India, March 15 -- Dear Modi ji , Rahul ji , Pawar ji , Mamata di , Akhilesh ji , Babu Garu, Rao Garu, Naveen ji , Stalin ji , Thackeray ji , Gowda ji and all the leaders of parties contesting the 2019 general elections: In a few days' time, India will choose its new government. This means one among you has a chance to become the next Prime Minister of India. For each one of you, including the incumbent Prime Minister, it will be a new beginning to lead the country.

Having served as the director in the Prime Minister's Office, I have seen how leaders evolve. The moment a leader becomes the Prime Minister, one sheds the political colour and makes "development of the nation" as the priority. When Narendra Modi held his first meeting with s...