Scindia and Pilot, two sides of same coin

Slowly but steadily, the clock is ticking.

What Madhavrao Scindia and Rajesh Pilot wanted to do two decades back before unfortunately fading away from limelight amid untimely accidental deaths, their sons tried to replicate the model in their hope to come out as winners in Congress as organisation’s stalwarts or in their own states as Chief Ministers.

The calculations though mathematically sound, failed to find ears from Congress high command and two young sulking leaders were born.

With one already exited and other(or probably many more) on the way out, the road to bring back RaGa at the top is clear but the question remains how bumpy it’s going to be when it comes to people and their right to choose the next Prime Minister in future elections.

The Congress has a long legacy to cut the wings of its own leaders. In the past we have seen many of its stalwarts confined to state politics or systematically wiped out from their political careers.

However, the most important factor here one tends to forget is the centralised power then and now. Doing such act was easy as the leadership revolved around Mrs. Gandhi or RaGa’s father Rajiv. The opposition had an excellent but not so ruthless leader in Vajpayee.

Last 2 decades has seen legacy of state centric families which have their own cultures and high command who won’t let a piece go away anything in politics without getting its own pound of flesh. The BJP has become a full fledged political party and is no longer afraid to play the games of trade and the Congress is entangled in dynasty and poor organisational management.

With MP gone and Rajasthan on the verge, it is high time the dynasty politics review its future strategy. Maharashtra could be the next in the line with sulking karyakartas waiting for their next political jump.

The country needs a strong opposition for its secured existence but if they are indulged in family first, party next and country last as part of its political ideology, the road for redemption seems tough for the Congress, multiparty governments and vulnerable fence sitters are bound to have their last laugh to plum roles and careers.

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Disclaimer: The blog is primarily an expression of thoughts of current political situation across states and does not justify or argue for the political behaviour of the parties or its leaders.