In as many as nine states of the country assembly elections will be conducted this year, which is being considered as semi final of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The elections in these states will be crucial as it will reveal which party will rule the country. The question is being asked will Narendra Modi become Prime Minister of India. The other question being asked concerns leadership quality of Rahul Gandhi. While Narendra Modi had admitted to some of his close confidantes that he would not run for New Delhi, Rahul, who is projected as Prime Ministerial candidate of the Congress party is busy making ground work for strengthening Congress party at grass root level to make solid foundation. There lies the difference between Rahul and Narendra Modi. No Congressman will be able to say no the projection of Rahul as Prime Ministerial candidate. But in the case of Narendra Modi even the strong ally of BJP in the NDA Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who represents JD(U) had reserved his stand on the leadership issue. He had boldly stated that Modi cannot be the collective choice of NDA. Imminent fragmentation of NDA appears in the event of his projection as Prime Ministerial candidate. It might be for these reasons that Modi took the ultimate decision not to make himself available for the race. BJP was rejected in the past by voters for failing to serve the nation. Not for the wrong choice of leadership. Leadership is internal matter of the political party. If BJP thinks it will attract voters on its fold by projecting Modi as its candidate for the top executive post, the party is ill-advised. Modi’s working style in Gujarat, which is marked by hate and hatred campaign against a community has earned the wrath of a community. Even Lal Kishen Advani, who was looked with suspicion by the same minority community, is better placed than Modi. All of sudden Advani was suppressed as second rung leader of the party a disgrace shown to a great leader, who missed the chance of becoming the Prime Minister of the country by a whisker. That chance will not come to him again. Moreover BJP is in disarray in many states of the country. Karnataka a BJP stronghold will have the votes eaten by Yedyurappa’s party. The possibility of Yedyurappa team going to BJP is also remote. AIADMK considered as an ally of BJP too have taken a stand to go alone in the elections. There is no state in the South where BJP will do well. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will go polls. These two states had rejected BJP Government in the past. BJP will face similar rejection. All that is happening in these two states reveal that. Therefore the need of the hour is focussing on the activities of the political parties. Leadership issue must come later. Talking about leadership issue ahead of elections will be tantamount to putting the cart before the horse. Serious politicians refuse to talk about leadership issue. Such talk should be reserved for the laymen. Shaped by their superficial thinking they question Congress icon Rahul’s leadership quality. They have not learnt anything. They will not know anything.
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