Hornbill Fest - the annual extravaganza is Rio's achievement !! But CM Neiphiu needs to do more !!

Hornbill Fest - the annual extravaganza is Rio's achievement !! 

But CM Neiphiu needs to do more !!

Positions are temporary. Titles are limited ... and what counts more is how people remember you.

This legacy factor is crucial. Former Nagaland Chief Minister Vizol used to talk a lot about these. How would people remember you? - He would lay emphasis. 

Talking about Netas, one can say natural skill in politics is something you are born with. What matters more probably is self-control. Success that way should be more a product of habit than mere skill.

December 1st - is Statehood Day. The first ten days of December is also dedicated to Hornbill Festival.  This tourism bonanza is incumbent Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio's success tale certainly.

But remember Success is never an orphan. Many will vie for the credit and benefits of being part of 'reflected glories'. Many will also claim that they have 'fathered' the success. 

In terms of North East India, the gun and the mistrust have won in the past.

In 2003 - Neiphiu Rio and his government were expected to make a difference. He deserved that chance. 

In 2024, Rio is still the Chief Minister. The negotiations with the Naga rebels had started in 1997 and by the time India elects its next president (2027), the parleys will reach 30 years' destination. 

If Nagas - especially within the state of Nagaland - are in a hurry now for Solution, Mr Rio should not complain.  

True, the Solution to Naga problem remains a challenge. Slowly people are getting fed up of the status quo and Rio's best well wishers are those who will suggest that the Chief Minister has to think something original to perform and deliver.

In the past Union Home Minister Amit Shah has showed trust in him. On Nov 22 evening, he and his select group of ministers including from the BJP met Shah in Delhi.

The deliberations were crucial. Whether they only had tea or tea with Gujarati snacks Dhokla is immaterial.  

In the ultimate analysis, his friends in Delhi say the Chief Minister needs to walk cautiously. 

However, politics is also a game of several other Ifs and Buts. There is another word in it -- the wheels-within-wheels.

Rio has to be careful of many factors, permutation and combination and pulls and punches. In 2014-15, Rio was betrayed by T R Zeliang and Shurhozelie. 

Now Zeliang is a helpless fellow passenger. 

In  Delhi, the Modi government is realising the importance of doing miracles in northeast especially because the mess in Manipur remains a long lasting feature. 

That way this is an opportunity for north east India's senior most Chief Minister to turn the ugliest adversaries into occasions of opportunities ! He needs the right spin.

In Delhi over a tea party, once journalists told him, "Sir, you made a mistake. Only three posts matter in India. PM, CM and DM (District Magistrate) and you gave away Chief Ministership". This was after he moved to Lok Sabha and also missed a cabinet berth under Modi 1.0.

Rio denied and argued strongly that his focus is never personal. Well, let us trust him. 

One interpretation in 2014 about Rio's decision to come to Lok Sabha was that he wanted to avoid the 'saturation point' that comes rather easily among Naga voters.

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