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India's Best Chief Ministers are All Non-Congress |
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by Dr. Subhash Kapila |
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The bleak political landscape that the Indian Republic presents in terms of misgovernance and unprecedented corruption that has become all pervasive under the present regime set me thinking of political alternatives in terms of India’s next Prime Minister. The Congress Party does not present any personality to foot the bill of leading India out of its present murky political swamp. I then found that surveying the list of Chief Ministers of States who have provided good governance in their States and were politically tall as leaders were all from Non-Congress political parties. One hopes that at least one of these emerges as Prime Minister of India.
The best Chief Ministers of States that figure in my list are Narendra Modi of Gujarat; Ms Jayalalitha of Tamilnadu; Navin Patnaik of Odisha; and Nitish Kumar of Bihar; all in the order named. The BJP Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi despite his demonization by the Congress hierarchy and their pseudo-secularist allies relying for political survival on minority vote banks, has provided effective governance and development of Gujarat for two successive political terms and may head the third. With tremendous drive, determination and political overdrive he has made Gujarat the favourite destination of investors both Indian and foreign. The Tamilnadu Chief Minister Ms Jayalalitha impresses me as a Chief Minister with political drive and effective leadership qualities. What has impressed me most about her are her grasp and articulation of crucial Indian national security issues and foreign policy issues. Watching her on a number of TV shows expressing her views on such crucial issues extempore and unaided by any written notes demonstrated her keen interest on issues that vitally affect India’s national security. The Odisha Chief Minister Navin Patnaik is already in his second term as Chief Minister of his State. His two terms as Chief Minister have been free from political controversies and he has nurtured a couple of young MPs in the Parliament who are equally impressive and articulate. He is suave and presents a quiet and dignified personality which stands out in sharp contrast to the Congress hierarchy. The Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has had stints as a Central Minister and is now in his second term as Chief Minister of Bihar. He has uplifted Bihar’s governance and economic development after fifteen years of neglect. What goes against him is his overplaying the pseudo-secularism card on the lines of the Congress and its like-minded allies. This combined with his unremitting political hostility to Gujarat Chief Minister Naraendra Modi as prime ministerial case weakens his image as pandering to the Indian Muslim vote. India is currently in a state of acute political flux and no one knows where it is headed politically. Notwithstanding that I would still bet on the list of Chief Ministers of States notes as they are the best Chief Ministers in India and rather intriguingly all happen to be Non-Congress Chief Ministers and all are second-time Chief Ministers in the period that the Congress Government ruled the Centre. |
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