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Fall From Grace


I must admit , I have no respect left for our former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

Here are 3 reasons why I doubt his honesty, integrity and character as well....

1) Large scale loot - A loot is something taken away from its rightful owner by force to be enjoyed by a few. De-monetization has not taken anything away from honest people. Any honest person can deposit or exchange money. The benefits of monetisation are not be enjoyed by a few but will benefit society in the long term. 2G and Coal scam are two examples of large scale loot wherein rules were made and changed so that a few people would get to own strategic national resources for a pittance. Dr Manmohan Singh who presided over the largest loot in the history of mankind should have known what large scale loot means. He clearly is not being honest with the people of India.

2) Monumental Mis-Management - Management means the organisation and co-ordination of teams, people and processes. De-monetiations was one of the best examples of Public-Private partnership. State owned banks. private banks , post offices and the RBI did work as a team. Our airforce also chipped in by helping out with the logistics of cash. Even the queues at the banks were organised. Dr Manmohan could have offered some suggestions based on his experience as a bureaucrat and a PM on how this organisation and co-ordination can be made better. You lose your integrity when you deliberately choose not to do the right thing - Dr Singh did just that.

3) Character - Character is a like a coin which has 2 sides - personal character and national character. Personal character is determined by your behaviour in a personal capacity. National character is how you conduct yourself when immoral things happen in the society or the country you live in. While many believe that Dr Singh is a man of great personal character, it is obvious that he lacks national character for he abetted the large scale loot of our country. A coin loses its currency if one side is damaged.

Dr Singh in my eyes is a man devoid of honesty, integrity and character,  a man with no honour.

Dr Singh seems to be inspired by his own lines - "In the long term , all of us are dead" ... hence why bother about honesty, integrity, character and honour.


Comments

  1. Dev SharmaDecember 28, 2016 at 5:40 AM

    The mega scams that were orchestrated under the 'watchful' gaze of the Oxford educated erudite PM shows that MMS was totally inept and a lame duck as PM of our country.

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