IS IT TIME FOR PRESENT NAGA LEADERS TO HAND OVER RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION?

Some of those who voted YES had this to say:
• Yes, we need new leadership with new thinking, new vision and a new approach to achieve our goals. Our present leaders have done what they could do. Now is the time for the new ones.
• Yes we need generational change in leadership. The world is changing fast and young leaders should be given a platform.
• It is high time for the leadership to change. We are not going anywhere. Our present leaders have reached their saturation point. They are unable to lead the people and can no longer provide solutions to our problems.
• The older generation has had enough time but they have failed to prove themselves as capable of leading.
• definitely a big YEs... time for our grndpa's to retire....
• Yes, sure is before the old corrupt leaders become more corrupter and lead the youngster astray and will end up in the devils astray like them.
• Good topic for discussion on the verge of the upcoming Lok Sabha election.... YES, we Naga's need leaders not politicians, a leader with a vision and with all due respect to our Octogenarian's or going to be Octogenarian politicians please step aside, you've done enough for us....now let the younger generation try it in a different and in a matured way!!!
• Yes. Irrespective of party colour, Nagas should stop voting those candidates who have crossed 65. This way we can check the retired bureaucrats from contesting election and also do away with all those obsolete leaders. We need change; we need fresh ideas; we need 21st century mindset and we need brave and pro-active leaders to take us ahead. Last but not the least, we need leaders with sound education background and reasoning power.

Some of those who voted NO had this to say:
• No, handing over of full responsibilities to the younger generation will be detrimental to the stability of our society. Here, I do not mean to say that the young generation are incapable and irrational and thus should be excluded. What I mean is that there can be an accommodative alternative to the question here. The only way to reconcile the old and the young is to create a deliberative public space where a rational consensus can be reached which reflects the interest of both the groups. Needless to say, the success of this hypothesis is presupposed only when the various groups participating or willing to participate(Women) in the public space are treated equally and given due recognition of their worth.
• No, not necessary because a good leaders is not judged by his age. Even if a person is young and energetic possessing high academic excellence but lacks wisdom and vision its useless.
• Nope... the present generations are still not ready. The middle age group (40-55) are too selfish and more corrupted, and they are the ones who fully supported the retirement act, so that they would benefit from our parents forceful retirement. The age group (30-39) are still trying to get settled with their families and trying to cope with the new changes, and as such, they are not ready for a big responsibilities. Below age 30 are still not yet matured enough in our naga context. Therefore the older generation esp 60 and above should still be guiding the young people..and those age group of (55-60) should be taking proactive role, physically and spiritually.
• Coz our younger generation are/is more worse and immature than our elders.
• No, Elders have more wisdom, experience and responsibility while youth have knowledge and are dynamic.
• No, they do not have the experience, nor the temperament to lead.
• No I am not in favor of handing over responsibilities to the younger generation because they are not prepared to shoulder such responsibilities. Our younger generation is yet to prove themselves. They are only following the same method as the present leaders just like the shadow follows the tail.

Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say:
• At the moment, there seems to be no difference between how the present Naga leaders and the younger generation are behaving. They all seem to be the same, with the younger generation following in the footsteps of the older ones. Everyone seems to be on the lookout for their own selfish interest.
• I wouldn’t say just younger generation but hardworking, respectable and honest men
• Are Younger Generation motivated, committed and willing to sacrifice and change course or perpetuate the same old?
• Whatever the views or thoughts put up or share by young is rejected by the old and purana jamana people that is the typical mentality of Nagas!
• If younger generation want to take the leadership responsibilities, they should have the guts to take the lead and take the reins in their hands rather than waiting for the elders to hand it over to them.
• By scratching the surface of stability in all terms seem to bode down well with the nagafolks from all walks of life. But as the devil is in the detail, if the static stability is maintained at the expense of change where though the change is inevitable, then I think there is a serious problem in our concept of stability on the ground reality.