2014: The countdown begins

The fading vote-catching ability of the Gandhi family, demonstrated starkly in Uttar Pradesh, carries long-term implications for Indian politics. If the family that pioneered dynastic politics in the 1970s by endorsing rather than reforming India’s feudal society is increasingly sidelined by a changing, modernising India, 2012 could mark the beginning of a new political era. There will be a flurry of post-mortems on the Congress’ electoral reverses in UP, Punjab and Goa.

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