Ideologues, 'Idol'ogues

In the topsy-turvy equation of Indian politics ideology was long back overtaken by ‘idol’ogy. So, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the ever overzealous party workers of the Congress hung a portrait of their leader Sonia Gandhi depicted as goddess Durga in their party office in UP. It may have given a new political ammunition to Congress baiters, but it certainly shouldn’t surprise anyone. Sycophancy has always been the badge of this dynastic party; and now of many other parties.
Not long ago did BJP find itself in a similar symbolic turmoil when party workers got Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje portrayed as goddess Lakshmi.
And only two years ago, protege of Dalit ideologue Kanshi Ram, Mayawati inaugurated her own idol in Lucknow. It is time the culture of sycophancy paraded by our political leaders as loyalty starts embarrassing them enough to bring about a change.