India’s political prince battles criticism

There is no denying the fact that the golden boy of Indian politics may be trailing some of his patina in the sense that he was only one personality who has explored the mystery of the living trend of the common people. He had no pride in his mind and as an ideal leader he has been impressing the people irrespective of castes and creed by his unusual courage and amiable disposition, even he did not hesitate to sleep at night in the dilapidated cottage of the people who are living beyond poverty. He had never thought that he was a child of Sonia Gandhi and his father was Rajib Gandhi. In present world, Rahul Gandhi has won the mind of the people by virtue of his courage and hardihood. Rahul Gandhi — the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Indian prime ministers — has used up years positioning himself to grab hold of what is more or less seen as his heritage and succeed the charge of the country.
It is interesting to note that it has been alleged that Rahul has instigated the farmers against the decision made under the enactment of Indian Government. But a series of electoral setbacks, an embarrassing WikiLeaks revelation and his indictment, without evidence, that police had killed and raped protesting farmers in an opposition-led state has left some curiousness whether Gandhi has the skill, know-how or control to lead India. A newspaper editorial titled “Rahul in Blunderland,” reflected Gandhi as an opinionated amateur stumbling from faux pas to gaffe, while party leaders go behind him irritating to repair the damage. Political opponents have begun calling him “the former future prime minister.” A stalwart of his Congress party called for his sister, Priyanka, to jump back into politics to lend a hand rescue the family’s inheritance.
“He’s been under mammoth strain,” said Aarthi Ramachandran, who is writing a book on Gandhi. “There has been logic that the Rahul Gandhi brand of politics is not going anywhere.” Gandhi, who bears no relation to peace icon Mohandas K. Gandhi, grew up as the fawned-over heir to India’s version of the British monarchy or America’s Kennedy era. The family patriarch was Jawaharlal Nehru, a renowned protagonist of the struggle for independence from British rule who became India’s first prime minister. Nehru’s daughter, Indira Gandhi, later took power, followed by her son Rajiv. Both were killed in political assassinations. Rajiv’s Italian-born widow, Sonia, then took over the Congress party, becoming India’s most influential politician and setting the stage for her son to in due course take up the family mantle.

In view of the above, it is evident that as a child of the political family, Rahul has been able to win the mind of the common people of India and even irrespective of castes and creeds; he has focused his personality as a beam of the democratic stature of the country. The people of India consider him as a close harbinger of establishing real democracy of peaceful world. Indeed, by his unusual courage and hardihood, he is very much respectful of the Parliament led by the people’s verdict as a tentative flow.

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