While selecting people at decision making positions, do we appoint someone with the same political color but not necessarily the sought track record?
Three things need to be noted; the country, i.e., the nation and the people, the political party, and your political career. Unless you safeguard your political career, you cannot do anything for the country. To safeguard your career, you need to safeguard the nation, since that is the very goal of politics. Between the nation and the career, comes your political party too. Thus, in the larger interest, I would say, focus on the nation first, then the party, and then oneself. It may sound a little utopian, but in the long run, it yields the best result.
I would also like you to use your gut feeling. Sometimes, logically, things appear very correct, but there is something called your gut feeling that you should go by. Intuition is something that never fails. We must develop it and listen to it. Intuition comes when there is clarity in the mind, purity in our heart and sincerity in our action.
