Manmohan you beauty!! . It was an absolute pleasure to watch our rustic democracy beamed live across the country and an even greater pleasure to see the Manmohan Singh led UPA government win the Trust Vote on the nuclear issue. For long, the debates in this country would be only on Mandir-Mandal-Masjid issues which atleast for me are inconsequential and also not solvable. For the first time in as far as i can remember, a policy issue has brought our country to a debating stand still.
From Canteens, bus stands, high offices to the slums, everywhere people are debating whether the nuclear deal is good or bad. Off course 90% of them do not understand the nuclear deal completely. They only debate about stuff that affects them directly, like whether they wont have load shedding anymore, whether pollution will get reduced or even whether they do not have to lose land and get displaced to huge hydroelectric projects.
In the midst of all this there are the usual suspects, our politicians who are hell bent to politicise every issue, even issues where India needs to show maturity, issues which affect our standing in the world. Our political system consists of many politicians who are, to use a simple word to explain them “CHEAP“.
Today amply demonstrated the level to which MP’s can stoop when they threw bundles of cash in the temple of democracy. Is there not a better place and way to explain or show your charges? Do you need to purposefully disrupt the PM’s speech to the nation on such an important issue?
I really cannot understand how the BJP can act as if its “Holier than Thou“. Forget Bangaru Laxman’s case. Lets take the recent instance of the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2008. Its been only 2 months since the results came and BJP formed its government. It managed to poach a total of 11 MLA’s to its side. 6 of them are independents and 5 of them are from the Congress and JDS. 9 of them were made ministers and remaining 3 of them, Chairman’s of Boards. Its known to everyone in Karnataka that a lot of money( rumoured to be 35 crores) changed hands for each of the MLA’s. The Dalaal’s here were Sushma Swaraj’s chelas the Reddy Brothers. Now the same Sushma Swaraj comes on TV and acts as if she is Mother Teresa reincarnate. And the same Ananth Kumar in Lok Sabha today shouts at the top of his voice in Lok Sabha. This is the main reason why i have always maintained that the BJP is a party of Convenience. It does what suits it best and never what suits the country.
The less said about Communists, the better. Communists are stuck in the stone age, someone needs to slap and wake them up and tell them as Laloo Prasad beautifully put it today, that the era of Kings, Queens anti-imperialism is over. Rahul Gandhi also made a hard hitting statement about how,to be a super power, we need to impact the world and not always worry about how the world will impact us and the left has to learn it soon. The Left needs to do some serious introspection. I hope they do not and that they face the same fate as most communists in the world have faced. Annihilation.
Mayawati and Advani are masters in playing to the gallery. Mayawati openly proclaiming the PM’s chair belongs to her is laudable. She has the guts to say it when most others shy away. But the politics she plays along with Mulayam, the so called “Omkara” brand of politics( Shekar Gupta’s branding) will surely lead to the the total criminalization of politics like the way UP has become now.
Anways, I ask people reading this, 2 questions, answer them by your conscience and not political affiliations
1) If Manmohan Singh did not think this deal is in national interest, why will he risk his own government over it ?
The Congress has nothing to gain electorally by the deal. In all probability, it will only lose its muslim vote.(of muslims who do not understand the deal and muslims who are mislead)
Does this not prove that Manmohan genuinely believes this deal will benefit India in the long run ?
2) Is Abdul Kalam lying ? Is he politically affiliated to take stands ? …its obvious that he belongs to no party and we have known our dear Kalam for long enough to say he would not lie and he is the utmost patriot..our missile man….would he have supported this deal if it goes against India?
Answer these two questions. And decide what Manmohan did was write or wrong.
Its time for the people of India to debate and work on the real issues that face our great country and stand up to people who take up and fulfill these issues. We have spent years debating and fighting over useless frivilous things that just divide us.
