Make no mistake, the ensuing Uttar Pradesh elections may be overwhelmed by the twin factors of novelty and rebellion dwarfing all other hitherto burning issues such as notebandi, surgical strikes, Ram Mandir, the war within the Samajwadi Party parivaar and goonda raj. To understand all this better, you may take a look at the following four instances to get a feel of the way the common voter reacts in India under, more or less, similar circumstances:
First, take the case of Indira Gandhi in the second half of the 1960s. She was pushed to the prime minister’s position by the then Congress bosses, known as the ‘syndicate’, thinking that the baby doll would do their bidding. But that was not to be as the baby doll rose in rebellion, split the party vertically, usurped all powers, rolled out pro-people, pro-worker measures in a hurry and swept the national elections. Thanks to her bold political and diplomatic initiatives, she earned the sobriquet of “the iron lady” of India. Rightfully so. And what happened to her otherwise taller opponents within the undivided Congress? Almost all of them, with the sole exception of Morarji Desai, faded into oblivion.
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