POLITICS : A CAREER AND GOAL

Another election had been scheduled, organised and results are declared. The associated campaigning by various parties made us aware of many issues that had gathered dust over the years and also re-iterated the burning issues while hiding some skeletons inside the party’s / candidate’s  cupboard. However the one character that remains unchanged over the years is the protagonist in this entire exercise- the common masses. Yes, even after being aware of the lacunae prevailing in our electoral process, we Indians prefer the cosiness of our drawing room to only criticize the political parties, the candidates/politicians, and the entire system of which we are also a part, choosing to turn a blind eye to the role (rather not played) by us to change our government for the better. As a citizen of the largest and oldest democratic nations in the world, we are discharging the duties and responsibilities expected of us in the present to carry forward our healthy legacy in the future?.

                                                       

For a young nation, both in terms of gaining independence and as well as our young populations, it would be difficult to find a handful of people whose icon is any of our present day politicians or ministers. It is said that if in an organization, the boss is intelligent and dedicated but his colleagues intelligence is average, then the organization would be rated as intelligent and dedicated. A capable captain of a ship can steer his vessel to safety across many stormy seas. But it is also up to his crew members to alert him and support him during the journey as he is one of them.

Politicians are ultimately the leaders of our system. We need to generate awareness in horizontal and vertical direction about the issues facing the heterogeneous voters of our country. Most strategic role is played by the majority in a democracy, who are poor citizens here as a substantial percentage of India’s population still lives below poverty line. And if we see in the other side, there we find that the non political leaders  like religious leaders, panchayat members, teachers etc. organize gatherings of a particular groups at a place, discuss and educate  the rural folks about the merits and demerits of the candidates in fray as well as the political parties in the reckoning.

    

I believe that if we take certain steps in this regard, we are bound to reap rich fruits after a few years. Generally if we interact with the students of classes XII, X or any other higher classes throughout India about their chosen life’s goal or professional pursuits , the most common answers we receive mostly from the brilliant students are doctors, engineers, bureaucrats, scientists, Managerial besides the blue-collared jobs. These are the gifted students, whose presence happen to be the source of intellectual activities, unpolished gem of spreading the school name and fame far and wide in a number of inter school competitions, source of inspiration for others – juniors as well as class mates. These students will mostly crown with success in   the pursuit of their aspirations.

However, the backbenchers, truant students, and those faced very  difficulty  in passing all the subjects in exam  and have no say at all in the functioning, activities of the school but become decision maker in the later part of their life for the whole area or state. These students get involved in local bodies organization and associations affiliated to or supported by political parties. Their years of loyalty are finally rewarded with a ticket for the poll as per their money and muscle power. If he does not win then it is well and good but another person of his level will become winner, and if he wins then whom he is going to rule, those meritorious students in front of whom he never had an opinion.

Then definitely after having talented person in almost all the field the net result will be zero because the big boss has no idea of any policies for the betterment of mankind and his state.

Some months earlier I was watching a T.V. show in one of the private channel s of Assam where the people from reputed educational institutions were the guests and the point of discussion was “Politics and Politicians”. Guests put forwarded that there need to be training for long months /years before getting the election ticket, they had also cited the examples of  INFOSYS and some other  leading multinational companies where they train first,  then they recruit.   

                                                              But the question here whom we will train? The brilliant and meritorious students never set their goal to become politician, then who are left? Then what need to be our steps? I think a career is needed in Politics, just like – MBBS, BDS, BE, Management, MSc, Agriculture, Fashion design etc. in the same way a gradation course in politics is very much needed now. I should not be mistaken with the subject like Political Science. The course in Politics needs to be practical oriented, where the students will know the policies of their state and Nation. The students need to go for survey, project; they need to find out economics and geographical relations to the policies, burning problems of the state etc. All these things they need to design during the course of study. The subject Politics need to have master degree and PhD. There need to be medals and awards for the outstanding performance in all the categories . These medals and certificates would be the criteria for them to get selection in any political party. Instead of putting too much stress in IITs we need to create an environment for the gifted children in Politics. Another thing to ponder is, how many IITs pass out remains in India after completing their studies.

Now the common people like us will judge our candidate based on their character, family background and his achievement during the course study, research and his relationship with the common people and definitely the personal goal  of the candidate. These information need to be so much transparent that even uneducated, downtrodden can understand and accordingly a leader would be created.

This definitely will take time but years to come we will working under an able leader, who would think less about himself and more about the development of his state and Nation.

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