The State assembly elections are just around the corner. There are numerous people organizing big launching events to declare their candidature for the Member of Legislative Assembly in the State. The laymen are confused and even the candidates themselves are confused. A glaring example is the majority of candidates declaring themselves are seemingly BJP candidates and interestingly the constituency’s sitting legislature is also BJP MLA. The Banners they put on consist of all rank and files of party bosses with their signature pose of holding hands at the center with a large front. Some of them went to an extend wearing saffron cloths to match to their party bosses clothing. The state youths including the student representative of socially mandated social forums are trumpeting their own candidates, whereas this handful of youths become strong critics of the party from where their candidate is begging for the party ticket. Especially with the issue of PRC and CAB. The youths of the state seems like BJP should not come to power in the state. But these confused social media warriors seem to be a hypocrite when they support a candidate of the Party whom they condemn tooth and nail in the social media and in peer groups. Actually like the Politicians of the State, these groups of young minds are also confused with their ideologies or have got no ideology. They speak, write or criticize when they see people around doing so. It is not by their own thoughts or conviction of ideas or ideology. Bottom line is Arunachal Pradesh and its people flows with the flow. It doesn’t resist actually.
Nevertheless, India is the largest democratic country and to add on it Arunachal is a land of Khusi-Khusi, Your honour has nothing to say on this. On a serious note, Arunachal today needs a “Leader”, not a “Politician”. As I say this, I know your eyebrows will be frown and this time every son of the soil is a political Pandit in the state. So you will have your own definition that will suit well to your politician as a true leader. I don’t care what you define or how you define.
One of the greatest leader and anti-apartheid Icon Nelson Mandela said the following quotes about leadership.
“Real Leaders must be able to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people”
No matter what your personal thoughts are of Nelson Mandela, I think the overall feeling we can all agree upon is that he left a grand legacy of Leadership. In saying so we really need great leaders in our area, a leader who can sacrifice and be an inspiration for all his people.
In the journey of this democratic process of electing our lead man, many have come and many have gone and at large we have witnessed a lot of political drama in the state. Therefore through my observations, I make three Categories of Pseudo Leaders. Though politicians of our state aren’t attached to a party because of their ideologies, there are worse people present in our system wooing for MLA.
They are
1. Who dropped/ will drop their candidature if ruling party ticket is not given: To be clear this group of People aren’t leaders, they are the ‘Politicians’, they are an opportunist, hypocrite pseudo leaders who will leave their foot soldiers in the midst of the Election. In this 2019 assembly elections, it will be interesting to watch how many of the declaring candidates will drop if he/she will not get BJP ticket. All their trumpeting speeches will be forgotten by the public too. 2. Who declares candidate for a bargaining point, this category of Politicians knows that he/she will never be elected but has got clan/villages with him. This is neither because of their sheer dire to serve the people nor are they serious of their candidature. This is just in case he can bargain or compromise with anyone more powerful than him in terms of financial superiority.
3. Third categories are politicians who actually don’t aim to be MLA, they along with category 2 aims for Chairman of a Department. Their point of compromise comes to the post of Chairman/Chairperson.
Your's truely would give a statutory notice that many of present sitting Chairman/Chairpersons of various government enterprises/departments were once an MLA aspirant and not all, I repeat that not all of them, were MLA aspirant. The Supporters of various leaders have come up with their own justifications to prove that their candidate as true leaders, well that’s great of a worker.
But the truth is: this is how we support candidates and paint them true leaders.
For us
1. A tender must be given to any of my family members: he is a true leader
2. A job that too regular/ WC (remember in Govt. Department) must be given to any of my family members: he is a true leader.
3. I must be given importance at all levels, (attend me whenever I call or whenever I come etc): he is a true leader
Anyone who has got no ‘personal favor’ from an MLA is sure to go against him/her. Especially a group of people who calls themselves as ‘intellectual’ or ‘elite’. God knows what makes them that class. Majority of our Politicians neither have ideology nor does the voters. We don’t go by ‘issue-based’ politics, we go by clannish, and regionalism based politics. We don’t elect leaders, we elect politicians. And to all those class of intellectuals and elite, please make sure you elect a leader, not a politician
An opportunist, only a ruling party ticket seeker, and an irresponsible leader is a Politician, and a person who is responsible for his people, for his community and a very responsible Politician is a true leader.
Hopefully, Arunachal Pradesh will get true leaders this 2019, whose leadership will serve this motherland and make it prosperous in all front.
