When a person with a stature of chief minister attends any event, that too, on an alien land, it has to be organized in a professional manner, if not in a grand way.
But in the case of the meeting of Telugu NRIs at Dallas Convention Centre on Saturday held in the honour of YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, it was exactly in reverse.
The show was organized in a grand manner, but it lacked complete professionalism.
The main reason for this chaotic conduct of the meeting, according to observers who attended the show, was involvement of too many politicians. It is a known fact that wherever politicians take the center-stage, the show will be a disaster.
It was once again proven in the case of Jagan’s show at Dallas. Normally, organisations in the US are known for conducting such events in a professional manner.
They engage professional event managers, who will take care of everything – right from making arrangements at the venue and extending invitations to the guests according to their stature in the society.
They also take up the responsibility of decorating the dais, making the seating arrangement on the dais and supply of water and refreshments to the guests.
They prepare the programme schedule, right from inviting the guests on the dais to seeing them off after the meeting. They also engage an anchor who will conduct the entire programme.
But what happened at the Jagan’s meeting in Dallas was just chaos. More than 30-35 MLAs of YSRC attended the meeting and each was accompanied by 15-20 followers who messed up the whole programme.
What is worse, the organisers could not even provide private security to Jagan, who came to Dallas for the first time in the capacity of chief minister.
It is a matter of common sense that one has to control the crowds surging forward to shake hands with a young and dynamic leader like Jagan who has a huge fan following among the NRIs.
Naturally, Jagan was embarrassed when he was mobbed by enthusiastic crowds. It is learnt he shouted at some of the leaders present on the dais for not making adequate security arrangements.
