Righteousness in Leadership

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य गलानिर भवति भारत ।

अभ्युक्तानां अधर्मस्य तदात्मानं स्रिजंयाहं ।। श्लोक ७

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृतं ।

धर्म संस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे ।। श्लोक ८ 

Leadership is about righteousness  also  called as Dharma.

So what is Dharma?

Is it about the leader being honest ? No it is not only about the person being honest it is also about punishing the unrighteous.

I am brought to notice that good people do not enter politics ,the prosperity of good people in the society is reflective of the righteousness of the leader. It is about taking decisions punishing the wrong doers  which alone helps in the prosperity of the good doers.

If righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character

Where there is beauty in the character,there is harmony in the home

If there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation,

If there is order in the nation there is peace in the world

Righteousness of the leader reflects of courage in gloomy days, being just to the weak and compassionate towards the poor alike. Righteousness of a leader  is tested when the so called called internal compulsions arise.Is the leader able to be righteous enough, belying the internal compulsions, Is his test?

Attention is drawn to two dark aspects in modern day living:-

Riots:

Any leader has the responsibility

·         To prevent

·         To stop

·         To take action

against the culprits.

A.B.Vajpayee as a leader did show righteousness when Bal Thackeray was debarred from fighting elections in 1999.

Bomb Blasts:

Again a leader has the responsibility  to take measures

·         As preventive measures: how has intelligence services been made more effective?

·         To stop :What are the emergency services?

·         Action being taken to find culprits

Its been a frequent occurrence in India, whereas in America after the 9/11 there has not been strikes. So what is different in America and India? If America has been able to achieve this why has India not been. Definitely the same measures may not be the best for India as America as a cultural and topographical positions ,but what about China, or even UK? Is  India a paradise for such attacks?