WHAT I LEARNT FROM MY COMPETITOR(23)
“A Politician's Competition
is his or her Predecessor“
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, MoS for Parliamentary Affairs, Minority Affairs
CLAIM TO FAME: A minister
of state in the Vajpayee government of the late '90s, Naqvi staged a comeback
after 15 years when he was inducted into the Modi Cabinet
THE LESSON: In politics
there is no permanent friend or permanent enemy. Yes, we hear about competition
among business houses or sportpersons, but we (politicians) have no permanent
competitors. Actually, when you are in politics and reach a particular stage,
first, you need to compete with yourself. You can't allow yourself to lower
your own position.
Then, if you occupy any
post, you will always be compared with your predecessor. Let's then take the
example of a state. Any chief minister will have to perform in such a way that
his performance has to be better than the one who was voted out. Who is (UP
chief minister) Akhilesh Singh Yadav's competitor? It's Mayawati, because his
performance (as CM) is being benchmarked against his predecessor (Mayawati).
So, a politician has to compete with his predecessor.
In my case, some of my
predecessors as Parliamentary affairs ministers performed very well in floor
management. For various reasons including one that we don't have majority in
the Rajya Sabha, we have not been able to get enough number of bills passed in Parliament,
particularly in the last two sessions.So, there is a pressure on me to perform
better. In the winter session, we worked hard in coordinating with all
Opposition parties. We have been in constant consultation with all parties,
irrespective of their political position and ideology. And our strategies have
worked quite well this time.
ETM27DEC15
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