Yesterday, I saw in a TV programme a lady who boldly held the view that at present joining politics is a lucrative profession and if somebody claims that he is in this field to serve the people, he is definitely befooling the public. In early sixties, every parent wanted their ward to join medical line where a good job was guaranteed. By seventies, with more and more industrialization, the demand for engineers overtook all other branches. Doctors were relegated to the back burner. Then, to be precise, by 80s, the bank service surged ahead. There were examples when a candidate competed in both the civil service exam and the bank service exam, but he preferred to accept bank probationary officer’s position. Just after that, in the wake of globalization, the field of management started attracting creams of talented job-seekers. Since it could fetch a fatter pay package, it surged ahead of all other so far known paying academic disciplines. It is today, highly surprising to see that political career has overtaken all imaginable professions.
Politics is preferable for several obvious reasons. Unlike other lines, here neither educational qualification nor age is a limiting factor. Till recently, the Indian Parliament had a number of semi or poorly literate MPs. The condition in the state legislatures is still pitiable. Particularly since money and muscle power became a deciding factor in the election, gentlemen don’t dare to try their luck in this exclusive club. The criminals, instead of serving the electorate, exploit the floor of the House to facilitate their money minting business and hoodwink the legal authorities.
If politics is not that milching cow, how all the senior politicians are encouraging their sons and daughters to join politics and lifelong enjoy a field day. Sonia Gandhi, M. Karunanidhi, Lalu Yadav, Sharad Pawar, Dr. Raman Singh, Jaswant Singh, V.K. Malhotra, R.V. Paswan, Dr Jagannath Mishra, P. Chidambaram, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mufti Md Sayed, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sibu Soren and anybody else who matters in today’s Indian politics has managed to get his siblings in the goldmines of politics. As such these youngmen ignore their academic pursuit and straightway plunge into politics to serve the ‘nation’.
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