The political leaders come from various walks of life. They may be from political groups, families, bureaucrats and so on. A combination of factors leads them to the position of a leader of a party or post. Some of them presume themselves to be supermen. It is sheer nonsense.

No individual becomes supreme just because of getting elected to a post. How do they become different overnight? Have they come from the Moon or Mars? How their chest suddenly expands or gets filled with ‘I know it all; I am the best person out to provide solutions for every problem’?

We do not have an ideal electoral system. Moreover, our opportunistic politicians create confusions and fish in muddied waters. People tend to see hope in some flowers. Everything is purple and pink when the lotus blooms. But it soon withers. Who should we blame for this?

Despite the history, we allow them to get repeated. Is it wrong if people are anxious, ambitious to try new leaders or groups? It is not so, but their trial and error approach is risky and highly error-prone as the political field is brimming with overambitious politicians. 

Most of them are ruthlessly selfish and not so worried about others. Their focus is to build their image. Many times they ensure that the camera focus is on them. Some leaders even pull out others who come across the line of view. Even they position chairs to ensure their supremacy.

These leaders start giving lectures on every topic and every aspect of life. How come they tend to portray themselves to be so knowledgeable even while reading from prompters. They are not ashamed but spend a vast sum on advertisements for their promotion at public cost.

Their publicity includes their acts of benevolence as if from the treasures of the Crown. The distribution of public wealth is not an achievement. Creation of public wealth is. They try to boost their image and deceive people. They exist for the elections, not for public service.

Here are some quotes about Ms Angelica Merkel, Chancellor /PM Germany. A female journalist at a Press conference asked Merkel: We notice that your suit is repeated, don’t you have another?. She replied: I am a government employee and not a model. Her reply to another is a gem.

Merkel: I arrange the clothes, and my husband is the one who operates the washing machine, and it is usually at night, because electricity is available and there is no pressure on it, and the most important thing is to take into account the neighbours from the inconvenience.

How long are we going to be carried away by the superhuman build-up presented by our political leaders? Can we not demolish this false image and untruth spread by these selfish, opportunistic politicians and their claim for supremacies? We can if we first realise its need.

The lurking dangers of individual supremacies and authoritarianism are not fully grasped in all its dimensions. The fight for individual ambition, supremacy, arrogance and authoritarianism is a natural progression leading to a complete disaster. We tested but yet to learn.