Going by their success as teachers, civil servants, medical professionals, banking executives, businesspersons and in several other areas where skill matters, there is no logic or rationale for keeping them just as workers when it comes to political leadership and membership in the legislature (from the Parliament to gram panchayats). Some visible progress has been made at the ground level in states such as Kerala. But other considerations weigh when decisions are taken on candidates for state legislatures or the Parliament.  <