Decision against dynasties

The UP polls marked the highlight of the entire assembly polls season this year. The people of the most populous state in the country took a decision to vote for something other than just caste, religion or minority status. They realized that they were being played by the political parties or should I say political families. These families have divided the entire UP into a number of factions which they used to get into power. These factions were the basis for their power in the state. Also a state that has quite significance because the high number of voters. In terms of American polls this can be compared to the state having the highest number of electoral colleges.

The SP used the cycle, the common mode of transport for the poor in UP as the symbol to get the sentimental vote of the people. But their convoys always had nothing less than 4 wheel drives. The BSP used the minority Muslim vote to get into power and then ignore them and everybody else for the next 5 years. 

From renaming engineering colleges as per their convenience to making monuments that display their grandeur, this state has still not come out of the feudal mentality that people will be impressed by architectural marvels alone. The people gave them a strong message by the landslide victory of the BJP that they want something that is tangible to them.

The only fact that the people of UP understood this is in itself a great achievement and also a testament to the strength of the BJP in the whole country. But also this is a reminder call for the Congress party that they need to think whether they need a change in the leadership of the party and think of themselves as a party rather than a dynasty. Also this is a lesson to the SP that it should have reduced all the negative publicity that it accumulated during the tensions in their party. These events portrayed them as weak. And later they joined hands with Congress which gave the people the impression that it would lead to diarchy.

The people need a strong party and not a face or a family. And this can only be brought about by a strong leadership structure that is impervious of all the factors like family, face etc. It is high time that these parties take note of this.