He could be the greatest Gandhi.

The heir apparent in the Congress Party, Mr Rahul Gandhi said recently," Asking me whether you want to be PM is to ask me the wrong question." TOI, 6 March. In a country where a man can simply walk into the Prime Minister's post whenever he wishes just because he happens to be born into The Family, to be told that " Parliament is the light pillar of democracy " becomes a joke. Congress creepy crawlies immediately rushed out from under various rocks to claim that he would definitely be the Prime Minister someday. Congress spokesperson, Rashid Alvi said," That he does not want to be the PM is his thinking. But as far as workers of Congress Party are concerned, they want him and I am sure one day he will become the PM of the country." This is no different from the Kim family of North Korea or the Assad family of Syria. Large numbers of sycophants gather round, like flies around a honey pot to gain money and power from their proximity to The Family. They will refuse to accept his abdication of power because by themselves they are nothing. Mr Gandhi also refused to get married saying," If I get married and have children, then I will become a status quoist and will be concerned about bequeathing my position to my children." That is noble indeed but his sister, Priyanka already has 2 children and the Congress will cling onto anyone from The Family. If he really wants to serve the country he would try to make sure that there is a limit to the shelf life of politicians and that one person can never stick around for decades as at present. Hugo Chavez could have remained the President of Venezuela for life but he died at the age of 58 years. Pope Benedict resigned at the end of February to retire to a private life. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has said that she will abdicate her throne on 30 April this year at the age of 75 years. She became queen 33 years ago on 30 April 1980. The President of the US is limited to 2 terms of 4 years each and, except Franklin Roosevelt who was elected for a third term during World War II, no one can even dream of breaking that rule. Sadly in India we are unable to get rid of our corrupt and immoral politicians. In spite of their lives of crime and debauch they seem indestructible. The same ugly faces have been hanging around for over half a century and have brought their evil spawn into politics to take over from them so that our suffering seems to be unending. If Mr Rahul Gandhi can enforce term limits on politicians in India he will have rendered such a service to the country that he will go down in history as the greatest Gandhi.