In ancient days, when Bharat was still in its glory, the king was regarded as a provider and protector of the people. He was like a fatherly figure to all the subjects in his kingdom. He was concerned for the well-being of his people. But today one can easily see as to what has happened to that equation ? As a proud democratic nation, where the constitution promises fundamental rights to all citizens, what are the elected leaders doing? We all know it very well ,don’t we ? The recent observations made by Hon.Bombay High court saying that ‘It appears that the court is running the government because the state’s machinery moves only after it passes directions’ clearly shows that the political leaders have lost their way in running the system efficiently.
Its always easy for anyone and everyone to advise or talk about values in politics, but unfortunately nobody till date has got to the real crux of this matter. On a broader perspective, we need to understand that, actually it is not the system that lacks values but the people who make the system are the ones who lack it. Remember! a system is as good or bad as the men who make it. Hence, democracy is not bad but what have the leaders done to the democratic principles of governance? One should think in this direction & then draw any valid conclusions. Frankly speaking what is missing today is not a sound system but sound principles in our leaders. An ideal leader is one who thinks, “As I do so shall others do.” . If they imbibe this value then they would be more careful in what they do. Today the need of the hour is to have an attitudinal change in the people who govern, because ultimately all efforts at cleansing the body politic of these illnesses have to begin with value-based conduct by the leaders . Only then will our dream of a clean & efficient system would get fulfilled.
