grand-daughter of Bansi Lal, daughter of Kiran Chaudhary
Raveent Singh: grandson of Beant Singh
Vijay Inder Singla: son of Surinder Singla
Jyotiraditya Scindia: son of Madhav Rao Scindia
Sachin Pilot: son of Rajesh Pilot
Jitin Prasada: son of Jitendra Prasada
Milind Deora: son of Murli Deora
Priya Dutt: daughter of Sunil Dutt
To that list of the victors, you could also add one of the vanquished: Krishna Byre Gowda, son of C. Byre Gowda.
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* or plus ça change, plus c’est pareil, meaning the more things change, the more they stay the same
churumuri 
Have you puposefully left other names which are mentioned below?
* Raghavendra s/o BS Yedyurappa
* Azhagiri s/o M Karunanidhi
* Kumar & Madhu Bangarappa : s’s/o S Bangarappa
the list never ends!
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Absolutely true… congress and the media are fooling around by projecting Rahul as the youth icon and all….. if dig up you can find out that it is nothing but the shift of sychophancy to the next generation…
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Gurgaon: Large parts of Gurgaon has been reeling under acute
water ( power also) crisis over the past few days. In some areas residents are having to do with just a 5-10 minute supply every day with private tankers charging —–! Who will solve this problem? When you do not get sufficient Onions in the market you vote out BJP, now you do not have water and power– VOTE Congress — for what??
Delhi and surrounding are getting what they asked for!
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Heredity is a curse in our country. It is not restricted to politics even films and sports have this illogical trend. With politics, I think it’s because the mass majority of our voters are not educated enough to think that heredity does not matter. They believe that its the right of the next generation to follow their parents’ footsteps. That’s the only explanation I can think of.
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How about such a list for non cong parties ?
does anybody have names pls..Madhu has already names few…
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Sorry for my ignorance on Meenakshi Natarajan but when it comes to Ashok Tanwar…… he might not have inherited that legacy but he surely made one for himself. To check his credential you can probably take a look http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Tanwar.
And for most of you who have commented on working of government…… I’ll suggest you to check out this piece from atanuhttp://www.deeshaa.org/2009/06/07/favorite-bits-from-the-archive-types-of-government/
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