The general elections got over and India is all set for the 15th Lok Sabha. Dr. Manmohan Singh becomes the only PM after Late Jawaharlal Nehru to come to power for the second consecutive term after completing a full 5 year term. I congratulate him for his fete. The news channels are playing the song "Singh is Kinng" non stop to emphasise the victory of unarguably the most decent politician in India today. However my question is, is the Singh REALLY King?
Among all the excitement among the congress leaders yesterday, the only person who got a mention as after thought was Dr. Singh. All the hype and hoopla was reserved for the Gandhi Dynasty. The statement of Jyotiraditya Scindia about Rahul Gandhi being the perfect candidate for becoming the PM ahead of Dr. Singh and scores of leaders saying the composition of cabinet is the prerogative of the PM and the decision will be taken by the party president clearly shows who is the real king.
If these were not all, the first press conference was addressed at the 10, Janpath. Come on man, you are the Prime Minister of the country. If you value the party, use the party head quarters for the address instead. The supremacy of the Gandhi Dynasty is what repulses me from the congress. Earlier it was just Mrs. Gandhi, now we have Rahul baba also. Who knows we might have Priyanka baby with her baby as well. Rahul Gandhi is set to get a plum ministry, he might get the post of Deputy PM also. That will be the perfect homage paid by Dr. Singh to the dynasty for letting him remain the PM. Lets see how he copes with all of them. The thing in his favour is the absence of troublesome allies as the people of India have got rid of most of the "King Makers" in the country.
However, everything is not as bad as it seems. Dr. Singh has a proven record as a PM and Finance Minister. We expect him to do well on the economy and the external affairs front and if he can get the house in order, he will be the person to take India truly into the 21st century. I wish him good luck and wish he really proves to be the King, so that I can join the news channels in singing "Singh is Kinng, Singh is Kinng".
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Aristocracy and kingship r d things of past. In Democracy a king has no physical significance. Perhaps the media analogy in this context for SMS is explainable.The two upper circuits in market in a single day support the view tht it cant be expected that govt. can contribute better than it's neutral behavior in present political arena.
Well, we still have the dynasty politics and a lot of kings with power passing to the family members.
Dear Mr. Bhawesh Jha
I am also Bhawesh but 'mishra' from Begusarai (Bihar). just i begin to bloging, bhawesh name was already created. after that i open a blog by our village name. i am happy to knew that someone is bhawesh and bloging with same name.
Namaste, keep in touch.
Bhawesh
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