Is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh above board?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should be considered as an accomplice in all the wrongdoings of his ministerial colleagues and partymen by remaining a silent spectator.
CONGRESS CHAIRPERSON Sonia Gandhi recently found fault with the opposition parties for their criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his refusal to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the 2G spectrum scam. Coming out strongly in his defense, Sonia Gandhi called Manmohan Singh an “embodiment of sobriety, dignity, and integrity,” and termed the opposition’s criticism “downright despicable.”Though the part about appearing before the PAC sounds upright, the Prime Minster’s offer comes much late in the day, that too after his being strategically silent for quite some time over the raging debate on the 2G scam and on constituting JPC. The fact remains that the Prime Minister is guilty of failing to act quickly and decisively when allegations of graft against the disgraced former communications minister A Raja cropped up. For instance, can he explain why it took the CBI more than a year after filing the FIR to begin serious investigations into the 2G spectrum case?
While Sonia Gandhi may compliment Manmohan Singh “for remaining calm amidst the storm,” that precisely is Manmohan Singh’s problem, he like emperor Nero, just fiddles blissfully when Rome burns.
In no other Prime Minister’s tenure have so many scandals been reported as in his. Yet, one never sees him speak out against the omissions and commissions of his party men or of his alliance partners. He carefully avoids expressing his views on such matters and speaks only when he is forced to, and then too avoids taking names. Interestingly, the same Manmohan Singh was one of the first to condemn the heckling of Prince Charles and his second wife by protesters in the UK recently.
Sonia Gandhi-led Congress needs Manmohan Singh till PM-in-waiting Rahul Gandhi is ready to take over the reins. It suits Manmohan Singh too. Perhaps, a Congress party government in the future might just reward Manmohan Singh for his ‘services’ (for lending his goody-goody image and keeping tactically quiet) by recommending him for a plum posting in some international organization. Such a quid-pro-quo arrangement benefits Manmohan Singh, but not the common Indians.
In no other Prime Minister’s tenure have so many scandals been reported as in his. Yet, one never sees him speak out against the omissions and commissions of his party men or of his alliance partners. He carefully avoids expressing his views on such matters and speaks only when he is forced to, and then too avoids taking names. Interestingly, the same Manmohan Singh was one of the first to condemn the heckling of Prince Charles and his second wife by protesters in the UK recently.
Sonia Gandhi-led Congress needs Manmohan Singh till PM-in-waiting Rahul Gandhi is ready to take over the reins. It suits Manmohan Singh too. Perhaps, a Congress party government in the future might just reward Manmohan Singh for his ‘services’ (for lending his goody-goody image and keeping tactically quiet) by recommending him for a plum posting in some international organization. Such a quid-pro-quo arrangement benefits Manmohan Singh, but not the common Indians.
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