Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy resigned from Parliament yesterday because the Congress did not allow him to become Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after his father, Mr. YSR Reddy died in a helicopter accident last December. In a letter to Congress President, Mrs. Gandhi he asks,' What mistake did I commit?' Mr. Reddy is so anguished because he sincerely believes that the Chief Minister's post is family property to be passed down from father to son as some family heirloom without bothering to consult the people. He has also resigned from the Congress and will be forming his own party. In Tamil Nadu Mr. Karunanidhi's entire family, including sons and nephews, has some position in state or central government. His daughter is in the Rajya Sabha. When Mr. Lalu Prasad was charged in the fodder scam he appointed his unelected, illiterate wife as Chief Minister of Bihar. Most glaring of all, our most revered Prime Minister has not been elected but has sneaked in through the Rajya Sabha to keep the chair warm. In Mexico drug gangs are fighting to the death to gain control of each other's turfs for the immense wealth that it brings. At least drug dealers can and are being killed by the army. In India, political gangs also fight turf wars because that gives them control of state or central exchequer and five years of unlimited opportunity to loot. They are more dangerous because they also control the police and will easily eliminate anyone daring to challenge them. This makes us the largest ' democracy ' in the world. Great.