Mayavathi UP Chief Minister
MayawatiMayawati, Chief Minister of UP, A new champion of communal harmony Against this background, I am not surprised to see the sheepish pronouncement of our servile and surrogate Prime Minister made in Delhi yesterday to the following effect: 'If there are ideas about the problems faced by poor children from 'OTHER' sections of the community, they should also be taken on board. I welcome the comments of UP Chief Minister Mayawati that the poor among the forward castes and communities deserved the benefit of affirmative action'. Since Mayawati's political strategy of accommodating all communities including the forward communities in her political band wagon has helped her to sweep the elections in UP, the Congress Party now finds itself cornered. Consequently Sonia has chosen Manmohan Singh as a special scape goat for making this new Congress announcement about its new concession to the forward communities! The common people of Punjab, Uttaranchal, UP and Union Territory of Delhi have come to truly understand the fraudulently romantic love message of Sonia Congress Party: 'Learn to lie loveless upon our faithless arms!' Consequently the people in those States have given a fitting electoral reply to the Servants of Sonia Society (SOSS), called the Congress Party. SOSS is by no means a Servants of India Party, started by the great Gopala Krishna Gokhale in 1905.
By bringing the Dalits, Backward Classes and the so called Forward Communities in UP, Mayawati has demonstrated that social elements hitherto considered as totally irreconcilable in the world of electoral politics, are not only reconcilable but also malleable, blendable, usable and in the ultimate analysis winnable. In a brilliant political move, she has brought the socially, economically, and culturally deprived and isolated Dalits on the one hand and the politically marginalised and deliberately 'made' irrelevant Forward Communities on the other. In my view she has achieved a total revolution 'political, social and cultural' in one stroke. She has also sent a signal to all the Dalits in India to the effect that they should realize that they have been oppressed to a greater extent by the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) than by the Forward Communities (FCs) for centuries.
Many of the politicians like Mulayam Singh Yadav and Sonia Gandhi who have been totally defeated by Mayawati today would now cheaply try to bring the charge of political inconsistency against her. In this context, I am reminded of the following observations of Sir Winston Churchill, in his brilliant essay titled 'Consistency in Politics': 'A distinction should be drawn at the outset between two kinds of political inconsistency. First, a Statesman in contact with the moving current of events and anxious to keep the ship on an even keel and steer a steady course may lean all his weight now on one side and now on the other. His arguments in each case when contrasted can be shown to be not only very different in character, but contradictory in spirit and opposite in direction; yet his object will throughout have remained the same. His resolve, his wishes, his outlook may have been unchanged; his methods may be verbally irreconcilable. We cannot call this inconsistent. The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose'. A Statesman should always try to do what he believes is best in a long view for his country, and he should not be dissuaded from so acting by having to divorce himself from a great body of doctrine to which he formerly sincerely adhered'.
Applying the above yardstick of Sir Winston Churchill, Mayawati has not been inconsistent. She has acted like a great Statesman. I consider her as a great leader from the Dalit Community. Her original leadership is a unique form of art, marked by extra-ordinary force and clairvoyant vision. Her political opponents in the recent Assembly Elections like Mulayam Singh Yadav, Salman Kurshid and Rajnath Singh functioned like 'efficient' corporate managers and in the process missed their mark. Efficient management is one thing. Inspiring leadership is another. As Warren G Bennis of the University of Southern California's Business school puts it: 'Managers have as their goal to do things right. Leaders have as their goal to do the right thing'. Mayawati did the right thing as a great leader and triumphed over her opponents with a contemptuous glee.
In the footsteps of great leaders, we hear the rolling thunder of history. Throughout the centuries from the ancient Greeks, through Shakespeare, to the present day, few subjects have proved more perennially fascinating to dramatists, historians and journalists alike than the character of great leaders. What sets them apart? What accounts for that particular, indefinable electricity that exists between the leader and the led? These fascinating and exciting questions will continue to be asked century after century in the future.
