Youths are clear that they are not going to follow their predecessors anymore and follow the footsteps of a man donning a jacket similar to Nehru but called a ‘Modi Jacket’
Horrific defeat of Rahula Gandhi, Jyoti Rao Scindia, Chautalas and other names, who were considered political bastions difficult to conquer, signifies that people are ready to shun old predictable methods, ideas while accepting unpredictability and experimentalism defying what is already known to them to explore something new efficient means of governance.
This compels us to analyse the implications more deeply. It was a massive mandate in favour of Mr. Narendra Modi nowadays called ‘Tsunamo’.
Families that felt the Tsunamo or Tsunami 2.0 Waves
1. Gandhi family
Sanjay, Firoz, Rajiv Sonia – A lineage of a political dynasty who has been invincible from Amethi since 1967. This constituency (Amethi)did hold a special place for Congressmen. But Rahul Gandhi has created another history by getting traumatized defeat in Amethi by Ms. Smriti Zubin Irani by 55,120 votes
2. Yadav Family (UP)
Mulayam Singh Yadav (Mainpuri), his son Akhilesh (Azamgarh) -won
Daughter-in-law Dimple (Kannauj), Cousin Shivpal Yadav, nephews Akshay Yadav (Firozabad) and Dharmendra Yadav (Badaun) – lost.
3. Farmer leader Charan Singh& Family
Both his son (Ajit Singh) and grandson (Jayant Chaudhary) fought the 2019 Lok Sabha seats. Both lost.
4. Chautalas in Haryana
Both the sons of Ajay Singh Chautala grandson of former deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal fought the 2019 LokSabha elections. All lost.
Other family bastions that were crumbled down were
Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna
The Scindia family have won the Guna parliamentary seat 14 times in 20 elections. Jyotiraditya himself won the seat four consecutive times, starting from 2002.
5. HD Devegowda& Family
HD DeveGowda, a former PM and Janata Dal (Secular) president. He lost from Tumkur. His grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy lost from Mandya. But the silver lining is the win of the other grandson PrajwalRevanna from Hassan.
Gehlot’s
6. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot lost from Jodhpur
7.Pawar’s
SharadPawar saw his daughter SupriyaSule retain the Baramati seat, but his great-nephew Parth Pawar lost in Maval. It’s for the first time that a Pawar contested and lost a major election in 50 years.
Was it a really just Tsunamo wave or a full-blown waves like TsuNami?
I would call it a Tsunami waves since the election verdict has not only just decimated just Congress but also gave clear signs of the collapse of political dynasties.