Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has got a good image as one of the most effective Prime Ministers of India. But that seems to fade these days.....
Being a proficient Economist, he battled all the way to achieve 9%+ growth rate. His government fought an effective battle against inflation. Even in recession, Govt. could keep India at bay. His foreign policies helped us build strong allies. His govt. gave special focus on strengthening the internal security and encouraged our intelligence agencies to exchange information with ally nations secret services. Overall, he has got an image of Mr. Clean. All these won hearts of the people. He was gifted with one more term as PM.
But this wasn't the same story on his next election. Tides were against him. Controversies whirl pooled his government. N-Deal questioned his liability to the nation. Operation Green-hunt turned out to be a set back. Prices soaring onto the sky bought him more troubles. Separatist moments and calamities challenged his abilities.
Of all, corruption in the government took toll of him. Nation has never seen these many scams in a short period. Common wealth, IPL(Sasi Tharoor), Adarsh housing society, 2-G spectrum were the most publicized scams.
All of the above scams involved either his cabinet ministers or his party's state ministers. This is a shame on his part. Corruption pest is spreading all over and has infected his own cabinet, but all he does is to keep silent. 2-G spectrum had churned the whole nation but the PM still remains quiet. It was his duty to answer the nation,but the PM failed to keep up his responsibility.
Oppositions have demanded for Joint Parliamentary Committee(J.P.C) to investigate the issue. They were obstructing the both houses' activities in favor of their demand. All he did was to avoid the issue and as a result whole winter sessions got over without a single discussion. With his silence, what was he trying to do? Whom was he trying to protect?
PM could have proclaimed his stand by agreeing for J.P.C. This single act of his could have brought out many bitter truths. J.P.C. proved to be a very effective solution in bringing out truths about a scam; the only exception being Bofors scandal J.P.C. So, PM could have trusted it and ordered for a formation of J.P.C. In contrast, his party leaders ridiculed the idea of J.P.C. The PM didn't even effectively explain why J.P.C demand was rejected. This shows that he is purely avoiding it.
One reason might be to save his government. The minister alleged, is a party-man of one of the biggest allies of his govt. He might have been frightened by the threats of support withdrawal. This is always a problem with alliance governments. But the PM must realize that nation interests are more important than his govt. interests. He should not step back just for selfish ends.
With the PM batting for the interests of alleged ministers, people are gradually loosing confidence that he could safe guard the nation's interests vested on him. This flood of scams could only be stopped if there is a strict investigation and action. CBI investigation turned out be a big joke these days. Its high time for the PM to raise up to the cause and do what ever needed to root out the corruption. Else next time, we will find a new PM for sure.......
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