Power, they say, is temporary. Yet some ruling party behave as tho they received a life time subscription to governance, complete with automatic renewals and no cancelation option.

The art of letting go is a life skill taught in every aspect of life . Students graduate , students move on ,athletes retire. Business adapt to changing markets. Even sessions know when there time is over. Yet, for some political parties the simple idea of stepping aside seems as revolutionary as discovering fire. One would imagine that after years in power, a government might occasionally glance at the exit door. Instead, many treat elections not as a democratic examination but as a clerical error whenever the results appear unfavorable. Winning is celebrated as the voice of the people losing suddenly becomes a conspiracy worthy of a thousand  investigations.Some governments behave like elections are just yearly performance reviews they are somehow entitled to pass forever. Every victory is celebrated as proof that the people have spoken, but every defeat suddenly becomes suspicious enough to deserve twenty debates and thirty hashtags.

The funniest part is how criticism is treated. Ask a question about unemployment, inflation or broken promises, and suddenly it’s all Nehru’s fault by people who confuse loyalty to a country with loyalty to a party. Matlab “sawal mucho toh dash drohi, talli bajao toh deshbhakt” Apparently patriotism now comes with party membership benefits.

And then there is the obsession with staying relevant forever. Some leaders hold onto power the way people hold onto old WhatsApp chats — even when everyone else has clearly moved on. Instead of accepting that public opinion changes, they prefer acting like democracy itself made a technical error. “Lagta hai kuch nation ne democracy ko free trial samajh liya hai, cancel karne ka option hi nahi dikh rha”. 

Kursi se itna pyaar toh student ko apni attendance se bhi nahi hota.

Political speeches too have become fascinating. The promises grow bigger every year while accountability becomes smaller. Roads remain incomplete, problems remain unsolved, but the slogans arrive perfectly on time with cinematic background music and dramatic pauses. “Kaam kam, advertisement zyada” has become the unofficial development model.

At some point, governments must understand that ruling a country is not the same as owning it. Public office is supposed to be temporary responsibility, not a permanent seat reservation. Democracy only works properly when leaders remember that voters gave them power temporarily — not as a family inheritance. “Yeh government hai, ancestral property nahi.”

Because in the end, the art of letting go is not just a life lesson. For some politicians, it may be the only lesson left to learn.