How young leaders can bring a change in Indian Politics
India is a country which has an abundance of youth resource. Majority of the Indian population is below 35 years. India’s development to a larger extent, depends on these human resources working efficiently. But, India is suffering from the improper governance, youth unemployment, violence, inefficient services and high level of pollution in major cities.
When it comes to politics in India, youngsters are considered to be incapable by the senior leaders and the elderly citizens. The current Indian politicians who have been elected are majorly above 55 years. Being a citizens, one should understand to what extent youths are happy and satisfied with the present development, quality of infrastructure and the administration system.
” Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self-confidence young. Keep your hope young. “
For a developing country like India or for any country as a matter of fact, needs to have majority leader’s corresponding to the majorly concentrated population age group. So, country like India needs to have leaders who are young, energetic, enthusiastic, morally sound and diligent. Having such leaders can have an impact on the development to proceed much faster and better way.
When we analyse and see the Indian politics, we see that, youngsters are neither participating nor showing their interest in politics. Reasons might be they are either happy or totally dissatisfied with the present governance culture. On the other hand, youngsters lack opportunities to showcase and prove themselves. They are avoided for a mere reason that they are immature and incapable to participate in administration and governance of the country. Experienced political leaders should understand the change that a country needs and the importance of youths in the development and good changes of a nation. Almost all the political parties in India work with the common myth and are dominated by the experienced leaders.
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Why youth should be a part in the elections?
Present generation youngsters understand the issues and consequences that the society is facing with respect to the present governing methods. The best example to support this, is the unhappiness shown by the youngsters towards issues like murders, women harassment’s, scams etc. This shows their concern towards the society and the country.
” BJP is promoting younger leaders for a ‘New India’, a vision for 2022, when the country completes 75 years of Independence”
Youth in India are involved in areas like Research, Education, Modernization, creating awareness etc. Hence they have greater ability to contribute towards the development of the country. Youth are more practical and they try to achieve impossible things for which the results can be seen in the coming years.
Significant advantages of having young leaders in politics:
- They are open to changes and are more practical.
- Young leaders are positive in their approach and know how to inspire, excite and energize others to achieve goals.
- They welcome feedback about their performance, activity etc and are ready to seek opinions from others.
- Youngsters are more dedicated towards continuous improvements because young leaders are more willing to challenge the status-quo.
- The younger leaders are more willing to set stretch goals. Some older leaders have learned to sandbag a goal, so they don’t have to work so hard or run the risk of falling short.
In upcoming days all community groups and political parties should encourage in bringing young leaders. They need to discover their abilities, strength and courage to leverage these for higher productivity and bigger opportunity. This will be helpful for the country’s development. Understanding weaknesses and rectification is also as important as providing them the opportunity. With experience and the right guidance young leaders will understand and rectify themselves.
Experienced leaders should start supporting and guide young leaders for the betterment of the country. Let us all wish in the near future, that all political parties give youngsters a chance to participate in the elections, encourage and support them to make our nation a better one. Leaders who are looking to start, enhance and sustain their political journey in the near future, can take help of Myleaders app to get noticed and have your own follower base.
Some inspiring young leaders around the world:
- At age 32, Sebastian Kurz is an Austrian Chancellor and he was elected at the age of 30 in 2017.
- Luigi DiMaio currently serves as a deputy prime minister at the age of 31,
- Mark okey is a Nigeria commissioner as economic planning and budget commissioner at the age of 32 years.
- In 2017, law student Typhanie Degois became the youngest member of France’s parliament at the age of 24.
- Edison Broce (27 years) is the youngest lawmaker in panama’s national parliament.
- Syed Siddiq is the youngest ever person in the government of Malaysia’s cabinet as youth and sports minister at the age of 25.
- Ebba Hermansson of Sweden was also elected to her country’s parliament at the age of 22.