08-21-2008, 05:43 AM
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--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Gandhiâs worst fears have come true
The Father of the Nation wanted to disband the Indian National Congress once it had outlived its raison dâetre of driving the British out of India. He felt that the best form of governance for India would be `swarajâ (self-rule), by which Gandhi meant governance not by a hierarchical government but self governance through political decentralization and community building. But other political leaders of the time were least impressed by Gandhiâs idea of disbanding the INC or adopting Swaraj. Rather, the Congress Party went on to rule India ever since, except for an interregnum of 12 years when non-Congress combinations were in power. Contrary to Gandhiâs wishes, the Congress partyâs leadership was usurped by the Nehru dynasty, which held the Prime Ministerâs post for 33 out of 49 years when the Congress was in power. You can safely add four more years to the Nehru dynastyâs 33 yearâs rule, given the fact that a member of the dynasty, Sonia Gandhi, is now the de facto prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh being just her `mukhoutaâ (mask).
http://news.in.msn.com/columns/article.asp...umentid=1408819
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Gandhiâs worst fears have come trueThe Father of the Nation wanted to disband the Indian National Congress once it had outlived its raison dâetre of driving the British out of India. He felt that the best form of governance for India would be `swarajâ (self-rule), by which Gandhi meant governance not by a hierarchical government but self governance through political decentralization and community building. But other political leaders of the time were least impressed by Gandhiâs idea of disbanding the INC or adopting Swaraj. Rather, the Congress Party went on to rule India ever since, except for an interregnum of 12 years when non-Congress combinations were in power. Contrary to Gandhiâs wishes, the Congress partyâs leadership was usurped by the Nehru dynasty, which held the Prime Ministerâs post for 33 out of 49 years when the Congress was in power. You can safely add four more years to the Nehru dynastyâs 33 yearâs rule, given the fact that a member of the dynasty, Sonia Gandhi, is now the de facto prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh being just her `mukhoutaâ (mask).
http://news.in.msn.com/columns/article.asp...umentid=1408819