"If leadership serves only the
leader, it will fail. Ego satisfaction, financial gain, and status can all be
valuable tools for a leader, but if they become the only motivations, they will
eventually destroy a leader. Only when service for a common good is the primary
purpose are you truly leading." - Sheila Murray Bethel
Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy needs no introduction. He is the son of late Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy,
the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh who died in helicopter crash. Y.S.Rajasekhara
Reddy is popularly known as YSR, and affectionately called ‘Raajanna’ by the
people, and he enjoyed great support from the people of Andhra Pradesh (AP) as
he championed for the cause of farmers. After his death the state of Andhra
Pradesh plunged into several crises including Telangana movement due to the
leadership vacuum.
Jagan aspired to become the Chief
Minister of Andhra Pradesh after untimely death of his father. The Congress High Command led by Sonia Gandhi
did not appoint him as the chief minister.
Jagan founded YSR Congress Party and took some of ruling Congress MLAs
and MPs from Andhra Pradesh to New Delhi, and paraded their support to him to
Sonia Gandhi as a show of strength, and declared that Congress Govt. in Andhra
Pradesh survived on his mercy. Subsequently
the gap between the Sonia Gandhi and the Jagan widened further resulting in ego
clashes.
It is not fair on the part of Jagan to
stake his claim to become the chief minister as we are in democracy, not in
dynastic era. Sonia Gandhi did not
appoint her son, Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Minster although Congress formed coalition
government at the centre twice. She
wanted Rahul to gain experience first to become the Prime Minister. When she did not allow her own son to become
the Prime Minister of this country, how can she allow Jagan to become the Chief
Minister of Andhra Pradesh? Jagan should
have waited with patience for some more time by staying within the Congress
party to gain experience and stake his claim to the post of chief minister.
With the arrest of Jagan on various
corruption charges, there is a political turmoil in Andhra Pradesh and the
people are watching closely, and will declare their verdict in the ensuing by
polls. Jagan also hit national headlines.
He has been fixed tightly by his political opponents, and partly he
himself was responsible for the present scenario. It appears that Jagan has been trapped in
Chakravyuh (Padmavyuh) and everyone is watching whether he will die like
Abhimanyu or come out with flying colors like Arjun. Either way Jagan becomes a hero.
Sonia Gandhi must realize that the
more she troubles Jagan, the more troubles she will encounter in future for her
Congress party in Andhra Pradesh. And
Jagan will enjoy more sympathy and popularity among the people. Hence, she should learn lessons quickly
without any false-ego, and take appropriate measures to recover her party’s
image in the state. Sonia should buy
peace with Jagan rather than antagonize him and the people who sympathize with
him. There must be a win-win solution for both Sonia and Jagan.
The present scenario looks like YSR
was Arjun, and Jagan is Abhimanyu. If
Jagan has to become another Arjun, he needs intellectual and expert advice from
a mentor like Lord Krishna to accomplish his political ambitions.
In any democracy it is the people who
are the Gods. They are more mature and intelligent,
and are the final judges. They will
decide the destiny of the leaders. They are intelligent enough to understand the
ego clashes between the Sonia and the Jagan.
It all appears like David vs. Goliath.
Let us wait and watch whether Jagan will become another David.
“You don't have to hold a position in
order to be a leader.” - Anthony J. D'Angelo
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