I watched Hillary Clinton addressing the democratic convention in television today. It was indeed a great speech that touched the right chord among those listening. Her oratory skills are admirable. The speech had humor, patriotism and party politics and above all gave the glimpses of a visionary leader with great leadership qualities.
I couldn’t but think about the Indian political scene. I really feel there is a scarcity of leaders capable of enthralling the crowd with their words in our present political arena. I still remember the speech made by the former prime minister A.B.Vajpayee during the confidence motion debate of his 13 day stint. In BJP, I feel Advani can be a good speaker, but he is not as articulate as Vajpayee. Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Venkiah Naidu are also capable of making off the hand speeches that can have good impact.
Among the Congressmen, Rahul Gandhi has the potential to become a great orator, but I would like him to project a more confident and positive body language. He could definitely do with more smiles and a pleasant persona while interacting with both friends and foes. Among the rest, Omar Abdulla (surprise package in the previous confidence motion debate), Narendra Modi, J.Jayalalitha and Lalu Prasad Yadav are capable of delivering great speeches.
But surely, the Indian parliament and political scene has not had many meaningful and compelling debates of late.
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