Miles of columns and days of TV debate has been put to use on dissection,analysis of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's Press conference since yesterday.Nearly all of it has been focused around failures and missed opportunities.He has been ridiculed by Media Kangaroo courts. The incumbent Prime Minister has become butt of jokes in social media.Even couplets of Bahadur Shah regards "do gaz Zameen" has been hinted by Tweeps. Political obituaries have been published.
The Press Conference of the Prime Minister devoid of humor was badly scripted too. Ducks like me realize that in such press conferences ,the questionnaires are sometimes precooked and leaked to some media persons with a view to encourage them to focus on predetermined issues.With all due respect to PM's media cell ,preempting of questions regards Mr.Modi was misplaced or not given a thought. of course Dr.Singh did not make things easy for him by blowing the wolf whistle on "Disaster in offing".
Some facts need to be seen in the context of his desire not to be UPA's candidate for Prime Minister in 2014. People who castigate him deliberately fail to remember that he was the force behind liberalization.During the severe economic crisis in 1991,the man carried out several structural reforms that took Indian economy to a new path. The path breaking over ,subsequent Governments did toe the line for next some years. Leaders became champions and bloated in glory and the prime mover was pushed in back room of Politics.
How many office bearers in Indain democracy can be candid enough to admit their failures. Corruption,price rise and inability to generate employment have been cited as people's bete noire as Dr.Singh's performance is judged .The times we live in has been disregarded in the cacophony.One must realize Corruption in public offices is a reflection of society and more to curb it has been done in last some years than since independence. The rot of corruption and nepotism which flows in our blood has become too thick .In this age when revolution die ,there is no quick cure. Consider the political compulsions of Dr.Singh and he does not come out that bad.However by his own liking and standards ,he has failed on this account.
One should realize that India is not an isolated economy and one also tends to forget that Dr.Singh had also a finance minister known for his left leanings for nearly three years. The shield of near Depression of 2006-2008 was made possible only by PM's acumen. One must not forget that some earlier Finance ministers nearly gave it away in lesser conditions.
The European depression was felt more in India but Can Liberalization leave it's fangs behind.The 2G or second generation of reforms when ushered in more developed countries brings more heart breaks and disenchantment. Countries facing challenges of this irreversible process of Globalization are facing even civil strife a ka Ukraine,Thailand.It's too credit of ManMohan Singh that it looks somewhat seamless to us.
Media managers of INC and PMO seem to either overlook these facts or are not savvy enough to harp on it.
शिकवा किससे करें , फरमान ऐ मुरकबा का
मय्यत ख्वाइसो की औ अरमान मुजतबा सा..
murqaba-- watch over
mujtaba--the great unifier
History is a faulty art , seldom states the mental age we live in. Akbar is praised more than Sher Shah
