An Ode to Advani - Great Leader, Team Player and an Inspiration to the Youth
by Rajat Mahajan
Lal Krishan Advani is the NDA’s Prime Ministerial candidate not just because he is the tallest leader in BJP but also because he is revered by his allies.
Who ever works closely with Advaniji gets to know his personality and becomes a close ally, friend and follower. And the BJP’s allies, who have got to know the leader during the last 11 years, are no exception to this rule,
A potent example of this is the comments made by The All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders after meeting the BJP stalwart in January, 2004.
After meeting with Advani for more than two hours, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Moulvi Abbas Ansari told a news website he had confidence in the leader.
“Advani showed great sincerity during his talks with our delegation,” Mr Ansari said. “He wants to solve the Kashmir issue and create conditions favourable to carry on a dialogue.”
Further, they went on record to say that they had misconception about Advaniji’s personality.
This misconception is created by the media and to some extent by the political parties who lack ideology, vision and character to match this man’s stature.
I wish to analyze an important virtue of a person - Being a leader as well as a great team player.
One of the attributes which make Advani a great leader is his belief in the democratic process.
This is signified by his ability to respect the wishes of the majority, even while disagreeing with the decision at times.
Whenever he was assigned any task, he made his mark by taking landmark decisions and effective actions. During his many stints as the BJP party President he delivered exceptional results which made the organization stronger.
Advani is a strategic thinker who groomed a second line of leadership with an eye to the future as well as managed to increase the party’s seats in the parliament.
His vision and skills as an administrator were highlighted during his tenure as the Information and Broadcasting Minister in Morarji Desai’s 1976 Government, as Home Minister in 2004 and Deputy Prime Minister in Atal Behari Vajpayee’s Government in 2002.
Advani was the architect of the party’s resounding victory in 1998 & 1999; it was only after his Somnath-Ayodhya Rath Yatra that the BJP became a National Party.
History will remember the more than five decades relationship of Atal-Advani as a one off example of a long association of two leaders of almost equal stature.
One was initially more popular among masses the other was effective in organizing. There are no other such examples in Indian politics.
But for the media speculation fueled by opposition parties, none of the two leaders ever spoke a word against each other. In fact, Advani ji became PM candidate only after Vajpayee ji retired from active politics.
Their style of functioning and their way of thinking was different, yet both are nationalist leaders with deep rooted Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh values.
Their solidarity is an example of how two people, with completely different personalities, can complement each other to work for the nation.
The example set by the BJP top duo is an inspiration for the second line of party leadership and Indian political parties who are currently involved in a tug-of-war for the Prime Minister’s job.
The Atal-Advani relationship is a unique example to the youth in political parties as well corporate organizations to work together for a larger cause without indulging in personal ambitions.
This spirit is what makes the Bhartiya Janta Party, a Nation First Party !!
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3 Responses to “An Ode to Advani - Great Leader, Team Player and an Inspiration to the Youth”
This was somewhat convincing article about LK Advani. However, Could BJP run its team advani video on TV’s. It will help BJP. People need to be convinced that it is not only Advani, there is whole big team of good people around Advani. It will have good impact in northern part of India ( at least). Desh raag is a good video. Specially starting portion when Atalji speaks saying that kamal khilega. Use Modi in UP.
April 30, 2009.
Dear Rajatji,
Thank you very much for your detailed information.
Though I would like to Add one certain thing that while One-on-one fight, one has to analyse the opponent rather than remembering one’s strengths.
The crooks against which he is fighting his cause are much smarter and using much cunning methods to demolish such a good leader and his ideologies at the same time.
And I am of the opinion that such crooks from all angels requires a strong hand than Advaniji.
You may agree or may not, but the fact remains.
Secondly, if we want to take on these crooks we cannot play in their zones, because they have already created innumerable problems than one can think of. So, promoting good ideas like Ladli Lakshmi, and what not is like paising the problems/ system created by Congression Criminals. What we need at the moment, is the idea that we should take-up Pakistan by waging a war, creating such kind of Air and acctually pushing the situation to that effect would have served the purpose better for the ideology and next Genre of LKG.
The announcement of bringing back Swiss Money is somewhat optimistic.
Thanks & regards.
Amol Kulkarni,
Pune, India.
09011737818.
You could highlight who gave the media the much needed freedom they enoy today. I’m sure it was’nt Mrs.G or any of her progeny, they would have liked to have them (the Media) under lock & key, gaggged & tied up in a corner. It was the enterprising also affected by these strict censures - journalist who became I&B Minister in the Janata Party Morarji bhai Desai’s Government.