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Politics is the only profession in India without any retirement age. Most of the government servants – Civil servants, Supreme Court/ High Court judges including Chief Justice of India, army and police officers, central and state government employees in India retire by the age of 60 -65 years to make way for the younger generations and regular infusion of new ideas.
On the other hand major national parties and regional outfits who account for the Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, MPs and MLAs have one thing in common– apart from their name and election symbol. They are all managed or run by individuals past their prime. Most of the 100 people who matter in Indian politics today, irrespective of their political affiliation are in the 60-80 years age bracket. They argue that experience and wisdom come with age. These influential figures from the Congress, BJP, AAP, TMC, AIDMK or the Left parties who play a role in shaping the nation’s policies and political ideologies — have decades of experience but have no idea about what the 345 million youth who constitute more than half of India’s population feel, like or want.
India has one of the world’s youngest populations, with an average age of 29 years. More than 27.2% of the population is between 15 to 29 years of age. More than half of India’s population is under 25, and more than 65% is under 35. Youth contribute about 34% of India’s Gross National Income (GNI) and are the leaders in business, education, and academia. But strangely there is hardly any top ranking youth leader in the Congress, BJP, AAP, TMC, AIDMK or Left parties who is being groomed to lead the country at an appropriate time in future.
Here is list of 100 key politicians in India today and their current age:
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- H. D. Deve Gowda (Former Prime Minister & CM of Karnataka, MP Rajya Sabha)
Date of Birth: May 18, 1933
Age (2024): 91 years - L. K. Advani (BJP Leader, Former Deputy Prime Minister)
Date of Birth: November 8, 1927
Age (2024): 97 years - Droupadi Murmu (President of India)
Date of Birth: June 20, 1958
Age (2024): 66 years - Sonia Gandhi (Former President of Indian National Congress
Date of Birth: December 9, 1946
Age (2024): 77 years - V. S. Achuthanandan [Former Chief Minister of Kerala, CPI(M)]
Date of Birth: October 20, 1923
Age (2024): 101 years - Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India, BJP)
Date of Birth: September 17, 1950
Age (2024): 74 years - Amit Shah (Union Home Minister, BJP)
Date of Birth: October 22, 1964
Age (2024): 60 years - Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge (President of the Indian National Congress)
Date of Birth: July 21, 1942
Age (2024): 82 years - Rahul Gandhi (Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, and former president of INC)
Date of Birth: June 19, 1970
Age (2024): 54 years - Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (Lok Sabha MP and General Secretary AICC)
Date of Birth: January 12, 1972
Age (2024): 52 years
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Date of Birth: May 18, 1951
Age (2024): 73 years - M. Venkaiah Naidu (Former Vice President of India)
Date of Birth: 1 July 1949
Age (2024): 75 years - Om Birla (Speaker of the Lok Sabha, BJP)
Date of Birth: November 23, 1962
Age (2024): 62 years - J.P. Nadda, (Union Health Minister and President of Bharatiya Janata Party)
Date of Birth: December 2, 1960
Age (2024): 64 years - Mamta Banerjee (Chief Minister of West Bengal, TMC)
Date of Birth: January 5, 1955
Age (2024): 69 years - Nitish Kumar [Chief Minister of Bihar, JD(U)]
Date of Birth: March 1, 1951
Age (2024): 73 years - Sharad Pawar (Former Union Minister, NCP)
Date of Birth: December 12, 1940
Age (2024): 84 years - Mayawati (Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, BSP Leader)
Date of Birth: January 15, 1956
Age (2024): 68 years - K. S. Eshwarappa (Former Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka)
Date of Birth: May 1, 1941
Age (2024): 83 years - Nirmala Sitharaman (Union Finance Minister, BJP)
Date of Birth: August 18, 1959
Age (2024): 65 years - Arvind Kejriwal (Former Chief Minister of Delhi, AAP)
Date of Birth: August 16, 1968
Age (2024): 56 years - Yogi Adityanath (Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, BJP)
Date of Birth: June 5, 1972
Age (2024): 52 years - Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister of Maharashtra, BJP)
Date of Birth: July 22, 1970
Age (2024): 54 years - Uddhav Thackeray (Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena)
Date of Birth: July 27, 1960
