If you are
following Adarsh Housing Society case, you must be aware of the
“passing-the-buck” game being played by the ex-CMs of Maharashtra. Three of
them have chose to pass the blame onto someone else, the most popular targets
being the bureaucrats.
Let us stay
away from the controversy of the case and not judge whether the politicians
made mistakes or the bureaucrats. These matters are not for us to judge. We
will only look at how some people have behaved.
Well, the
leaders exhibit certain behavioral traits that their followers try to copy.
That is the normal leader-follower relationship. Leader leads – followers
follow. While we started with the discussion of Adarsh Housing Society, the
discussion can be applied to most situations in the present context.
The moment the
guns were trained on them the politicians have chosen to shift the blame to the
Government Officials. How often have you seen the politicians showering praises
on the officers? What we have normally observed is that the politicians are
very quick to claim the credit and equally quick to pass the blame. This is not
inspired leadership. One has often seen similar situations in the corporate
world, too. When a fraud happens, top management is often quick to sack a
junior employee and then claiming that everything is under control, only to
wake up once again to face a similar fraud.
A real leader
is one who stands up and takes the brickbats while leaving the bouquets for his
team. It is this state of leadership that is India’s biggest problem.
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