India’s general election 2014, results of which were announced on Friday, remained focused on two personalities – Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party.
Recently, when I was in India, a discussion was going on among my relatives. I was also sitting there, listening to them.
Many of them were of the opinion that Rahul Gandhi was capable of becoming the prime minister of India. He should win the elections. Many of them even said that they were assured of Rahul Gandhi winning the elections because he belonged to the Gandhi family.
But there was another group that was against the idea of Rahul Gandhi becoming the prime minister of India.
They argued that he did not have any experience and wondered how he could rule a great country like India.
Opposing the idea, they said that just because he was the son of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi and came from that illustrious family, he should not get the top job. A prime minister should have certain qualities that could help him become a successful leader too. “Rahul did not have that calibre.”
While the discussion was going on, my cousin interrupted them.
He said, “If a boy can become head of the student council again and again in my school just because he is the son of a teacher, then why can’t Rahul Gandhi become prime minister of the country? His mother has a bigger position to support him.”
This innocent argument silenced everyone.
(Published in The Gulf Today on May 17, 2014)
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