Indian politicians as leaders?

Every noticed that the Indian media refers to the Indian politicians as "leaders"? This leader said this, this leader went there, this leader farted, that leader crawled up another's ass. It sooooooooo pisses me off. Ha! Ha! Leaders. Most wouldn't know their ass from a hole in the ground. Why are they called leaders? Who do they lead? Certainly not me. A bunch of bumbling idiots, save an enlightened few, like our esteemed Mr PM.