Indian Political & Leadership in Crisis

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Indian Politics & Leadership InCrisis

Presented By-Nidhi Nitin

Swati GroverShobhika TyagiVaibhav ShuklaAkshay Chaddha


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INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM

India is a nation that is characterized asDemocratic Republic.

Biggest democracy in the world.

Leaders are elected to the two houses-LokSabha and Rajya Sabha.


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INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM

Leaders are elected by the people, of the peopleand for the people.

The word for the people is slowly losingconviction as the leaders today are more self

centered, think about personal gains. They shy away from putting country before self-

A requisite for a good political leader.


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LEADERSHIP CRISIS: WHY?

Lack of influential leaders who possess decisionmaking powers

Lack of leaders who could take bold steps andinitiatives to solve problem.

While 70 per cent of Indias population is below

40 years of age, 80 per cent of Indias politiciansare over 70 years.


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Political Crisis

Public devotion for monarchy is extreme in India,but as excess of everything is bad, so is thisdevotion.

Nepotism, corruption, sycophancy is a result of

all this that is weakening our motherland, eachpassing day. Ideals, values are all going for atoss.

Dominance of Election Dynasties in India.Wherein the coming generation is automatically


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46.8% of the MPs have

no significant familypolitical

background. Three outof ten MPs (28.6%)

entered olitics


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POLITICAL CRISIS

More than two-thirds of MPs aged under 40 arehereditary.

27 MPs are hyperhereditary, and 19 of them arein a National Ruling Party. By hyperhereditary,

we mean that they have several family memberswho have made a career out of politics.


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Unfortunately, the so-called young guns of Indian politics havedone themselves few favors by remaining prisoners of their lineagebut offering little else by way of fresh ideas.

A number of them are democratic dynasts, sons and daughters ofpoliticians who see electoral politics as an extension of their family

fiefdom.

Blessed with an exaggerated sense of entitlement, we rarely seethem speak out in Parliament, take up socially-relevant issues orgive us a sense of what they stand for.

If our young leaders claim to represent young India, then why dontwe see them take up issues that directly impinge on generationnext: jobs, education, corruption, environment, morality, AIDS, evengay rights.

When the Article 377 judgment was delivered in the Delhi High Court,we didnt hear a squeak from our younger MPs, almost suggesting an


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We have to suffer the aged and the infirm in theIndian polity because of the absence of a credible

second rung leadership in almost all the parties.The reason for this is not far to seek corruptionand moral decadence in politics discouragepotential aspirants from jumping into the fray.


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The Republic ofScams

India


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2G Spectrum

Allocation Fraud, 1.76lakh crores

(40 billiondollars)

India, Republic of Scams

Indian Government refuses to constitute a joint

parliamentary committee of all parties to investigatethe scam (that resulted in total deadlock in entire

last parliamentary session).

Classic example of collusion betweenpoliticians, industrialists and media with high

powered brokers.


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2G Spectrum Allocation

Fraud(2010)

IndiaTodayJan 3,2010


No tolerance for corruption or deception? Govtrefused Joint Parliamentary committee because based

on proportion of MPs there will be majorityrepresentatives from other parties who will be able

expose those who actually received money anddeposited in swiss and other safe havens? Who are

they protecting?


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Commonwealth games (CWG)fraud 60,000 crores, 13 billion

dollars (2010) [Conservative estimate!!!]CWG cost comparisons

2002 (UK): Rs 2,100

crores2006 (Australia): Rs 5,000crores

2010 (India): Rs 60,000crores!!!2014(UK,estimated): Rs 2,200crores!!!

-- Deccan Herald, Jan 9,2011

Original estimate of Indias CWG is 617.5 crores.90% of infrastructure development costs werelooted. 900+ crores billed for about 85 crores

stadium.


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And more scams by our

politicians

Mayawathi, UP CM, Taj Corridor scamup to 44 million dollars, 2002.

Jain Hawala Scandal, 18million dollars, 1996.

Advani, Devi Lal, Yadavand more.

Ex Jharkhand Chief Minister, 1 billiondollars, (in more than 1800 bank accountsworldwide, from mineral rich state) 2006-

2009


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Karunanidhi family amassing millions in variousbusinesses. One of them even made it to Fortune

magazine list of top billionaires!!


Jayalalitha: Tamilnadu has dubious record of both main political

parties well known for corruption. Her party worker threw acid onbureaucrats face for not fallin in line.


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THE WAY OUT

Grassrootspolitics must be

encouraged and

those with non


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CONCLUSION There is no one who is willing to articulate a view of India and

Indian-ness with clarity and force so that the country can cometogether and make the sacrifices needed to build a new India that

the framers of the Constitution imagined. But for that to happen the relationship between bullet and ballot

must end.

Only by empowering the common man and involving them in

decision making can lead to better representation. We have the flaws but fail to implement but if we correct this we

would lay strong foundations for pillars of sound political system.


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THANK YOU!

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