THE GREAT POLITICIAN OF INIDA
I honestly believe that history will be kinder to me than the contemporary media or for that matter an opposition parties in Parliament former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has his fair share of admirers and detractors in his long and distinguished career as he turns eighty-seven here's a look at the Economist Prime Minister to a series of rare interviews Narasimha Rao Ji said, no you go and get dressed up and coming for the swearing-in-ceremony so that's how I became the Finance Minister.
So People say I was an accidental Prime Minister I was also an accidental Finance Minister Dr. Singh spearheaded India's path-breaking economic reforms in 1991 as Finance Minister in the Narasimha Rao govt. when I became finance minister in the very first nine months of that year I reduced the fiscal deficit by two percent of GDP it has not been done before it has never been done after birth it was in 2004that the spotlight was done on him in a simple twist of feat look at that statement Sonia Gandhi made in 2004 some calling it a political masterstroke when she declined the Prime Minister's post the nation chose Congress the Congress choose Sonia but Sonia shocked many by choosing a man who was least political and perhaps the most loyal to 10 Jan path Manmohan Singh was made the Prime Minister and his stringent fiscal policies steered India's safely through the 2008 financial crisis beating the World Bank's forecast to clock in six percent growth.
The usually soft-spoken technocrat took a strong stand on the historic INDO - US civil nuclear deal despite fierce opposition from coalition partners however, news of the Rs:7000crore Satyam scam eclipsed his economic performance and then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi called
him a weak Prime Minister the way that you have attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has a weak man. You will criticize him for being away from the public for so many months even though you know us on I didn’t say that. I said when he wasn’t there, no one realized that he was gone Dr. Singh defied expectations and was re-elected in 2009 he continued to pursue peaceful ties with Pakistan despite the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.
I have always believed that the destinies of people of India and Pakistan are very closely linked to me that we have wasted a lot of time in the past in acrimonious debates the time has come to write a new chapter in the history of our relationship poverty rates dropped to an all-time low in 2012 but the celebrations were short-lived as several high-profile scams broke out in quick succession - 2G, CWG, and coal allocation opposition leaders began to call him "MaunMohan Singh" a moniker using the Hindi word 'man's meaning silent for his perceived lack of action against corruption Today, the top story in newspapers is that ‘Maunmohan’ Singh went to Himachal and broke his silence.
As scam after the scam came to light, the opposition’s attack grew sharper Our problem is that you are not loyal to the nation and that’s why we cannot trust that you don’t remember loyalty and we don’t remember injustice There are 2 phases of life. One you don’t remember, one we don’t remember The ability of govt. and political leadership to handle this crisis, itself has lost confidence not only in the country but is also losing the confidence of the investing community I ask you all what type of government do you want in India? Do you want a lame government? Do you want a dumb government? or you want a remote-controlled government?
The Congress lost the 2014 elections by a landslide margin all Dr. Singh is no longer in power he continues to defy the Manmohan moniker through sharp attacks on economic issues demonetization is organized loot and legalized plunder they have placed hardships on people of India by hastily introducing GST soon after demonetization India has the potential to grow at a much faster rate but all around mismanagement by the Modi government has resulted in this slowdown so how will history remember.
Dr. Singh the popular view today is that the 10 years of UPA were a complete waste of time and I'm saying no sorry that is not the case in UPA 1 it was not a waste of time because it a very significant achievement of this Prime Minister but it is true that in repair two things went wrong while this academic term politician has been praised for his economic reforms his meek and understated.
Personality worked against him as more aggressive leader started gaining popularity the larger impression of him seems to be that he was a puppet Prime Minister. whose apron strings were tied to the Gandhi family.
While you may not have many fans of his political acumen it continues to be your be a well-respected voice on the economy if you are going to take that the market takes care of everything then you will see - 2 India one small island growing fast and the rest of the economy mired it's in contradiction of slow growth and starvation whichever side of history you're on one thing is for sure Dr.Singh will always be remembered as a gentleman Prime Minister
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