Every prominent politician mentioned in /1 except @RahulGandhi had to work their way up. One may agree or disagree with their politics; one may like or dislike them. But it’s undeniable that they all - except @RahulGandhi - had to gain acceptability thru their political merit. /2
In every field, skills r required to excel. Those who achieve prominence w/o the help of GodFathers must possess a high level of initial skill & work hard to hone that skill in order to succeed. “Political merit” = the set of skills required to succeed in politics /3
Every prominent politician in the list mentioned in /1 except @RahulGandhi has had to work hard to acquire the political merit in order to gain acceptance. Only @RahulGandhi is exception bcos of the family he is born in => Pure entitlement from birth, exactly opposite of merit /4
Every prominent politician in the list mentioned in /1 except @RahulGandhi has delivered success for his/her party. If they continually fail to deliver success, their position in the party will weaken. But no such accountability for @RahulGandhi /5
@RahulGandhi couldn’t even retain the pocket borough handed to him on a platter - Amethi. W/o even being able to retain this pocket borough & w/o delivering any electoral success, @RahulGandhi still feels entitled to become @PMOIndia #PosterChildOfEntitlement /6
One may like/dislike agree/disagree w/ the prominent politicians mentioned in /1 but none of them is as unaccountable & immune to failure as @RahulGandhi is. The Dynasty & @INCIndia pursues complete anti-thesis of merit by continually promoting #PosterChildOfEntitlement /End 🧵

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