Recently Indian prime minister gave a
statement, “Rahul Gandhi is Natural
leader of UPA3”. This statement left me with number of questions. We live
in the nation which is democratic. The constitution of India guarantees
equality of opportunities. Then what qualities of Rahul Gandhi make him the
natural leader of UPA? On what grounds PM discriminates Rahul from others? Equality
in India remains Utopia and it is proved by none other than PM himself. Is it
because Rahul is born in Gandhi family and so his destiny is to become PM of
India?
Political dominance of few families
continues in India since independence. In fact I think this the failure of democracy.
Greek scholars define democracy as ‘Rule of many ignorant’ and rightly so. We
can clearly see that people who deserve the chance to lead India are not even
in the race. The wiser men are always thrown out of political system and we are
left with donkeys to rule.
According to Plato, the best state is the
one which is ruled by a person who is reluctant to govern rather than eager to
govern. This can tackle the problem of corruption, but things never happen in
that way. Usually people who strive for power come to the government.
No doubt democracy is the best
practicable form of government. But it is true when there is real democracy in
practice. The Democratic system in India has some inherent problems. It doesn’t
offer equality of opportunities. There must be more inclusive form of democracy
which will enable even common man to participate actively. We must try and
propose more effective and inclusive model which will prevent NATURAL LEADERS
from coming into power.
