The Prime Minister of India is going to be interacting with select members of the media today. His aim is to address them directly and field some of the important questions that are being asked about him and his government. An analyst on DD News this morning suggested that it was some of his cabinet members who suggested to him to address the media who have been questioning his silence in the midst of these "allegations" of corruption against his team members and the mounting attack of the opposition.
My first question to him would be: "Mr. Prime Minister, your government is running wild. Do you have ANY control over it?"
Now of course this question arises when I disregard the first conspiracy theory from my mind - the Prime Minister is aware of the shenanigans, and is complicit in helping his partners make money for themselves and the party. The fact is that he has been aware of all the dealings in the government, after all, HE is the leader of this group of rowdies who have been running amuk with no holds barred. So the country wants to know, what is the truth, Mr. Prime Minister?
The state of deceit in this government is such that the CONgress has found convenient scapegoats in each and every scam and then washed its hands off them. Kalmadi in CWG scam, Chavan in Maharashtra, Raja in telecom, etc etc. I am sure people will have questioned them on the plausibility of just one person getting away with thousands of crores of public money without anyone in their government, not in the least their Prime Minister knowing? What about that beacon of light for the CONgress party, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi? Surely she, who has unquestionable control of her party workers, will be aware of what her minions have been upto? Not a word from her at all regarding anything.
The commentator I was watching on tv today also said that the Congress seems to be now adapting the policy of offence being the best defence. We all know the CBI is already a donkey that works for the Government of India, is overstretched and understaffed, and its investigations, if there are any at all, will probably come to naught since they happen to be against the CONgress and its illustrious allies. Of course, in keeping with the new policy, the CBI has already initiated investigation against Arun Shourie, who was the Telecom Minister in the NDA government. The UPeeA government's spent considerable time actually, in convincing people that we may be such and such, but the BJP is such and such too!
Coming back to the title of my blog, Prime Minister Singh is indeed the posterboy of this shady undertaking called the Government of India, because whenever you question the government, you are made to believe that you are questioning the integrity of the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister, as we all know, is the most honest politician in the country today. That has been the Government strategy for quite a while now. You could not but be impressed with the government when it was first formed - people with the best of education and the best of credentials were a part of this cabinet, but unfortunately, its just a free-for-all circus right now. The media, well, I guess it has been hammering along against this monolith of opacity with its tiny hammer, with a few successes here and there, such as this headline in The Tabloid of India: There is governance and ethical deficit, admits Chidambaram. Oh my God, a direct admission by PC himself! we are truly saved.
In another major news, the Government of India has actually agreed to a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the 2G scam, something which the opposition has been demanding for a while, and the reason for which the Parliament hasn't been functioning at all (as opposed to functioning occasionally during peacetime).
Today also happens to be a very auspicious day, its Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday of the Holy Prophet. Let us hope that He at least reminds these leaders of men in some way that He is watching and they be mindful lest they go so far that there is no turning back. This country deserves better. This country's citizens need to make better choices.
My first question to him would be: "Mr. Prime Minister, your government is running wild. Do you have ANY control over it?"
Now of course this question arises when I disregard the first conspiracy theory from my mind - the Prime Minister is aware of the shenanigans, and is complicit in helping his partners make money for themselves and the party. The fact is that he has been aware of all the dealings in the government, after all, HE is the leader of this group of rowdies who have been running amuk with no holds barred. So the country wants to know, what is the truth, Mr. Prime Minister?
The state of deceit in this government is such that the CONgress has found convenient scapegoats in each and every scam and then washed its hands off them. Kalmadi in CWG scam, Chavan in Maharashtra, Raja in telecom, etc etc. I am sure people will have questioned them on the plausibility of just one person getting away with thousands of crores of public money without anyone in their government, not in the least their Prime Minister knowing? What about that beacon of light for the CONgress party, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi? Surely she, who has unquestionable control of her party workers, will be aware of what her minions have been upto? Not a word from her at all regarding anything.
The commentator I was watching on tv today also said that the Congress seems to be now adapting the policy of offence being the best defence. We all know the CBI is already a donkey that works for the Government of India, is overstretched and understaffed, and its investigations, if there are any at all, will probably come to naught since they happen to be against the CONgress and its illustrious allies. Of course, in keeping with the new policy, the CBI has already initiated investigation against Arun Shourie, who was the Telecom Minister in the NDA government. The UPeeA government's spent considerable time actually, in convincing people that we may be such and such, but the BJP is such and such too!
Coming back to the title of my blog, Prime Minister Singh is indeed the posterboy of this shady undertaking called the Government of India, because whenever you question the government, you are made to believe that you are questioning the integrity of the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister, as we all know, is the most honest politician in the country today. That has been the Government strategy for quite a while now. You could not but be impressed with the government when it was first formed - people with the best of education and the best of credentials were a part of this cabinet, but unfortunately, its just a free-for-all circus right now. The media, well, I guess it has been hammering along against this monolith of opacity with its tiny hammer, with a few successes here and there, such as this headline in The Tabloid of India: There is governance and ethical deficit, admits Chidambaram. Oh my God, a direct admission by PC himself! we are truly saved.
In another major news, the Government of India has actually agreed to a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the 2G scam, something which the opposition has been demanding for a while, and the reason for which the Parliament hasn't been functioning at all (as opposed to functioning occasionally during peacetime).
Today also happens to be a very auspicious day, its Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday of the Holy Prophet. Let us hope that He at least reminds these leaders of men in some way that He is watching and they be mindful lest they go so far that there is no turning back. This country deserves better. This country's citizens need to make better choices.
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