Beginnings of a monarchy?

Is this sycophancy or what? The Congress has historically had a tradition of servility to anyone from the Nehru dynasty, but after (nearly) 60 years of Independence from the Queen, I think we're as close to a monarchy as we can get!

Why, then, was there such an uproar when Mushie rigged his referendum? Did we rubbish his "election" just because his name wan't "Gandhi" or "Nehru"? Or is it just that Pakistan doesn't compare because they've never had a dynasty?

What is also surprising is that our vigilante media isn't even remotely interested in focussing their attention to this. Are they scared? This Mrs. G already looks more menacing than the earlier one!