Why Manmohan Singh is suggesting young leaders like Rahul Gandhi to lead the country?
Manmohan Singh is now fed up with Indian politics and especially with the team of politicians which he is leading. He realizes very well that he has failed on all fronts. Politically Mr. Singh has been always treated as weak politician and it is open secret that Ms Sonia Gandhi controls Mr. Singh in all matters. Nowadays even Mr. Rahul Gandhi has started giving indirect lessons to learned Doctor Manmohan Singh. Other old congressmen take advantage of his weakness and think it wise to indulge in flattery so that they may continue to remain and hold powerful post which enables them to earn and accumulate wealth to unlimited extent. Flattery and culture of precious gift in our country (elements of corruption) have the power to make all impossible tasks as possible.
Economics propagated by Mr. Manmohan Singh in 1991 is going to be proved as great failure. People in general have understood the deficiencies and demerits of free economy as spearheaded by developed countries like USA in nineties and launched in India since 1991 under the leadership of late P V Narsimha Rao, the then Prime Minister of India and the then Finance Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh. Even the nations which pioneered free economy have now started taking steps to regulate their economy tightly, restricting freedom given to businessmen and adopting policies of socialism or communism or policies termed as protectionism. Policy of unrestricted freedom and that of full deregulation of economy and that of disinvestment, have caused irreparable damage to common men in our country too because these policies have resulted in intolerable price rise and widening gap between the rich and the poor. This has happened only because of unrestricted freedom given to manufacturers, traders and service providers.
Country is more or less now in the hands of capitalists and terrorists. Capitalists are dictating the terms to the government to earn more and more profit because it is they who help politicians in election and in survival of the government. Terrorists dictate the term because they blackmail the leaders who are mostly corrupt, they dictate the terms to the government because they use poor population of the country as shield and to justify their terrorism, because they are mentors and saviors of so many politicians of all the political parties. More over terrorists are growing financially stronger and stronger due to the fact they collect dadagiri tax from all segment of citizen in the country. Terrorists have got success in growing their network and their power to threaten and blackmail the prominent leaders because they are also supported and sponsored by enemy country like Pakistan. Manmohan Singh has failed to bring peace in Kashmir and failed to stop infiltrations. As such Manmohan Singh is not satisfied with his own performance on the issue of relation with neighboring countries also.
On the matter of administration, everyone knows that though Mr. Manmohan Singh is himself a clean and honest person. But being the head of the country he has failed to perform his duty of controlling and minimizing rampant corruption prevalent in all offices and departments of government. Common men under his regime cannot expect earning minimum bread and butter, education, electricity, minimum health care and at least justice from any court in acceptable short period. When Mr. Manmohan Singh became for the first time as Prime Minister of the country people of India had great expectation from him .unfortunately Mr. Singh has belied the hopes of common men on the issue of clean administration, safety and security, equitable and well distributed growth and foreign relation as defined by Nehru and Indira Gandhi in the name of Non alignment.
This is why now Mr. Manmohan Singh has himself expressed that Rahul Gandhi like young leader should lead the country. This is another example of flattery. In a vast country like India with 110 crore population Mr. Manmohan Singh could see only Rahul Gandhi as the young and fit person to lead the country. There are several politicians in his own congress party who are young and talented too to lead the country, not to speak of young leaders of other parties who too have desire to become Prime Minister of the country. Though India is a democratic country, fruits of democracy are available only to those politicians and officials who are connected directly or indirectly to powerful lobby in politics or in administration.
Danendra Jain
21.11.2010
