Charles Robert Darwin an English naturalist wrote “On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle For Life”. in 1859 which is considered as the foundation of modern theory of evolution. In this short write up I have extracted some quotes from this book to understand Rahul Gandhi who has been projected as eternally evolving politician from Indian main stream media:
“Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
‘Journalists’ have been trying to evolve Rahul Gandhi since time immemorial, but voters have been repeatedly doing what is good for population at large.
“Nevertheless, so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an organic being; and as we do not see the cause, we invoke cataclysms to desolate the world, or invent laws on the duration of the forms of life!”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
Nevertheless, so profound is their ignorance and so high their presumptions and arrogance that they marvel when they hear “Congress Mukt Bharat” and as they do not see the cause, they invoke cataclysms or invent news article proclaiming re-re-emergence of Rahul Gandhi, “I think it inevitably follows, that as new species in the course of time are formed through natural selection, others will become rarer and rarer, and finally extinct. The forms which stand in closest competition with those undergoing modification and improvement will naturally suffer most.”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
I think it inevitably follows that as new parties in course of time are formed through every election, success for Congress will become rarer and rarer. The parties that stand in closest competition with those undergoing modification and improvement will naturally suffer most.
“A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die – which variety or species shall increase in number, and which shall decrease, or finally become extinct.”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
A leader in the balance will determine which party shall live and which shall die-which party or coalition shall increase in strength and which shall decrease and finally become extinct. And despite ‘journalist’s’ best effort Rahul Gandhi seems to be destined to be that seed which will expedite the extinction of Congress.
“But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this— we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws.”—Whewell: “Bridgewater Treatise”.”
― Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
But with regard to political arithmetic we can at least go so far as this- we can perceive that electoral victories are brought about not by insulated imposition of dynastic power exerted in this particular case by repeated evolution of Rahul Gandhi but by establishment of an organically growing political outfit based on merit and hard work.
“This preservation of favourable individual differences and variations, and the destruction of those which are injurious, I have called Natural Selection, or the Survival of the Fittest.”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
This preservation of favourable variations due to meritocracy and hardwork and destruction of those which are injurious such as corrupt dynasties is what I call natural selection or the survival of the fittest in electoral politics.
“One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
Thus one general law leading to advancement of all political ideologies, namely multiply, vary, let the strongest live and weakest die, will ensure the end of the dynasty which generally prevents this kind of natural selection process as it insulates the dynasty scions from open competition.
I have no doubt in my mind that repeated efforts to evolve Rahul Gandhi will lead to eventual death and dismemberment of Congress party. Contrary to popular belief it’s not Narendra Modi but Rahul Gandhi who will be remembered as the man who fulfilled Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of Congress Mukt Bharat.