Age (2024): 64 years - Chandrababu Naidu (13th CM of Andhra Pradesh, TDP)
Date of Birth: April 20, 1950
Age (2024): 74 years - Rajnath Singh (Union Defence Minister, BJP)
Date of Birth: July 10, 1950
Age (2024): 74 years - Nitin Gadkari (Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, BJP)
Date of Birth: May 27, 1957
Age (2024): 67 years - Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Date of Birth: February 15, 1952
Age (2024): 72 years - Lalu Prasad Yadav (Former Bihar CM, RJD)
Date of Birth: June 11, 1948
Age (2024): 76 years - Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Union Minister & longest serving CM of Madhya Pradesh)
Date of Birth: March 5, 1959
Age (2024): 65 years - Dr S. Jaishankar (Union External Affairs Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Gujarat)
Date of Birth: January 9, 1955
Age (2024): 69 years - M. K. Stalin (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, DMK)
Date of Birth: March 1, 1953
Age (2024): 71 years - Sushil Modi (Former Deputy CM of Bihar, BJP)
Date of Birth: January 2, 1952
Age (2024): 72 years - Anumula Revanth Reddy (Chief Minister of Telangana, INC)
Date of Birth: November 8, 1969
Age (2024): 55 years - K. Chandrashekar Rao (Former Chief Minister of Telangana, TRS)
Date of Birth: February 17, 1954
Age (2024): 70 years - P. Chidambaram (Former Union Minister, Congress MP, Rajya Sabha)
Date of Birth: September 16, 1945
Age (2024): 79 years - Pinarayi Vijayan [Chief Minister of Kerala, CPI(M)]
Date of Birth: May 24, 1944
Age (2024): 80 years - Jagan Mohan Reddy (17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress)
Date of Birth: December 21, 1972
Age (2024): 52 years - Vasundhara Raje Scindia (former union minister and first woman CM of Rajasthan)
Date of Birth: March 8, 1953
Age (2024): 71 years - Atishi Marlena (8th Chief Minister of Delhi, AAP)
Date of Birth: June 8, 1981
Age (2024): 43 years - Akhilesh Yadav (20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party)
Date of Birth: July 1, 1973
Age (2024): 51 years - Ajit Pawar (NCP Leader, Deputy CM of Maharashtra)
Date of Birth: July 22, 1959
Age (2024): 65 years - Sitaram Yechury (CPI(M) General Secretary)
Date of Birth: August 12, 1952
Age (2024): 72 years - Eknath Shinde (Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena)
Date of Birth: February 9, 1964
Age (2024): 60 years - Vijay Rupani (Former CM of Gujarat, BJP)
Date of Birth: August 2, 1956
Age (2024): 68 years - Vijay Goel (Former Union Minister, BJP)
Date of Birth: October 15, 1954
Age (2024): 70 years - Jyotiraditya Scindia (Union Civil Aviation Minister, BJP)
Date of Birth: January 1, 1971
Age (2024): 53 years - Shashi Tharoor (Congress MP)
Date of Birth: March 9, 1956
Age (2024): 68 years - Mehbooba Mufti (Former CM of Jammu & Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party)
Date of Birth: May 22, 1959
Age (2024): 65 years - Manohar Lal Khattar (Current Union Minister and former CM of Haryana, BJP)
Date of Birth: May 5, 1954
Age (2024): 70 years - Giriraj Singh (Union Textile Minister, BJP)
Date of Birth: September 8, 1952
Age (2024): 72 years - Jyotiraditya Scindia (Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region)
Date of Birth: January 1, 1971
Age (2024): 53 years - Ashok Gehlot (former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Congress)
Date of Birth: May 3, 1951
Age (2024): 73 years - Bhajan Lal Sharma (14th and current chief minister of Rajasthan)
Date of Birth: December 15, 1966
Age (2024): 58 years - Nayab Singh Saini (Chief Minister of Haryana, BJP)
Date of Birth: January 25, 1970
Age (2024): 54 years - Keshav Prasad Maurya (Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, BJP)
Date of Birth: May 7, 1969
Age (2024): 54 years - Chhagan Bhujbal (former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena)
Date of Birth: October 15, 1947
Age (2024): 77 years - Prakash Karat (CPI(M) Leader)
Date of Birth: February 7, 1948
Age (2024): 76 years - Rajesh Ranjan (Pappu Yadav) (Member of Parliament, RJD)
Date of Birth: December 24, 1967
Age (2024): 57 years - Dharmendra Pradhan (Union Minister of Education, BJP)
Date of Birth: June 26, 1969
Age (2024): 55 years - Piyush Vedprakash Goyal (Union Minister for Commerce and Industry)
Date of Birth: June 13, 1964
Age (2024): 60 years - Ashwini Vaishnaw (Union Minister for Railways)
Date of Birth: July 18, 1970
Age (2024): 54 years - Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Union Minister for Tourism)
Date of Birth: October 3, 1967
Age (2024): 57 years - Dr. Jitendra Singh (Union Minister PMO; Science and Technology)
Date of Birth: November 6, 1956
Age (2024): 68 years - Ghulam Nabi Azad (Former CM of J&K, Democratic Progressive Azad Party)