By bringing the Dalits, Backward Classes and the so called Forward Communities in UP, Mayawati has demonstrated that social elements hitherto considered as totally irreconcilable in the world of electoral politics, are not only reconcilable but also malleable, blendable, usable and in the ultimate analysis winnable. In a brilliant political move, she has brought the socially, economically, and culturally deprived and isolated Dalits on the one hand and the politically marginalised and deliberately 'made' irrelevant Forward Communities on the other. In my view she has achieved a total revolution 'political, social and cultural' in one stroke. She has also sent a signal to all the Dalits in India to the effect that they should realize that they have been oppressed to a greater extent by the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) than by the Forward Communities (FCs) for centuries.
Many of the politicians like Mulayam Singh Yadav and Sonia Gandhi who have been totally defeated by Mayawati today would now cheaply try to bring the charge of political inconsistency against her. In this context, I am reminded of the following observations of Sir Winston Churchill, in his brilliant essay titled 'Consistency in Politics': 'A distinction should be drawn at the outset between two kinds of political inconsistency. First, a Statesman in contact with the moving current of events and anxious to keep the ship on an even keel and steer a steady course may lean all his weight now on one side and now on the other. His arguments in each case when contrasted can be shown to be not only very different in character, but contradictory in spirit and opposite in direction; yet his object will throughout have remained the same. His resolve, his wishes, his outlook may have been unchanged; his methods may be verbally irreconcilable. We cannot call this inconsistent. The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose'. A Statesman should always try to do what he believes is best in a long view for his country, and he should not be dissuaded from so acting by having to divorce himself from a great body of doctrine to which he formerly sincerely adhered'.
Applying the above yardstick of Sir Winston Churchill, Mayawati has not been inconsistent. She has acted like a great Statesman. I consider her as a great leader from the Dalit Community. Her original leadership is a unique form of art, marked by extra-ordinary force and clairvoyant vision. Her political opponents in the recent Assembly Elections like Mulayam Singh Yadav, Salman Kurshid and Rajnath Singh functioned like 'efficient' corporate managers and in the process missed their mark. Efficient management is one thing. Inspiring leadership is another. As Warren G Bennis of the University of Southern California's Business school puts it: 'Managers have as their goal to do things right. Leaders have as their goal to do the right thing'. Mayawati did the right thing as a great leader and triumphed over her opponents with a contemptuous glee.
In the footsteps of great leaders, we hear the rolling thunder of history. Throughout the centuries from the ancient Greeks, through Shakespeare, to the present day, few subjects have proved more perennially fascinating to dramatists, historians and journalists alike than the character of great leaders. What sets them apart? What accounts for that particular, indefinable electricity that exists between the leader and the led? These fascinating and exciting questions will continue to be asked century after century in the future.
Jaya Lalitha
Jaya Lalitha Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha, the most powerful stalwarts have to face ups and downs in life.
Born on February 24, 1948, Jayalalitha's destiny has chartered a most spectacular and turbulent course, leaving behind a legacy of controversy. Born on a Poornima day when Aries was rising, she has all the qualities of a fiery leader who inspires blind loyalty and revels in praise and sycophancy.
She could have serious health problems and may be asked by the courts to pay some substantial dues/damages. This will result in financial strain. Her card speaks of her stubborn and out-spoken nature. With no control over the tongue; moreover she is conceited too. Her card reveals that she is a selfish leader and seeks only personal benefit in everything. She's an individual who lives only for herself, with absolutely no thought for others.
Born on February 24, 1948, Jayalalitha's destiny has chartered a most spectacular and turbulent course, leaving behind a legacy of controversy. Born on a Poornima day when Aries was rising, she has all the qualities of a fiery leader who inspires blind loyalty and revels in praise and sycophancy.
She could have serious health problems and may be asked by the courts to pay some substantial dues/damages. This will result in financial strain. Her card speaks of her stubborn and out-spoken nature. With no control over the tongue; moreover she is conceited too. Her card reveals that she is a selfish leader and seeks only personal benefit in everything. She's an individual who lives only for herself, with absolutely no thought for others.
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