Waiting for the Leaders

India has been waiting for the younger generation of political leaders to take over the mantle from the seniors and lead from the front, the wait is getting longer. The number of young legislators is progressively increasing along with a good mix of diversity but what we are seeing is deafening silence from the young legislators on issues of national importance. None of them have spoken anything significant either on matters of policy, current political situation, current national issues.

It was expected that the younger leaders would be progressive, will be above party lines on crucial issues, be vocal and would stand against the debilitating ailments affecting our society (corruption, under- development etc). Alas it seems we have expected too much. We have ended up with a bunch that is playing shadows to their seniors.

The person who has the pole position Rahul Gandhi himself is delivering sweet nothings for years now. Except for his pitch on the state of women like Kalavati during the nuclear debate his performance in and out outside parliament has been pedestrian. With such an influence he could have driven the national debate on many issues. Unfortunately his views on corruption, ongoing scams, Kashmir etc are not clear. He has a definite shot at the premier ship of the country and hence has to shed his shyness and speak up. The country is waiting for him to come of age.

Omar Abdullah has almost been a disaster but looks like he has pulled back, but again he has done nothing special or think differently to solve the Kashmir imbroglio. One expected he talks more about development, employment, diplomacy etc, he is getting caught in the political wrangling that is consuming his attention. He needs to lead from the front and by example to get the Kashmirie’s on his side. Need new ideas from you Omar, the nation is waiting for a leader to decisively move the Kashmir issue to India’s favor.

Not seen much from the rest of the younger lot on any path breaking policy or other initiatives Sachin Pilot, Jyothiraditya, Agatha Sangma, and Jitin Prasada etc.
The wait for young India to take over is getting longer.