It used to be said that the toughest job in India was that of the prime mnister Manmohan Singh because he had to carry along with him many centrifugal forces speaking in divergent voices. Each of these forces was equally fastidious and queasy since their individual demands were many and, thanks to political compulsions, very sensitive to parochial issues. But gone are such days. Manmohan Singh has discovered that politics is the art and chicanery of making the impossible possible and trading off ethics for survival.
Corrupt ministers are tolerated. Honest and empathetic pronouncements of the Supreme Court are treated with disdain. Unbecoming dissent and discord among cabinet ministers are alchemised as freedom of expression in action. Inappropriate comparisons are made with the cabinets of Nehru and Indira Gandhi.
Manmohan's fall is as abrupt as it is inexplicable. Now the toughest job is that of spokespersons of the Congress party who have to justify the unjustifable and explain the inexplicable and thereby defend the utterances and actions of the prime minister.. One pities the likes of Abhishek Singhvi and Jayanthi Natarajan whose discomfort is all too patent. Manish Tewari of course continues to be comfortable and consistent in his belief that he and Congress are infallible.
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Manmohan Singh's long indifference to what is happening in preparations for 19th CommonWealth Games is indefensible. Does he not realise that Country's prestige is at stake?
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