We should come up with a political governance framework that is significantly different from what we have seen so far in the country's governance.
In the yesteryears, we had conscientious people, who articulated their vision and passion for the overall good, and only incidentally became politicians - Nehru, Gandhi, Kamaraj, Rajagopalachari, Lal Bahadur Sastri were examples.
Today, we have hooligans through terror, extortion, murder and other types of fourth rate crimes and means, amass wealth, mislead youth and eventually become politicians. As we perceive and practise today, only politicians have the legitimacy to govern. Such a politician today claims he has more powers than judiciary which is the backbone of any good civilisation, just because he ‘gets elected’ as a minister or speaker.
One can appreciate the irony from the fact that we look for candidates with relevant management background for executive positions. But see what kind of people run the country.
Some initial thoughts: The framework could broadly be like this:
*Have a council of Ministers drawn from a varied section of people: Industrialists, Doctors, Farmers, Teachers, NGO founders, Artists and Educationists
* this council can be the policy making body including budget approvals
* elections to be held only to elect local bodies who will implement programs – an alternate canvas to be thought of vis-?is the multi party system – prescribe a set of qualification, attributes