Manmohan Singh quoted Victor Hugo’s famous quote when he assumed office four and half years ago in 2004 and also in his speech to parliament in 1991 when he justified his economics of liberalization.
He said “No power on Earth can stop an Idea whose time has come and India’s time has come“. I truly believe under him, India’s true place in the world, a place which we held for a thousand years, a place right at the very top will be reached. I salute our PM.
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BJP fell into a trap. The deal was initiated by them, reaching a logical conclusion in the UPA regime. Left opposes the deal and anythign to do with US for historical reasons adn nothing else.
BJP initially left Communists to do the Opposition party role and when a time came for them to take a call they were surely trapped. Advani’s speech was an example where 90% was politics and only 10% Nuclear Deal. He even got his hsitory wrong with regards to Nehru and NPT. It is an open secret that Advani is objecting to this deal eventhough BJP would have wanted to support the deal as they are more close to US than UPA ..
Regarding the Cash for Vote claim, it was the most bizzare display in the parliment. Many questions lay unanswered.. Why did they wait till Tuesday 4.00 pm .. why dint they go to media or POlice ? what was their intention ?
If the allegations are true -
again 1> DO they suggest that Horse trading does not exist ? WHat happened in K’taka – Donkey trading ?
2> Did the MP’s ask for money ? Why did they go to Amar’s house in the first place ?
3> If a sting was their objective – it is illegal to induce somebody to bribe you to perform parlimentary functions ..
The episode will turn out to be a damp squib adn will be remembered for a very poor attempt to scuttle trust vote.. even if those MP’s were sinceare, the method used was disgusting .. and to remember one of those MP’s were part for the “Cash for Query” scam – the credibility becomes more questionable..
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True, True.. Misuse of Democracy is best seen from a party sitting in the opposition.. Sadly, they have come to believe that since they are the “Opposition” they can baselessly oppose to any good that the government hopes for the nation. This verdict of the parliament was a strong message to all the politicians that they cannot anymore easily steal the power from anyone, and lay it in the hands of undeserving candidates such as Mayawati..
Manmohan is an ideal PM. Atlast we as a country are concentrating on imp issues.
Its high time that we catch upto china as chidambaram said yesterday
This Nuclear Deal is an important deal.
More than concentrating on how to utilize this deal, the political parties are fighting to prove thier suppremacy.
This nuklear deal may benefit india for energy generation from nuclear power plants, but, it also has a clause that india should not go ahead with any nucklear research w.r.t defence. This is a important clause, as it is concerned with our countries security. But US can still go ahead with the nuklear research for defence.
If questions like
1) Is US capable of supplying sufficient nucklear reserves to meet our energy requirement?
2) If so, how long can it provide the nuklear reserves without any disruptions?
3) Since our Nuklear research w.r.t defence will be stopped and surrendered to US, how much will it impact our defence?
4) As we know US has a friendly relationship with pakistan, won’t pakistan get a upper hand with nuklear defence against India in future?
I hope our politicians have thought about such questions and have found convincing answers. I haven’t seen any discussion on these questions in the media till date.
If any one of you know, please post it this article.
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Hello,
I am a supporter of N-Deal and do realize the importance. I agree that all we did on 21st and 22nd July was a political farce, something that we as (and since) an Indpendant India, are not new to! Less said about that the better.
I dont doubt the patriotism of Dr. Singh or Dr. Kalam, but at the same time I dont completely dismiss the debate either!
Realize that there has been opposition to the deal on two fronts; one on technical level of whether we need N-Power (Left stand? well not really they are more against USA) AND whether the drafted agreement of the deal is suitable one(BJP stand).
Dr. Singh and Dr. Kalam are technicians and are not Burocrats and so although they are right in leading us, we cant turn a deaf ear to the critics.
Realize that we are dealing with the most shrewd businessmen on earth…(Did you forget Taliban in Cold-war and now?)
RESUME ……….
