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Youth In Politics
Ever since the poll
results of the 15th Lok Sabha are out every body is talking about the
young elects of the nation. These politically young (although under 40’s)
are the issue in almost in all forums, blogs, print and other media.
Although this 15th LS has witnessed many changes like 79 under 40’s, more
than 10% of women M.P’s (58), the youngest MP Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed (26
Years), so on and so forth. The real scenario which is ought to be changed
seems to be not changed yet. Nothing has changed. The power is vested in
those hands, in which it has been for so many years. Consider the names of
the persons who have been embraced by the various portfolios.
Agatha Sangma,
Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot, R P N Singh, Jitin Prasada, Arun Yadav,
Pratik Prakashbapu Patil. These names remind me of some thing. Yes,
these names consist of the sir names of those who served our nation in
various political cadres in the past. It seems that the family dynasty era
has reentered our country. From the early 1900’s, in India, it was only
the business that was run by the families and it seems now the turn came
for the politics.
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So nothing has changed or
I didn’t see any thing new, like if it is P.A Sangma earlier it is
Ms. Agatha Sangma now and Sachin pilot in the place
of Rajesh Pilot. Is that a real change that is going to turn
the political scenario or the pace of countries growth? These politically
young scions from years are part and parcel of their family run politics
in one way or the other. There may be a chance that they were accustomed
to see the things from the same window, which their hierarchical heads of
the family had show them. Can they come out of the vicious circles of
money, political games, power, caste etc to reach the hand of the common
man, to lift him from various adversities like poverty, illiteracy, basic
amenities that he has been facing from the years?
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The lives of many of
our country’s political gurus have gone in the process of protecting
their seats in politics, satisfying their whims and fancies at the
cost of common man’s needs and now came the members of the same
families to reinforce India. So, nothing has changed (it seems). |
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Wait, I for got
something, it seems something has got changed. Just consider the names
we have considered earlier. Agatha Sangma (Lawyer by profession and
also an environmentalist) Jyotiraditya Scindia (Worked as an
Investment Banker with Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. MBA from
Stanford), Sachin Pilot (Worked for 2 years with General Motors.
Studied at Wharton Business School, Pennsylvania), R P N Singh
(Graduated from St Stephen College, New Delhi), Jitin Prasada (Did his
MBA from IMI, New Delhi), Arun Yadav (He is a Commerce graduate.
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He enjoys cricket and
badminton), Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
(Diploma holder in Automobile Engineering). Yes, this is a point to be
given a look. It seems that we have found a ray of hope for the uplift
we have been waiting for. In the current global scenario where the
neighboring countries are suffering from internal conflicts and some
are piling the nuclear resources and posing a threat for India’s
sovereignty and in some countries our people are being assaulted due
to racial discriminations. What India needs is the proactive
leadership not a reactive one which the country is experiencing
hitherto. The young India is characterized by individuality,
inquisitiveness and aspiration to achieve. These are the qualities
that need to be adopted by the so called politically young elects of
the country. May with their sound knowledge which they have gained
from the premium institutes in the world and using the experiences
which they have got from their families and mixing it with their
intuition, these young guns can give a new face to the India by
accelerating its growth pace.
Yes, there is a need for a proactive
leadership rather than a reactive one and as an optimist I strongly
believe that the change has begun and if not today definitely in the near
future these young politicians are going to keep India in a glorified
position with their educational qualifications, experience from their
families and intuition.
Contributed By:
Suresh Kumar Ch, I completed B.Tech and doing my M.B.A now.
suresh_soory@yahoo.co.in
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are purely that
of the Contributing Writer.
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