Dr Manmohan Singh's biodata is impressive. He is a world renowned economist, was the finance minister of India that guided India out of what is now the most common case study in b-schools on public bankruptcy and economy, he was the governor of Indian central bank and he has been in almost all spheres of economics. He fails in politics. He is not a mass politician...
...but then when UPA was re-elected he was the declared Prime Ministerial candidate and every body knew that when they voted. Despite the various scandals he is still considered an honest man, he is weak but he is not asked to be replaced.
What surprises me is the extent to which politicians mainly of his party have taken him for granted. How can an eminent person like him be treated like a bench warmer for somebody. How can a person of his intellect tolerate it and why?
We give credit to so many for what is perceived of them why not to Dr Saab. Does he have an agenda - either devious or altruistic.
When Dr. Singh leaves office, the person who fills the post will have to fit in large shoes. It is under Dr. Singh premiership that RTI was passed, India's foreign policy is stepping into a more realistic platform, economy had a direction for a long period till I feel the usurper stood at the door, there are achievements that looks visionary and long lasting.
Corruption under his rule is something that he will look back as his failing. In India where everything is auctioned among the insiders the first come first served corruption has for some reason not touched Dr. Singh. Media has all kinds of insinuations on different political dynasties and allied industrial houses but Dr. Singh is still clean. The only other person in the government who has managed this feat is Pranab Mukherjee-but he is another breed. Is this the politician in Dr. Singh that we do not know of?
In politics as in every field there are those who do and those who display. When doers display they are statesmen, when doers become rich they are leaders who create rules, when people display without doing they either go to jail or become philosophers like people who do it the wrong way, but what about doers that are quiet....enter the genre of Dr. Singh.
I feel the just concluded UP Elections will show the world the worth of Dr.Singh. He talks in parliament and in other gathering but he has to speak, if he chooses to it will create a new Sangha, the set of people who will swear by Singhisms, create a Singh Era and lay the foundation of the Singh Sangha....of quiet doers who speak later :)
