Qualification OR Competency?

Smt. Smiriti Irani taking oath 

From last few days I am bound to say that I am exhausted by watching debates after debates over the row erupted on the educational qualification of our current HRD minister Smt. Smiriti Irani Ji. To be very honest when the news broke about her portfolio I too was skeptical not because I was aware of her qualification but because of her administrative inexperience. So far she has undertaken the responsibility of party activities and probably she would have delivered  her responsibilities in a very efficient manner, but directly HRD ministry with cabinet rank certainly raised my eyebrow. But nevertheless I had seen her in much of debates and very found of her vocal  and debating strength, therefore it came to my mind she could be a good administrator and time will tell.

But now there is every where Smt. Irani ji and her qualification and there I do also have some opinion. Some people give this argument that this is the India of 21st century and if we the young, educated and dynamic Indians are expecting a highly qualified education minister what is wrong in it? After all we also pass the barriers of degree in order to get a job. By this logic this question is very legitimate but here is my question, Literacy rate in India is 74%, means there are 26% of illiterate people also have  voting rights, means they have a stake in deciding the government. So by the above logic they shouldn't have this responsibility. and even If you make qualification as check to judge this responsibility then many qualified people do get carried away by caste and religion while casting their vote and you add this number too, there will be a huge amount of voters who will be put to dock, keeping in mind the responsibility they have. But we had faith in there competency of judgement so we should do the same with Smiriti Ji. Let's watch her work for a while.

In a debate I saw a person stating that she is just 12th pass how she is going to interact people in II M's and II T's. What kind of ill-logical thinking is this? Did degree of these prestigious institute make people insensitive or there is an sense intellectual supremacy and arrogance prevails in there campuses? I think this is not true, by my own experience I can only say that an old saying is absolutely true in there respect that "A talented person is always polite in same way a tree laden with fruits is always bend". I don't think her qualification will ever bother them but her competency may, which can only be seen by letting her to the job given. Well I to have admitted my job is much easier as many have given this argument that a health minister should have to be a doctor or civil aviation minister shouldn't have to be a pilot (courtesy: Omar Abudullah).

But I have seen many leaders are jumping in and using this incident as leverage to cover there own academic background and eagerly putting this argument that  if she can be a competent then we are also. I don't want to take names but I have a request for them please don't buzz in, she is competent enough to be qualified for this discussion but with due respect you are not, please carry on with your caste and regional politics.

This discussion of qualification verses competency is going to echo louder in coming days with lot of argument and counter argument and this debate will go on. Some people will also took out the resume of very qualified peoples and raised the question about there competency just for the sake of argument but I don't want to get into all this. In my advice Smiriti Irani ji you don't have to win any debate, you have to win people, for which you should continue with your hard work and the world will acknowledge and admire your effort, just ignore this kinds of petty and irrational controversies, after all your party symbol is lotus, " the more sludge will be thrown, the more will lotus bloom". if you did justice with this ministry, you will be idol to millions of Indians and who knows in 2029 general election you are running for country's top job. i.e. Prime Minister of "Republic of India". Now it all depends on you future course of hard work and commitment towards the people of this country.