Sunday, May 14, 2006

Should I be really proud of this government?

When dawn arrives on the 22nd of this month, it would mark the end of two years in power for this Manmohan Singh led government. So, I thought let's sit back and see what has happened in this two years of his tenure.
I will never call this government, a congress government. Congress may be the the political party with the maximum number of MPs (145, 15 more than BJP) but I really don't understand how the Congress at times brags that Sonia has been given the people's mandate. It has got a representaion of just above one fourth in Lok Sabha.
One of the note worthy achievements of this Manmohan led government is our relationship with US. What an achievement it has been, though we had to pay a little for it like our ties with Russia, our prestige, etc. These things doesn't matter when we compare it with the cordial friendship of the Super power. Great job Manmohan ji.
Many may have forgotten the efficient way in which our honurable home minister Sivaraj patil handled the killing of Thangjam Manorama in Manipur by 17 Assam rifles. It was an event which must have made any Indian proud, if you had forgotten it, just read this.
The best of it has been voting against Iran at IAEA. It was the first time in our history, we were voting against a fellow Non-aligned Movement (NAM) country. I believe Nehru would have savored the occassion.
And now the the reservation issue and the way medical students have been handled in the most efficeint way by the delhi police.
And lets not forget the ever increasing petrol prices since they have come into power.
Manmohan Singh's government is worser than a puppet government, because for a puppet there will be only one person controlling it, but here quite a lot. Manmohan may be highly educated or qualified but he is worse when comes to leadership qualities.
Shivraj V. Patil, Pranab Mukherjee, Arjun Singh, Sharad Pawar, Lalu Prasad, P. Chidambaram, S. Jaipal Reddy in this list, if you find a single person who has got good leadership qualities, please do tell me, I will be the most happiest man on this earth.
In the end of two years of UPA rule, please don't forward the mail "Do you know whose resume is this? " which was doing rounds some time back.
Just ask yourself, Should I be really proud of this government?