Growing larger than life size is a forbidden and unwritten law in contemporary politics and anybody who dares to defy this law is immediately cut to size.
Indian political history is replete with hundreds of leaders who tried to grew more than their size but were pulled the rug from under their's feet. From the time of Nehru-Indira to "saint" Modi, this unwritten law is religiously honored. One should feel pity for BJP tall leader Rajnath Singh and Congress maverick cricketer turned leader Navjot Singh Sidhu for discarding the rule and now being cut to the size.
There cannot be too many strong personalities leading a ruling party . From Xi Jinping Of China, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, all follow this dictum. Surely, Prime Minister Modi also knew it very well.
So after the emergence of Modi as the supreme commander, cutting leaders like Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Sawaraj down to the size was a natural corollary. It is said power doesn't come without luck. Party long time ideologue (from ABVP) and troubleshooter Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj deteriorating health proved blessing in disguise to Anit Shah, Now only, younger seniors like Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari were left in the field after party bigwigs like LK Advani, MM Joshi, Shanta Kumar were long time back made submit to strategically worked out age bar rule.
Now Amit Shah has grown larger than Rajnath Singh and all others. He has vastly succeeded as organisational head and nothing succeeds like success. In the new dispensation, prime minister Modi's Man Friday Amit Shah is the real 'Bhamashah.
So far so good. As the Modi-Shah duo leads the country, a new chapter is going to be scripted in political history. In Modi-Shah double,there is hardly any space for other leader including Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari. The configuration of the power dispensation clearly shows that Amit Shah is going to be the chief architect of PM Modi's 'New India'political and economic arenas. For the country's fast growth, it will be too fruitful but at the same time there is a danger that "absolute power" lead to authoritarian rule. This is the real danger.
For Congress, there is hardly any hope of rejuvenation. The morale of the party is at the lowest eb and infighting at its peak. The " leadership void" has left party in an orphanage mode. State leaders are ferociously indulging in "Cat and Dog" fight and its free for all. In Punjab, chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh has emerged as all powerful and Navjot Sidhu has paid the price for growing larger in size, If h wants to remain "fit and steady" in politics, he must follow the unwritten rules.
Indian political history is replete with hundreds of leaders who tried to grew more than their size but were pulled the rug from under their's feet. From the time of Nehru-Indira to "saint" Modi, this unwritten law is religiously honored. One should feel pity for BJP tall leader Rajnath Singh and Congress maverick cricketer turned leader Navjot Singh Sidhu for discarding the rule and now being cut to the size.
There cannot be too many strong personalities leading a ruling party . From Xi Jinping Of China, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, all follow this dictum. Surely, Prime Minister Modi also knew it very well.
So after the emergence of Modi as the supreme commander, cutting leaders like Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Sawaraj down to the size was a natural corollary. It is said power doesn't come without luck. Party long time ideologue (from ABVP) and troubleshooter Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj deteriorating health proved blessing in disguise to Anit Shah, Now only, younger seniors like Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari were left in the field after party bigwigs like LK Advani, MM Joshi, Shanta Kumar were long time back made submit to strategically worked out age bar rule.
Now Amit Shah has grown larger than Rajnath Singh and all others. He has vastly succeeded as organisational head and nothing succeeds like success. In the new dispensation, prime minister Modi's Man Friday Amit Shah is the real 'Bhamashah.
So far so good. As the Modi-Shah duo leads the country, a new chapter is going to be scripted in political history. In Modi-Shah double,there is hardly any space for other leader including Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari. The configuration of the power dispensation clearly shows that Amit Shah is going to be the chief architect of PM Modi's 'New India'political and economic arenas. For the country's fast growth, it will be too fruitful but at the same time there is a danger that "absolute power" lead to authoritarian rule. This is the real danger.
For Congress, there is hardly any hope of rejuvenation. The morale of the party is at the lowest eb and infighting at its peak. The " leadership void" has left party in an orphanage mode. State leaders are ferociously indulging in "Cat and Dog" fight and its free for all. In Punjab, chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh has emerged as all powerful and Navjot Sidhu has paid the price for growing larger in size, If h wants to remain "fit and steady" in politics, he must follow the unwritten rules.