Manmohan Singh interacted with editors of various TV channels recently and was true to his form. He proved once again that he is a highly-evolved spiritual person. The prime minister made it clear that he does not do what ordinary mortals may think he is doing. When asked why he accommodated Raja in UPA2, he clarified that in a coalition government ministers are nominated by participating parties and therefore where is the role of a mere prime minister. Another gullible editor quizzed him on the 2G scam. Once the Finance Minister and the Telecom Minister had decided, what did the prime minister have to do ? Great reasoning.
It requires real grounding in spirituality to appreciate that "we" do not do what we do. There is an an unseen power behind all that is done (never mind it may be Sonia Gandhi or Karunanidhi). Collective responsibility makes sense only to those who are spiritual dwarfs. We may wonder why the prime minister has suddenly brought in Chidambaram as one of the architects of the 2G scam. But this must have been foreseen by PC. The Finance Minister had already prepared his counter to Singh's attempted deflection. In the post dated 22nd Nov 2010, under the caption "The 'presumptive' argument" we had ventured to comment as follows :
"The ever-repulsive spokesperson of the Congress party has unconvincingly argued that CAG's report on 2G Scam refers only to "presumptive loss" to the exchequer and therefore the country is needlessly agitated over a non-issue.
Even before we could digest this argument, the normally sensible P.Chidambaram has sought to throw further light on the theory of presumption. "I place some 50-60 signatures in a day with the presumption that they are right to the best of my knowledge. Perhaps few may go wrong, but they were not malafide because the intentions were right." (The Hindu dated 22nd Nov.)
Is Chidambaram serving advance notice on the prime minister ? This specious presumption argument can be used by every decision-maker. So no one can be held accountable for any decision, for who will accept his intentions were wrong? "
Who is more spiritual, Singh or Chidambaram ? Which is higher spiritual philosophy, "I do not do what I appear to be doing" or "My view is not what I have signed" ? It is time we had lesser mortals as ministers.
It requires real grounding in spirituality to appreciate that "we" do not do what we do. There is an an unseen power behind all that is done (never mind it may be Sonia Gandhi or Karunanidhi). Collective responsibility makes sense only to those who are spiritual dwarfs. We may wonder why the prime minister has suddenly brought in Chidambaram as one of the architects of the 2G scam. But this must have been foreseen by PC. The Finance Minister had already prepared his counter to Singh's attempted deflection. In the post dated 22nd Nov 2010, under the caption "The 'presumptive' argument" we had ventured to comment as follows :
"The ever-repulsive spokesperson of the Congress party has unconvincingly argued that CAG's report on 2G Scam refers only to "presumptive loss" to the exchequer and therefore the country is needlessly agitated over a non-issue.
Even before we could digest this argument, the normally sensible P.Chidambaram has sought to throw further light on the theory of presumption. "I place some 50-60 signatures in a day with the presumption that they are right to the best of my knowledge. Perhaps few may go wrong, but they were not malafide because the intentions were right." (The Hindu dated 22nd Nov.)
Is Chidambaram serving advance notice on the prime minister ? This specious presumption argument can be used by every decision-maker. So no one can be held accountable for any decision, for who will accept his intentions were wrong? "
Who is more spiritual, Singh or Chidambaram ? Which is higher spiritual philosophy, "I do not do what I appear to be doing" or "My view is not what I have signed" ? It is time we had lesser mortals as ministers.
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