Sir,
The outcomes of Maharashtra and Haryana elections are giving a silver line of hope for Congress and its opposition allies. The much circulated picture of rain drenched Sharad Pawar addressing rally came out as the notion of a combative opposition, trying to save its last ground. As a matter of fact the fight from Central leadership of Congress was completely missing. If there is any silver lining on opposition performance, the credit must go to the ground workers and few state leaders in Haryana and Maharashtra. Emergence of a combative state leadership will be the only hope for Congress for its future. Evidently, The Central leadership imposed dynastic politics with entitlement does not yield any dividend in the ground.
The ever dynamic Indian Politics has charted out a new path in India which affirms the rise of self made political leaders without protectionism for numero-uno position in the party. The political space is no more a mere fixture of entitlement of dynastic legacy. With upsurge of Modi led BJP in Indian political canvas, the political space and legislative offices are required be achieved through political movements and hard work at grass level as BJP under Mr Amit Shah works whole heartedly for the party.
The space for opposition is wide open now. One may say that there is absolute vacuum. India is now a matured democracy and an astute leader is at the helm of it. Albeit the approach of BJP is of majoritarian politics, the Government under Mr. Modi is pushing hard to promote social welfare schemes and is engaging people to participate. Where is the scope of doing politics as it was in 90s era? Political fights must be fought now at state, city and village level to bring back the animal spirit of opposition. In this process of revival of opposition, a good selection of devoted leaders who are really interested to take up people’s issue is paramount Meritocracy needs to outperform the dynastic mediocrity in the realm of opposition too. It appears that a new opposition will emerge with a new set of hard working leaders. A constructive opposition with a vision of betterment for its people will take charge and democracy will flourish further.
Mriganka M Bhowmick
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