In the name of the family

May 02, 2014 11:55

Rae Bareli, Sonia Gandhi's constituency, went to the polls in this latest phase of India's interminable general elections. It would be a good thing, from an anti-BJP point of view, if she lost. A majority of over three-and-a-half lakh votes is hard to shift so it's probably not going to happen but it's nice to imagine a what-if world where India's two principal dynasts, Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul, lost their seats to candidates from non-feral parties, say the BSP or the AAP. Read Mukul Kesavan's piece for the Telegraph.

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