Should old politicians retire?

Should old politicians retire?

          The older generation must make way for the young. The constitution does not specify any age limit for the politicians to retire from public life yet old politicians should retire. Our prime minister and president are beyond 70 years. Most of the politicians believe that there should not be any retirement age for politicians. The common public opinion is that the old leaders with old set of views and values should retire. Their thoughts and values are wedded to obsolete ideology of 1940s and 50s. Secondly the younger generation should come forward and provide fresh look to the Indian politics. But they are denied the opportunity on the pretext that they lack experience. The present political scenario in post independent India is dismal. The old generation of freedom fighters are still busy in distributing among themselves the spoils of freedom. As far as younger generation leaders are concerned they are the progeny of old leaders. It is through their sons and daughters that they will pull wires to their own advantage. The dynastic rule in every political party is a bane of Indian politics. Leaders of every party try to promote their own sons and daughters in the field of politics. The career of a politician has become professional. The worst feature of Indian politics has been the continuance of dynastic rule in the congress party. In the last elections, media were in frenzy over Priyanka Gandhi. They hailed her as a future prime minister of India. What is certain is that politics has become a profession. The sons & daughters of influential old leaders are being pushed as the future leaders of India. Merit is hardly a matter of consideration. Moreover old order must change. The talented youth of the country should come forward. The old leaders should guide the younger generation to shoulder the mantle of leadership. In India we need to develop a tradition by which the old must give place to the new, otherwise the constitution should specify the retirement age for politicians.