M.J. Akbar in the Khaleej Times, Dubai:
“No Government of India has been as minimalist as the UPA regime. For over four years now it has survived on a simple basis: Do nothing, and nothing unfortunate will happen. There are some good reasons for this.
“The central motivation of the UPA coalition has been fear of failure. It wanted to survive in office above all else. It knew that the alliance was brittle, and so compromised on two basic elements of power. No action was ever taken on the corruption or misrule of ministers, for fear that it would break the alliance….
“Dr Manmohan Singh learnt what little he knows of politics from P.V. Narasimha Rao, a Prime Minister who perfected the art of doing nothing, and flaunted indecision as a decision….
“Singh’s mien was never very colourful, although he could be brisk. If he began as a grey man, he has deepened towards an ashy pallor. The price of power was visible in his eyes. You might imagine that if you do nothing, nothing will happen to you. Your eyes betray you.”
Read the full column: The fine art of doing nothing
Manmohan singh is the weakest prime minister in the history of india , bending to please the allies and sucking up to the left.
We need a strong leader like Indira Gandhi and Atal bihari to rule this country.
God save INDIA…….
Did Churumuri sell itself to BJP?
Congress Govt had close to 45 years of absolute majority. They did not think of Nuclear deal when power came easy to them. They had sided with erstwhile USSR. Restricted themselves to license raj.
Created linguistics states and Caste bias. Restricted Indians from entering Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir.
Trained LTTE and Punjab Militants. These boomeranged against them resulting in the Death of Mrs Gandhi and her Son Rajeev Gandhi.
Created havoc across the country by not respecting Judiciary. Imposing emergency through autocratic rule.
The list is endless. Today they find that only way to rule is through coalition of regional parties propping them up as the regional parties do not national interests. They have become democratically elected princely states ruled by dynasties.
Devegowda hands over to Kumaraswamy
Karunanidhi hands over to Stalin
Mulayam Singh hands over to Akhilesh Yadav
Chandrababu Naidu creates strategic alliance with N Balakrishna his brother in law
Rajasekhar Reddy to Jagan Mohan Reddy
Farooque Abdullah to Son Omar
Mufti Mohammad to daughter Mehbooba Mufti
Sharad Pawar to his daughter
Bal Thackarey to Udhav Thackarey
etc etc
Founder’s of Indian Constitution left a major loopholes which resulted in such an anonmaly. Very soon we will have recycled junk progenies sitting in Parliament and ruling us.
Funny isn’t it, on some articles some people claim Churumuri is biased against CONGRESS. On some people claim its biased agaisnt BJP. That means I may be at the right place :) – articles for an issue with balanced view !!
Pity that the biased media have made people so hard that they harbour preconceived notions – no merit for the issue on hand.
For instance, if I speak for women then I am feminist. If I speak against women then I am have male chauvinist – can’t just speak for the issue, rationally?
Please stop repeating ad nauseam what some Hindi-belt Congressmen told us about PVN’s ‘art of doing nothing’.
These people look down upon all ‘Madrasis’, including Bangaloreans and Hyderabadis.
As Planning Commission Chairman or in any other role, Manmohan was nowhere near the reformer he was as FM under PVN. A little gratitude to this unassuming scholar PVN is overdue.
I don’t know about churumuri’s bias or lack of it, but it is funny to read MJ Akbar going hammer and tongs at the Mother Party. He sounded like the Nehru family retainer until just the other day!
GK3S,
Grief makes strange alterations in the minds of Nehruvists!
Ibbara jagaLa muraneyavange laabha.
JDS(yes,i am a supporter of JDS) is spared right now.Thats good sign.I think in comming lok sabha will have more vociferous fights as their will be some more comparisons added to the current points.
I am waiting for LS elections.it will be good time for politcs lovers like me.
Guys,please continue with the same spirit.:)
BTW,i am missing gowda hater pulakeshi. very badly
P.V.Narasimha Rao did nothing! What nonsense, coming from M.J.Akbar…..
>>“Dr Manmohan Singh learnt what little he knows of politics from P.V. Narasimha Rao, a Prime Minister who perfected the art of doing nothing, and flaunted indecision as a decision…>>
To think that this M J Akbar is a celebrated and acclaimed veteran journalist after reading the above statement from him. PVN changed for ever the Indian Economy and its foriegn policy, which was never even imagined possible by the earlier PMs. But, for a journalist like MJA, who has been always the worshipper of the Gandhi family PVN’s achievment is anathema.