By Vipin Agnihotri
Politicians are the backbone of any country because usually they are the one who take and implement important decisions. Taking this into account, The India Street decided to give you the list of three most powerful Indian politicians at this moment of time.
Mayawati: Hoping for a Prime Minister chair
In my opinion, Mayawati’s dreams to occupy the Prime Minister’s chair in Delhi have got a ray of hope, when her Bahujan Samaj Party recently won the UP assembly bypolls. Now that the queen of the Dalits has increased her seats tally to 211 in the 403-member UP Assembly, experts believe that she is more confident of handling Delhi.
As a matter of fact, brimming with new found confidence, Mayawati is looking forward to mid-term parliamentary elections. Political experts are mooting the possibility of Mayawati with 100 plus Members of Parliament, becoming the next Prime Minister. Point to be noted here is that Mayawati is leaving no stone unturned to convert this into reality.
Mayawati has defied history by creating a Dalit- Brahmin alliance. How far this alliance travels, only time will tell. But one thing is for sure, Mayawati’s stars are on the upswing and she is most likely to play a prominent part in central politics in the near future.
Prakash Karat: Leading light in Indian political thought process
Karat is highly respected in political circle of India because he is not an ordinary politician. Interestingly, Karat is neither a stylist nor an opportunist. In my opinion, his educational background distinguishes him from run-of-the-mill politicians.
Like everyone else who knows Karat, I strongly believe that he is a die-hard Marxist, who draws his inspiration from strong leaders of small nation states like Castro and Hugo Chavez. Besides being a politician, Karat is also known for his writing skills as an editor cum author.
Pranab Mukherjee: Sonia Gandhi’s chief trouble shooter
At this moment of time, Pranab Mukherjee is not only the most powerful minister in Manmohan Singh’s government but also Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s chief trouble shooter. Hardly a surprise that both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh turned to Mukherjee, who also holds a day job as the country’s foreign minister, to diffuse the crisis in UPA-Left ties over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
In my opinion, Without Mukherjee’s political skills, this Manmohan government may not have survived the convulsions it has faced over the last month.
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