Well, looking after my dad’s business!!

This would be the answer, if you ask a politician’s son, what does he do? Especially this election which will feature a record maximum of young contestants in the poll fray will see most of them from the family of the senior leaders and Late ministers and party loyalists. Though this is not anything new to Indian politics (I would rather call democratic set-up, evident in most of the countries), the most fascinating thing about this election is that it will showcase a lot of them from 20-30 years of age. The age group of nearly a half of India’s total population. If it is Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti from the north, it is M.K. Stalin, G.K.Vaasan and Dayanidhi Maaran in the south. Politics has almost become a family business now in India.

First we shall look at the congress party which is very well known for its dynastic regime. Rahul Gandhi, 33 filing his nomination in Amethi was a flash in the pan, because he is the best example for the fact that pedigree counts in India. With him, his sister Priyanka Vadra, 32 will also be in the fray supporting congress. On digging out more facts and statistics I found that these two are not the only prominent successors but there are a lot more. The soothing fact is that many of them are (really) well educated, which I think is a definite need for Indian politics.

Sandeep Dikshit, 39 son of Sheila Dikshit will be contesting in UP. Sachin Pilot 26 , son of Late. Rajesh Pilot and a MBA graduate will be contesting from Dausa in Rajastan. Rajeev Gowda, 40 a professor in IIM , son of M.V Venkatappa, will be contesting for Bangalore South constituency. Randeep Surjewala 37, a practicing lawyer and son of S.S.Surjewala will contest in Haryana. Sudhir Sharma 31, son of Late Sant Sharma will be contesting in Himachal. Jitendar Singh 31, an automobile engineer and son of Late. Mahendra Kumari, will be contesting from Alwar. Jiten Prasad 30 , an MBA graduate and son of Late. Jitendra Prasad, will be contesting from Shajahanpur, UP. R.P.N Singh 39, son of Late. C.P.N Singh, will be contesting from Padrauna, UP. Milind Deora 27, a BBA graduate and son of Murto Deora, will be contesting from Mumbai South. Amit Deshmukh 27, Chemical engineer and son of Vilasrao Deshmuk, will be contesting in Maharastra. This is not it, there’s a lot more. It would be annoying to read such a long list, so I better stop here.

The dynastic pack of BJP has also opted for politics though there are a lot of other activities which they can be part off, if they like to either earn for them or serve for the country (that’s eventually the reason they give for jumping into politics). The irony is that Feroze Varun Gandhi, 23 would be supporting her mother Maneka Gandhi, minister in the ruling NDA alliance. The other important names to mention would be Raj Thanckeray 36 and Uddhav Thackeray 44, son of Shiv Sena supreme, Bal Thackeray. Akilesh Yadav 30, an MBA graduate from American University and son of Mulayam Singh Yadav, will be contesting from Kannauj,UP. Manvendra Singh 39, son of Jaswant Singh, will be contesting from Barmer, Rajastan.

Lot more, each one of them taking a pedigree advantage using their second name will really be a watch out for in this election. Whatever or whoever may that be, lets expect them to do something useful for the country. After all that’s the usual thing we look out for in vain every single time.

Courtesy: India Today