India, Nov. 30 -- These days, Tejashwi Yadav is the target of intense trolling. Before him, the Hooda family in Haryana and the Thackerays in Maharashtra were subjected to the same treatment. So, is the battle of victory and defeat in electoral politics a tussle between dynasts versus the rest? Absolutely not.

If dynastic politics were the only bane, then Hemant Soren in Jharkhand would have suffered a drubbing as was witnessed in the Maharashtra and Haryana polls. Soren not only bucked incumbency, but his party, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), returned with more seats than earlier. He proved that to win an election, you have to break the strategic contours of your opponent before humbling them.

Taking a leaf out of his opponents' pla...