Vasu
Reddy from Chicago
Until
he was appointed as the prime minister of India, Dr. Singh was one of the most
respected economists and policy makers in the world. His leadership in leading Indian economic
engine to grow and prosper is the story of legend and will forever be remembered
for the decisions the finance ministry took and implemented. There was no question of his decision making
and policy implementation in leading India into the new century with astonishing
results.
The
past week saw him called a few choice names by a US publication, which were
quickly rebuffed by the Indians, and asked for an apology of sorts for calling
the Prime Minister a do nothing wimp in kind words. We all know anyone can write anything they
want in any country and just get away with it, and even heads of state are not
an exception to the sharpness of the language being used by the writers. The truth of the matter in making a story on
Dr. Singh is new to the international media in a negative light, but there are
no short stories on him in the Indian media.
There is a constant attention to his style of governing and his inaction
on many of the issues that continue to plague India, specially referring to the
ongoing and ever expanding scams of the government at the center and in most
states.
While
no one accuses Dr. Singh of any wrong doing of the nasty kind, he certainly is
at the helm of the party that has made India popular for scams, and each
passing one getting bigger. The party
identifies the scams and throws a few of the politicians involved into jail for
a few months, and profess to be taking action.
In the first place why is the government allowing the elected officials
to scam the country? And only after a massive
abuse of people’s resources happen is when you take action.
No
money has ever been recovered from the scam leaders yet, although some of them
have been sent to jail. A few have been
sent to jail because they no longer want to listen to the government’s prophecy
anymore. Those landing in jail claim
total innocence and also claim that they were acting according to the law, and
only implemented the policy of the government.
Everyone
including babies know that people in power cheat, lie and steal, and only to
the degree they do these things once they get elected is for the record. With each passing election the cost of
getting elected gets higher and higher, and once elected the recovery of the
investment also is at a massive scale. Politics
has become as if people investing in education and training to get good jobs
and get a life of comfort after initial sacrifices. Politicians have become so used to cheating
as much as possible to recover their investment into to getting elected. There is only one political agenda in India
that is to get elected and steal as much as possible as quickly as possible.
While
Dr. Singh personally may not be interested in wealth creation, his party
certainly has been quite aggressive in scamming and cheating while in
power. No matter how you define his
personal qualities, he as the head of the nation has not been able to rub off
any of his personal qualities on his fellow party men and women to work for the
benefit of the people. If the US papers
call him names, it is difficult not to question Dr. Singh’s abilities rather
than the news papers that raise the issue of inaction against corruption. Judging his personal abilities is no longer
important as he is the head of the largest democracy, and he should be
responsible for the actions of his party at all levels, and should impose the
same standards he has on all of his colleagues.
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