Most of us are naive enough to assume that in a cabinet and that too in a coalition cabinet, the ministers continue as ministers only as long as they enjoy the confidence of the prime minister. Our Communications and IT czar , Mr.Raja has clarified that our assumption is completely perverse and wrong.
According to a PTI report, when asked whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would ask him to resign, Mr.Raja said the question was "fictitious". He continued,"I have full confidence in myself". In other words, as long as a minister has confidence in himself/herself, the prime minister cannot ask for the minister's resignation.
This is the historical origin of Raja's Rule which simply says, "In a coalition ministry, a minister continues to be a minister as long as he retains confidence in himself, notwithstanding prime minister's lack of confidence in the minister". However we are awaiting clarification whether this rule applies to every minister or only to those ministers who have royalty embedded in their names.
The pun in the caption is unintended.
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