Happy to see that young Akhilesh Yadav is going to be the new CM of UP. He is one good example of not missing the bus.
Seriously, I am not much into politics, but even a layman can understand that the Political Bus never waits for anybody. L K Advani gave up his chance(for whatever reasons) to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and has till date not been able to catch the bus again. Age and the changing political scenario is going to make it very difficult for him. Even if his party does manage to pull up a miracle in the next Elections, there are many PM candidates in the wing, and he might find it difficult to stake his claim.
At state level, Raj Thackeray himself proposed the name of his cousin Uddhav, who till then was not interested in politics. He missed the bus, and today has formed his own party. He might be doing good in terms of politics, but if he had the bench strength of Shiv Sena, it would have been a different ball game altogether.
The biggest loss in missing the bus currently I feel is Rahul Gandhi. If now his party loses the next Elections in 2014(if there are no mid-term elections), he will lose the chance to become the PM for the next 5 years. A very Important bus to miss, considering his age now.
The game is simple….climb the bus when you have the chance, dont think that there are many buses behind…hit the iron when it is hot……
Why just political bus, I have observed the same in jobs also. I have seen young IT people, refusing a chance for transfer to another city or country and then never ever getting the same opportunity. In todays day and age, one has to be aggressive, if you are being offered the opportunity, you should grab it...lest...as i repeat once more in the blog....you miss the bus...
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