New Delhi: "I am the outcome of the system, (but) that does not mean I cannot change the system. I want to change the system," had said Rahul Gandhi in a press conference in Delhi the other day.
Of the system and from the system, but Rahul Gandhi promises to work for democracy over dynasty. He's not the only one. On Thursday, there were many sons and daughters contesting.
Delhi Chief Minister Shelia Dixit's three time consecutive win may help her son Sandeep Dikshit's campaign, but has the sitting MP contesting from East Delhi grown beyond her shadow.
"Ya ya...I hope so... it's about time he grew up... he was never a mama's boy," she says.
Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje hopes her son, sitting MP Dushyant Singh, stands his own.
"I'm not sentimental about it and I have never been... Dushyant is another candidate in the list of 25 for me and each of those 25 are as important as the other.... I have done what I have to for all of them," she says.
And the reality is striking. Apart from the Congress, a majority of regional parties follow the dynasty doctrine.
And for some, it may be later but not never.
Jayant Advani, L K Advani's son says: "I could join politics."
For others, it is never too early to start.
Harkirat, Sukhbir Badal's daughter, comments: "I don't mind becoming a politician when I grow up."
Anant Vir, Sukhbir Badal's son, hosays: nodding saying no
But thank God, there's at least one Badal who doesn't want to join politics. Anant Vir, Sukhbir Badal's son, is not keen.