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Anonymous Wrote:
Save this nation from past inadequacy and future idiocy
By B. R. Haran
Saturday, May 16, 2009
"Bofors controversy is a dead issue and no longer an
embarrassment for the party. Misusing CBI is a systemic
issue. All parties in power can put pressure on its
agencies" - Rahul Gandhi
"The Quattrocchi case is an embarrassment for the
government of India. We have tried to extradite him from
Malaysia. We have tried to extradite him from Argentina. We
have failed. The court says we do not have a strong case.
It is not a good reflection on the Indian legal system that
we harass people while the world says we have no case"
- Manmohan Singh
The Bofors issue is no longer an embarrassment for Rahul
Gandhi, but Dr. Manmohan Singh agrees that it has been an
embarrassment. A close look at their statements proves that
both of them agree that the issue is not at all an
embarrassment either to the party or to the family and that
they are not bothered about the issue being an
embarrassment to the nation. While Manmohan Singh says the
issue is a reflection of the Indian system, Rahul says the
party can put pressure and misuse the system! Dr. Singh's
statement smacks of inefficiency and impotency; Rahul's
shows arrogance and idiocy.
In this ugly 'Quattrocchi' episode, the Prime Minister, who
is also in charge of the CBI, was not even aware of the
visit of a CBI officer to London to facilitate the de-
freezing of Q's bank accounts, as per arrangement of Law
Minister Hansraj Bharadwaj on instructions from the
Congress President. He didn't feel shy of openly admitting
that the episode happened without his knowledge. Even now,
the CBI has been misused again to free the Italian fugitive
from the clutches of Interpol, and both the PM and the
would-like-to-be-PM have audaciously confessed to misusing
the system!
The Congress President imposed Manmohan Singh on India
after her dreams of becoming Prime Minister were shattered
by a shrewd nationalist President in May 2004. Since then,
we have witnessed his performance, or lack of it. The
country has come across issues like Bofors, Volcker Report
on Oil for food scam, Office of Profit, Sethusamudram Ship
Channel Project, AIIMS episode, Spectrum scandal, Cash for
Vote scam, Amarnath Land dispute and many others -- all
dreadful exhibitions of subversion of the Constitution and
abuse of power through various ministries, all
incriminating evidence of his weakness and his 'other'
(dishonest) side.
He has not exercised his authority even once and has never
been a 'decision maker'. The whole country witnessed the
office of the PM losing its dignity, respect and honour,
right from the day he was 'chosen' to head it and the day
he said Sonia Gandhi was his source of strength and
inspiration. Notwithstanding his subordination to Sonia, he
was always bullied by the Left on one side and by regional
allies on the other. He did not have the prerogative of
appointing his cabinet colleagues; the cabinet was
'decorated' with political novices, criminals and the
spouses of criminals, to the extent that a minister was
even awarded life imprisonment for murder!
The last five years of Singh's regime have been a pathetic
display of maladministration and non-governance. It has
failed in all areas including national security, economy,
education, health, agriculture, food production, tourism,
women and child welfare, Home affairs... There is nothing,
not a single aspect of governance, which the country can
feel proud of.
Though Congress declared Manmohan as prime ministerial
candidate, present and erstwhile allies have not agreed to
his candidacy. Consistent efforts are being made to impose
Rahul Gandhi as future prime minister. Hence it becomes
imperative to analyse the qualities of a supposedly future
leader. We have seen a highly qualified and supposedly
honest Manmohan Singh failing miserably by acting
dishonestly. Rahul Gandhi is neither qualified nor honest.
His dishonesty has been evident through the nomination he
filed at the Election Commission, wherein he lied
blatantly, as brought out by a national newspaper. Though
he sent a legal notice threatening legal proceedings, the
newspaper had stood by its report.
While dishonesty can never be tolerated, stupidity can be
tolerated only to a certain extent. When both find place
together with added arrogance, it should be shunned at
once. Rahul has been a picture of all three and one can
only shudder at the thought of his being at the helm of
affairs in this country. Off elections, he has been silent
and harmless; during elections, in attempting to impress
the general public, he puts his foot in his mouth and the
nation gets a dose of idiocy clubbed with arrogance.
During the 2007 UP Assembly elections, he said, "If a
member of the Gandhi family had been at the helm of affairs
in 1992, the Babri Masjid demolition would not have taken
place," and added, "My father Rajiv Gandhi always told my
mother Sonia Gandhi that, if anyone wanted to demolish the
Masjid, he would have to do it over his (Rajiv) dead body."
Surely it was his father who opened the gates for
'shilanyas' at the site, yet he tried to hoodwink the
people. This was an exhibition of naivety and a 'drama' of
deceit.
Campaigning in the same elections, he made an attack on the
BSP and SP saying, "The dependence of these parties on
single personalities was responsible for the deplorable
condition of Uttar Pradesh. These two parties are squarely
responsible for the lack of development of UP in the last
fifteen years. The state cannot be held hostage to
personality oriented politics and the one leader theory has
already done a lot of damage to the state".
Could anything be more amusing? If the dependence of
political parties on single personalities was responsible
for the deplorable condition of UP, what is wrong in
blaming Congress for the deplorable condition of India as
this party is still depending on personalities from a
single family? Applying the same yardstick, why not say
that Congress is squarely responsible for lack of
development in the country in the last five decades? Going
by Rahul's logic, we can also assert that the country
cannot be held hostage to personality oriented politics and
the one family theory has already done a lot of damage to
the country.
He couldn't cut much ice in UP and Mayawati scored a
fantastic victory and captured power single-handedly. After
that, he led the Congress campaign in other assembly
elections in Gujarat, Himachal, Karnataka, where Congress
lost heavily. Now during the month-long campaign in the
current general elections, the way he campaigned shows he
has not improved even an iota in five years! In between, he
even embarked on a "Discover India" mission!
His statements on Bofors, CBI, his snubbing of extant
allies and praising opposition leaders exhibit immaturity
and idiocy which have made the party miserable. Senior
leaders find it difficult to come out of those situations,
but none has the courage to rein him in. He is a subject of
ridicule among allies and opposition alike; yet he is
touted as a future prime minister!
We cannot be subjected to a reign of inefficiency and
idiocy. One only hopes the people have voted strategically
to get rid of the Useless Pathetic Alliance and place it in
the safe hands of a Nationalistic and Democratic Alliance.
The author is a senior journalist; he lives in Chennai
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