Family politics is one of the biggest issues that plague Indian democracy. Congress led by
Gandhi-Nehru clan and the smaller regional offshoots have checked the flow of
democracy from reaching the grassroots level. That’s the reason Swaraj is still
a distant, almost impossible, reality even after 66 years of independence. Even
within the folds of democracy, only autocratic tricks can succeed in maintaining
power concentrated in a particular family. In this regard Gandhi-Nehruvian type
of manipulations have done the greatest harm to the spread of democracy and
independence across the widespread strata in India. Consequently, things did
not change much for the common man of India post-independence.
BJP brand of politics is at least in sharp democratic
contrast to Congress in this regard. Atalji headed NDA as Prime Minister. He could focus just on his democratic duties
instead of wasting resources and institutional powers in consolidating family
fiefdom to keep it floating across generations. New BJP Prime Minister
designate will be in a far better position to function as the topmost
administrator of the country in comparison to let us say somebody from the
Gandhi Nehru clan. The latter will again have to go into undemocratic
manipulations, directly and indirectly, to maintain their grip as the first
political family in the country.
At least in present conditions BJP is a far better option
than Congress for the spread of democracy in India. It may not be perfect but
will at least take Indian democracy to the next stage when Swaraj will be a
possibility under the care of some new rising son!!!!
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