Thursday, March 27, 2014

Why I trust the Leadership of Narendra Modi ?

Although ‘Leadership’ has been defined many ways but the simplest one is :  “Leadership is a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task ’.  Fiedler contingency model given by Fred Feidler defines two types of leader : those who tend to accomplish the task by developing good relationships with the group (relationship-oriented), and those who have as their prime concern carrying out the task itself (task-oriented). Narendra Modi falls in the latter category. A man who believes in India first & whose single point agenda is development and has Arjuna like focus – the ability to block out all distraction & the determination to achieve his goals.

Why I have immense faith in the Leadership of Shri Narendra Modi ?        

  • ·      Leadership is all about taking bold & prudent decisions keeping in mind  the long term goals of the Nation/organisation. It is certainly not about playing the victim card like Arvind Kejriwal & Rahul Gandhi  in order to garner sympathy votes.  Modi always talks about his work  & not about his Grandmother/Father like the Gandhi scion. He wants to be judged  purely on the basis of his work & not on the basis of his lineage.
  • ·         Narendra Modi has been the victim of the longest running defamation campaign in India’s political history . Despite hate-mongering by the media, Modi  continues to attract people because of his development agenda. Narendra  Modi  despite being hounded by hostile Media for so many years never threatened to send media people to  Jail like the very ‘special’ Aam Aadmi Arvind Kejriwal . And no need to mention the emergency era under congress where all civic liberties were curbed.
  • ·         Modi has single-handedly changed the political discourse of India from Caste/Secularism to Development  (the manifestoes of all political parties for Gujarat elections are a testimony to this fact ) .This is a major paradigm shift from the Nehruvian/socialist/leftist stance thrust upon the nation since Independence. Instead of voting the caste people will cast their vote based on performance & track record .
  • ·         Like a true leader, Narendra Modi has the ability to take decisions with certain ruthlessness necessary for beating down vested interests without submitting to any act of dissent. He has the ability to revive the fortunes of BJP by cutting down the dead wood without giving much importance to the tantrums of sulking old guard.
  • ·         He doesn’t believe in tokenism like praising Jinnah , wearing  skull cap or splashing  his pictures of  Iftar party unlike many ‘Sickulars’  to prove his secular credentials or doling out extra ordinary appeasement to garner votes . He does not believe in politics of communal appeasement  & has focussed only on mass prosperity  and equality . This is a paradigm shift from the pre-dominant  politics of  keeping India fractured on communal lines.
  • ·         Narendra  Modi has a single point agenda – Development for all & appeasement of  none. Free laptops & other freebies do not fall under his scheme of things . He believes in liberal policies, economic freedom, creating  job opportunities as a means to achieve mass prosperity .
  • ·   Narendra  Modi has a tough stand on National  security. He can single-handedly  tackle the sinister forces who with their nefarious designs  have tried to challenge the sovereignty of India time and again. We have paid the price of having a weak govt. at the centre. When asked to crawl he does not even bend  and such leader can surely protect the interests of our Nation.

The above factors convey only one thing – Narendra  Modi is the only alternative .