New Delhi: Persons born into a particular family do not become eligible to be political leaders and dynastic leadership violates democratic ideals, senior BJP leader L K Advani said on Sunday.
The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said the concept of dynastic leadership, "which we unfortunately are seeing in certain political parties in our country is...deeply violative of both the democratic ideal and spirit of the modern times".
His remarks came amidst speculation that Rahul Gandhi may be given a key post in the Congress party ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Advani, who was addressing a Rotary conference on leadership here, said "good leaders are made, not born. And they certainly do not become eligible to be leaders simply because they are born into a particular family".
Drawing a distinction between netagiri, which he called a widely prevalent phenomenon in politics, and netritva, Advani said political leaders were getting greater attention than they deserved.
Netritva, he said, connotes a combination of positive attributes like vision, determination and ability to accomplish a task by mobilising a community of supporters.
Advani pointed out that "true leadership is earned and not commanded or demanded". History was replete with examples that show that great leaders, who gained the respect of people not only during but also beyond their
lifetime, were least self-conscious about the leadership role they
were playing, he said.
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