India is a continent having over a billion people. Indian population represents 20% of the entire humanity. The role of government is vital to secure the well-being of a huge population, as we are closing on the General Elections 2014 - the parties and players are scrutinised clinically by the electorate. The main contenders namely Congress & BJP have a national presence though their reach is limited to 400 seats out of 545 seats to be contested. The formation of UPA & NDA is made to spread the reach to the entire 545 parliamentary seats. Lately, the allies in both formations have played a decisive role in governance. Yet the most crucial factor is the person leading the respective collation to form the next government. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi or Manmohan Singh may be the collective face of the Congress party in GE 2014. It looks highly unlikely that Dr Manmohan Singh will get the third term due to age and health issues, Sonia Gandhi has technically offloaded leadership of the party to Rahul Gandhi by securing the Vice Presidentship of AICC recently to stamp clarity on the leadership of the party. Reluctant Rahul Gandhi is trying to push himself on the forced assignment but the inherent trait of lust for power is missing in him. Leadership in India seeks 24x7 commitment, amateur approach will lead to a disaster for any leader. Though the biggest asset of Rahul Gandhi is that he is a level-headed person, not obsessed with power Is it enough to rule India?

BJP has a leader that completely fits in with a right-wing party ideology. Narender Modi is disliked by the entire top leadership of his own party, and allies but the party cadre loves him. The popular public pressure to make him a leader has forced party ideologue RSS to ignore the entire party leadership and secure him as the supreme leader of the BJP. Many allies parted away but NaMo has stood tall to take lead in the campaign for GE 2014. Surely Gujrat is not India, Can he deliver without the cooperation of the top leadership of his party and allies? NDA is a nonstarter even before the elections were announced.

The so-called third front is a mess with several leaders high-jacking politics on religion and caste base, just hoping for a miracle. The family-run parties namely SP, Akali Dal, INLD, RJD, JMM, DMK, JD (S), YSR (Cong), NCP reflects the poor intra-party democratic system in India. The left parties have no confidence left, recently Prakash Karat initiated Mulayam Singh's name for the PM post.

Surely there is a crisis of pan-India leadership. Reluctant Rahul Gandhi and controversial Narender Modi are the best bet to run the show by virtue of respective party strength but the natural acceptance and admiration for a leader greatly missing in both of them. Modi has the performance to back his claim but Rahul reluctance to shoulder responsibility has pushed him to the back foot. The strategic teams operating for the respective party will have the task cut out to secure the confidence of the electorate in the next GE 2014, the most unpredictable and difficult elections of recent times. May the best person win.

India is a continent having over a billion people. Indian population represents 20% of the entire humanity. The role of government is vital to secure the well-being of a huge population, as we are closing on the General Elections 2014 - the parties and players are scrutinised clinically by the electorate. The main contenders namely Congress & BJP have a national presence though their reach is limited to 400 seats out of 545 seats to be contested. The formation of UPA & NDA is made to spread the reach to the entire 545 parliamentary seats. Lately, the allies in both formations have played a decisive role in governance. Yet the most crucial factor is the person leading the respective collation to form the next government. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi or Manmohan Singh may be the collective face of the Congress party in GE 2014. It looks highly unlikely that Dr Manmohan Singh will get the third term due to age and health issues, Sonia Gandhi has technically offloaded leadership of the party to Rahul Gandhi by securing the Vice Presidentship of AICC recently to stamp clarity on the leadership of the party. Reluctant Rahul Gandhi is trying to push himself on the forced assignment but the inherent trait of lust for power is missing in him. Leadership in India seeks 24x7 commitment, amateur approach will lead to a disaster for any leader. Though the biggest asset of Rahul Gandhi is that he is a level-headed person, not obsessed with power Is it enough to rule India?

BJP has a leader that completely fits in with a right-wing party ideology. Narender Modi is disliked by the entire top leadership of his own party, and allies but the party cadre loves him. The popular public pressure to make him a leader has forced party ideologue RSS to ignore the entire party leadership and secure him as the supreme leader of the BJP. Many allies parted away but NaMo has stood tall to take lead in the campaign for GE 2014. Surely Gujrat is not India, Can he deliver without the cooperation of the top leadership of his party and allies? NDA is a nonstarter even before the elections were announced.

The so-called third front is a mess with several leaders high-jacking politics on religion and caste base, just hoping for a miracle. The family-run parties namely SP, Akali Dal, INLD, RJD, JMM, DMK, JD (S), YSR (Cong), NCP reflects the poor intra-party democratic system in India. The left parties have no confidence left, recently Prakash Karat initiated Mulayam Singh's name for the PM post.

Surely there is a crisis of pan-India leadership. Reluctant Rahul Gandhi and controversial Narender Modi are the best bet to run the show by virtue of respective party strength but the natural acceptance and admiration for a leader greatly missing in both of them. Modi has the performance to back his claim but Rahul reluctance to shoulder responsibility has pushed him to the back foot. The strategic teams operating for the respective party will have the task cut out to secure the confidence of the electorate in the next GE 2014, the most unpredictable and difficult elections of recent times. May the best person win.