I watched the news today, over lunch with disgust. I hoped to hear you take some stance.
Am not the guy who followed your illustrious political career, or was in awe of your economic policies or anything of that sort, but before you took oath as the PM, I always respected you - as many influencers (including my grandfather) during my impressionable age told me that you were brilliant finance person.
Your proclamation that you are not a "lame duck PM" did anything but cement that your name. Everything you said did prove just that. Your defense on the 2G scam and accusations against Raja - that he got the telecom berth was due to lobbying by Karunanidhi? coalition dharma? coalition compromises? Is that all you had? Had you spent some time kicking out these guys rather than coin new political jargons I would have been pleased.
"In coalition politics you have to make COMPROMISES" I understand that you are person who holds no grudges or isn't one bit prejudiced to not allot the telecom ministry to Raja, but i do presume you hold the single most powerful title of the largest democracy in the world "PRIME minister" so give him the ministry, but isn't it your job to ensure he does his job righteously ? I hope thats a part of your JD. So, the finance minister and telecom decided the price and lead the govt. to losses in crores, and your retort is that you could not control who took what ministry? With due fairness, maybe that is the compromise you need to make in coalition politics - who gets what ministry - and thats the end of it. After that, you are Mr.PM responsible to uphold the ethics of your cabinet - whoever bought out what ministry is irrespective. You had to say you did not have the "AUTHORITY" to object to raja in the cabinet? but you did have the "AUTHORITY" to object to his functioning? Your stance that you are clean DOES NOT absolve you of your responsibilities as the PM. There is NO COMPROMISE on that.
While you can say that you are "not the culprit" you've been made out to be, you've failed to stop the culprits or even acknowledge it or do anything about it. This is like the random guy who stands across and watches another guy on a suicidal mission and says "hey am not party to this, I didn't lead him to suicide! someone else did, why blame me?". This is the moral police who were busy on valentines chasing couples and not catching culprits. We aren't asking if you are clean Mr. Minister or your questioning your Morals or if you are an honest and good man. We all believed till now that you are a nice man, but we don't need just a nice man, we need a tough one. All we want to know is what were you doing when things were falling apart? I am disappointed, so is the nation. Your financial acumen and economic reform, where have they gone? inflation is eating into our stomachs and your ministers eat into our coffers and sap the nation of any shred of honour - the CWG has demonstrated that quite very well.
You just indirectly blame the DMK and you merely "trusted your cabinet". Is that all you could manage to come up with? And you should applaud the DMK family on controlling everything from the media to movies and presenting only what they feel politically serves their purpose or to create a distraction.
What was that on the devas scam? I hope you understand what it means when you license out a spectrum that was not intended for licensing. I have often heard the term "threat to national security" - all that you can say was that the PMO was not involved?
The Radia tapes? and the CWG?
Seriously rather than having a press conf. proclaiming you are no "lame duck PM", earn it.
Pull up your socks, clean the basket - too many rotten eggs.
regards,
one more concerned citizen