EDUCATION /Qualification:
1950: Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh ,
1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Punjab University , Chandigarh ,
1954; Wright’s Prize for distinguished performance at St John’s College, Cambridge,
1955 and 1957; Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge ,
1957; DPhil ( Oxford ), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India ’s export competitiveness
OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience :
Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59;
Reader, Economics, 1959-63;
Professor, Economics, Punjab University , Chandigarh , 1963-65;
Professor,International Trade, Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi,1969-71 ;
Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University ,New Delhi,1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi ,1996 and Civil Servant
Working Experience/ POSITIONS :
1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade
1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance
1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India ;
Director, Industrial Development Bank of India;
Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, Asian Development Bank;
Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD
November 1976 – April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Department of economic affairs);
Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission; Member,finance, Space Commission
April 1980 – September 15, 1982 : Member-secretary, Planning Commission
1980-83: Chairman , India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint study committee
September 16, 1982 – January 14, 1985 : Governor, Reserve Bank of India .
1982-85: Alternate Governor for India , Board of governors, International Monetary Fund
1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister
1985: President, Indian Economic Association
January 15, 1985 – July 31, 1987 : Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
August 1, 1987 – November 10, 19! 90: Secretary-general and commissioner,
south commission, Geneva
December 10, 1990 – March 14, 1991 : Advisor to the Prime Minister on economic affairs
March 15, 1991 – June 20, 1991 : Chairman, UGC
June 21, 1991 – May 15, 1996 : Union finance minister
October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket
June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance
August 1, 1996 – December 4, 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary standing committee on commerce
March 21, 1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
June 5, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on finance
August 13, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on rules
Aug 1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member, executive committee, Indian parliamentary group
June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
Aug 2001 onwards: Member, general purposes committee
BOOKS:
India ’s Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth -
Clarendon Press, Oxford University , 1964; also published a large number of articles in various economic journals.
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge , 1956
Padma Vibhushan, 1987
Euro money Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993;
Asia money Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia, 1993 and 1994
INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:
1966: Economic Affairs Officer
1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section, UNCTAD
1972-74: Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on
International Monetary Reform
1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-India Consortium Meetings
1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning group meeting
1982: Indo-Soviet monitoring group meeting
1993: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Cyprus 1993: Human Rights World Conference, Vienna
RECREATION :
Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, India International Centre,
New Delhi
PERSONAL DETAIL:
Name: Dr Manmohan Singh
DOB: September 26, 1932
Place of Birth: Gah ( West Punjab )
Father: S. Gurmukh Singh
Mother: Mrs Amrit Kaur
Married on: September 14, 1958
Wife: Mrs Gursharan Kaur
Children: Three daughters
Our Prime Minister seems to be the most qualified PM all over the world.
and our dear adwani ji calls him ” the weakest prime minister of INDIA” !!!!!!!!
left considers adwani a more efficient pm than him
have they forgot
1) babari masjid
2)gujrat riots
3)parilament attack
in all of which he did a great role.
{ thanks to the undelivered yet published speach of dr manmohan singh in the lok shaba on 22 nd july 2008}
it seems very accurate for him to say that
“its time for adwaniji to change his astrologers ”
be PROUD to be an INDIAN
JAI HIND
JAI BHARAT
it was very hearting to see a man of manmohan sings stature win the trust vote congress n upa are no sweet innocent people but the stance they took on the nuclear deal is commendable its was all because of persuation from the pm they left has to wake up to the realities n the bjp which plays its politics of convinience has been badly exposed but it was very relieving to see that we were debating a policy decision but the bjp n others had to rake up other issues like amarnath afzal guru by the way who left maulana massod azar the chief od hizbul mujahideen ? y didnt the bjp’s conscience stir them at that time?
Cricket is anti-Hindu
Soccer is anti- Christian
and the Nuke Deal is anti-Muslim ; a well planned political gimmick and nothing else. Too bad we are still stuck in between petty issues of nothingness
What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
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