Date of Birth: March 7, 1949
Age (2024): 75 years - Subramanian Swamy (BJP)
Date of Birth: September 15, 1939
Age (2024): 85 years - Arjun Ram Meghwal (Union minister for Law and Justice)
Date of Birth: December 20, 1953
Age (2024): 71 years - Meenakshi Lekhi (Former Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture)
Date of Birth: April 30, 1967
Age (2024): 57 years - Smriti Irani (former Union Minister for Human Resource Development)
Date of Birth: March 23, 1976
Age (2024): 48 years - Jaya Bachchan née Bhaduri (Rajya Sabha MP, Samajwadi Party)
Date of Birth: April 9, 1948
Age (2024): 76 years - Raghunath Jha (Former Union Minister, RJD)
Date of Birth: January 6, 1946
Age (2024): 78 years - P. K. Kunhalikutty [General Secretary of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)]
Date of Birth: September 6, 1951
Age (2024): 73 years - Manish Sisodia (Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, AAP)
Date of Birth: January 5, 1972
Age (2024): 52 years - E. K. Palaniswami (Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, AIADMK)
Date of Birth: February 12, 1954
Age (2024): 70 years - Subodh Kant Sahay (Former Union Minister, Congress)
Date of Birth: August 22, 1956
Age (2024): 68 years - Jagdambika Pal (Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, BJP)
Date of Birth: February 8, 1947
Age (2024): 77 years - Gen. V K. Singh (Former Union Minister of Defence, BJP)
Date of Birth: June 10, 1950
Age (2024): 74 years - Prakash Javadekar (Former Union Minister, BJP)
Date of Birth: February 30, 1951
Age (2024): 73 years - Uma Bharti (Former Union Minister, BJP)
Date of Birth: May 3, 1959
Age (2024): 65 years - Arvind Sawant (Former Union Minister, Shiv Sena)
Date of Birth: April 14, 1955
Age (2024): 69 years - Anand Sharma (Former Union Minister, Congress)
Date of Birth: January 5, 1950
Age (2024): 74 years - Kumaraswamy H.D. [Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, JD(S)]
Date of Birth: December 16, 1959
Age (2024): 64 years - Sushil Kumar Modi (BJP Leader, Former Deputy CM of Bihar)
Date of Birth: January 2, 1952
Age (2024): 72 years - Anil Deshmukh (Former Home Minister of Maharashtra, NCP)
Date of Birth: June 9, 1950
Age (2024): 74 years - T. R. Baalu (Former Union Minister, Congress)
Date of Birth: December 15, 1949
Age (2024): 75 years - Yashwant Sinha (Former Union Finance Minister, TMC)
Date of Birth: October 6, 1937
Age (2024): 87 years - V. Narayanasamy (Former Chief Minister of Puducherry, Indian National Congress)
Date of Birth: October 14, 1947
Age (2024): 77 years - D. Raja (CPI Leader)
Date of Birth: March 3, 1952
Age (2024): 72 years - Raghubar Das (Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand)
Date of Birth: May 3, 1955
Age (2024): 69 years - Kumaraswamy H.D. (Union Minister & Former CM of Karnataka, JD (Secular)]
Date of Birth: December 16, 1959
Age (2024): 64 years - Anil Deshmukh [Former Home Minister of Maharashtra, NCP (Sharad Pawar)]
Date of Birth: June 9, 1950
Age (2024): 74 years - Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Former Union Minister, Shiromani Akali Dal)
Date of Birth: July 25, 1966
Age (2024): 58 years - Ramesh Chennithala (Former Home Minister of Kerala, Congress)
Date of Birth: May 25, 1953
Age (2024): 71 years - Biplab Kumar Deb (Former Chief Minister of Tripura, BJP)
Date of Birth: November 25, 1971
Age (2024): 53 years - Ashok Chavan (Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Congress)
Date of Birth: October 28, 1958
Age (2024): 66 years - M. K. Alagiri (Former Union Cabinet Minister, DMK)
Date of Birth: January 30, 1950
Age (2024): 74 years - T. Subbarami Reddy (Former Union Minister, Congress)
Date of Birth: February 18, 1943
Age (2024): 81 years - Hema Malini (Member of Parliament, BJP)
Date of Birth: October 16, 1948
Age (2024): 76 years - Shatrughan Sinha (Former Union Minister & Lok Sabha MP, Trinamool Congress)
Date of Birth: December 9, 1945
Age (2024): 78 years - Jitan Ram Manjhi (Former Bihar CM and current Member of Parliament from Gaya)
Date of Birth: October 6, 1944
Age (2024): 80 years
Conclusion:
In India, politics is the only profession which allows people to hold power till as long as they can and wish to do so. This not only leads to nepotism, and uneven distribution of power in the hands of a few political families but also denies a chance for young, and dynamic leaders to emerge.
As India looks toward the future, introduction of age or term limits in Indian politics could ensure that the leadership remains diverse, vibrant, and responsive to the needs of the rapidly changing nation.
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