Not all politicians are born to be great orators. Like his father Rishang Keishing, who could carry the masses according to his sway with his oratory skill Victor Keishing is also going to be a good orator. The speech made by him at the youth leadership training camp of the Manipur Pradesh Youth Congress Committee held at the Congress Bhavan coinciding with the national rededication day held to observe the death anniversary of Indira Gandhi was really enjoyable to hear. He smiled while speaking. When the situation demanded to establish eye contact with the crowd he did it albeit by raising the right hand. The leaders, who look directly to the crowd without body movement expose themselves. No listener can establish eye contact with the speaker. When the listeners look to the speaker what they see will be only the eyes of the speaker. The manner with which Keishing addressed the crowd was interesting to see. He will be star speaker in the years to come. My simple thinking is he will draw crowd as his father did when he made electioneering speech. He can also be groomed up to lead Congress party in Manipur. In just two sentences he could describe the importance of being a Congressman. He said, none others get the opportunity to shoulder the nation building responsibility just as a Congress man is doing. Appealing to the participants of the training camp he also said whatever you are doing will have telling effect on the leadership of Chief Minister O. Ibobi in Manipur and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohon at the centre. If you are doing something good for the society it will boost up image of the Congress Government, which may turn around if you indulge in irresponsible thing. His speech reflected the party discipline which he has intended to carry as long as in he is in the electoral politics. The other young leaders in Congress party have one or two lessons to learn from him. But to be a good speaker is not an easy task. One must read lots of book and newspapers and current topics should be on the finger tips. When Vivekananda addressed Chicago conference when he was 23 years old he could speak of the enormous responsibility one upholds in making world peace. Victor Keishing has inherited a big legacy from his big father. He has benefited from being born in a big political family. The speech made by other leaders at the camp was boring. Some ridiculed even the youth congress workers. Some others ridiculed the tendency to enter Congress party. As the speeches made by the leaders were telecast live via ISTV one could hear all that had been uttered. Some revealed the frustrations. Some others gave lots of advices without knowing who would take it. One speaker directly appealed to the workers to criticise the policies and programmes of the Congress party. They shouted as if they were confronting with enemies when lowly uttered words could be heard loudly. The time has come for giving training to the speakers of the Congress party. They speak without knowing Congress philosophies mean to them.
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