Common guys give him a second chance before ur final verdict.

He is the leader we were long waiting for.
All the best Mr. Rijiju

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But, on a second thought, don’t you think if the politicians are right the system would be set right? After all, it’s them who run the system and not the bureaucrats or the technocrats.
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I will just tell you of what Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, the then Chief Minister of Rajasthan told a Civil Servant conclave.
He said," You, bureaucrats dont listen to us and keep doing what you like even if we ask you to implementpolicies as per our design. You dont care except for your whim, simply because nothing can be done to you, your livelihood and your career, as they are secured with so many bureaucratic rules. You bide your time knowing full well that we politicians will only go to general public for renewal of our career(license), every five year, not you."

Another one is that of Bill Clinton, who lamented that during his Presidency, he was like a grave keeper. He had lots of people under him, but no one listened to him.

So blame can never be one sided, especially when we have people at the helms of affair, whom we have chosen by free will, not imposed on, and whose continuance depends on us.
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On your last point that everyone can become leader or politicians, I would beg to differ because not everyone is born with leadership quality or else we wouldn’t have looked upto Mr. Rijiju; instead we would have jumped on the bandwagon. Wouldn't we?
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What I meant was , for the simple fact that they have courage and quality to become leaders, therefore they are there, so lets give them their due respect.
Each of us can become leader or try to effect a change in the system if we are so frustrated with present leadership, but it is not possible for everyone to become a bureaucrat or a doctor, or and engineer or any other government officials, even if they are frustrated with them. And the general public is ill equipped to take on the whimsical government servants who is at the implementing end, unlike their elected leaders, to whom they can express their frustration through ballot box.

Let me surmise that if we have created a personality of a person far from what he really is, lets not blame him, if he is comfortable being himself. Lets have a re look and try to look at that person from what he really is.
Kirren Rijuju, for all his popularity, has not won from either his constituency, or from his inlaws constituencies. I am told that when people of his constituency requested him not to interfer with Panchayat elections so that they can remain behind him as one during MP elections, he scoffed and misbehaved with them. Infact, it is alleged that he physically mishandled Shri Jappu Deru, four time MLA from his constituency during Panchayat elections. NB. THIS MAY BE VERIFIED FROM PEOPLE OF HIS CONSTITUENCY.
Under such circumstances, lets not judge and blame him for what we made out of him. Lets judge him from what he is and what his acts are.
One swallow doesnt make a summer, nor does some rhetoric speech, bereft of action make great leaders.

For all that I know, he might be a great person, or an ordinary person like char ana, aath ana leaders.
It will be interesting to see how he will fare in the absence of wave created by sixth pay commission imroglio.

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But here, YY, you are missing a point that people voted for the person with high morale unlike the rest of breed of Arunachal politicians or should I say not for Mr. Rijiju either. So, when he shows his true color that he is no exception than the rest of state politicians, people starts questioning his high morale credential.
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What was it that made you think that Rijiju had a high moral. What act of his prompted you to think that his morality was above the rest of the politicians. Didnt the public entrap him in that castle of high morality, which had nothing to do with his actual self? Why than blame him.

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AG SAID,
And I’m not sure if I understand what point you are trying to make by comparing writing or singing or for that matter office work with politics.
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I mean to say writers write, singers sing, workers work because these are their passion, and their profession, they try all means to reach the pinnacle of their profession by all means.

In the same vein, politicians politic,, and politics by no means is a baby's game. If you are into it, you have to be in real politics, not in make believe world. So, when you see politicians playing politics, take it in your stride and dont be surprised. I am sure, you will understand how difficult it is to control the subordinates within a specified parameter rules of obedience and insubordination. How more difficult will it be for politicians to convince free willing people to his points of view and make them obey and lead them.

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Likewise, politicians don’t give free service to the people; they are paid for the services to the people. And if you consider the salary and perks that politicians draw you would be surprised that they are one among the highest paid individuals.
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Considering MLAS pay is around Rs17000/-, I dont think it can be said to be high. Even their perks. Just compare by trying to quantify perks of government officials and those MLAS. I mean within your vicinity. I dont think there is any comparison.
I remember a comment of an MLA's wife in Ziro, of how she wished she were wife of a JE/AE or for that matter some babus who can employ so many people to carry out their personal works, and they, they, supposed to be leaders have to think of every evening's and every tomorrows meal and other personal works. In a way, I felt sorry for her. Those of us who are so sure of our pay at the end of month dont know the fear of where to get our next meal.
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He was not seeing eye to eye with the BJP on a number of issues, and really being from a minority in a majoritarian party like the BJP would have been tough in the long run.

Which is not to say that the Congress is a much better alternative, it is a corrupt, sycophantic party and my hope is that Rijiju takes over the Congress in AP.

I think in the future Rijiju can be a great leader on the national stage. He is articulate, well educated and has good potential to spear head grass roots movements (as evidenced by the pro-Tibetan rallies he would co-ordinate in Delhi).

I remember my days in AP, when people would talk about how the whole equations of giving away contracts to the people goes in a complete reversal mode. The pragmatic thoughts attached to the reverberated feelings of being led by a good leader from whatsoever political affiliation is taken for a ride. So, we never get to see a leader who would really serve the 90+% , since a proportion of that magnitude would be about accommodating parts of the voters who never voted for him/her as well.
But, on a different note…could we see a fruition in terms of results when its about a leader, who certainly did catch our attention, even if it meant for a year or so( which none of the other AP politicians would have ever garnered)?
Well, atleast we can assign higher probability to Kiren Rijiju doing a better job than any other!
Then why not we wait and watch how the ball rolls! Give him a chance…and maybe we can take cues from our frustrated wisdom that 'to change the system one needs to get into it'. And Rijiju getting into the dirtied cloaks of congress in AP, could be the first of the many drops that we could see in near future.

(When am near enough to him to be able to grill him on this issue, will return back to the post with a more definite statement)