3 yrs ago when Dr. Manmohan S. was virtually gifted the post of Prime minister ship, every Tom Dick & Harry articulated paronomasias both within the congress and the opposition about him being the puppet & a dummy PM with reins resting with Sonia Gandhi. No one was ready to acknowledge the fact that the nation had got a well deserving erudite personality at the top position and things could change for the future, with every future PM’s credentials being compared with his impressive ones.
He started showing his clout & firmness with just few months in office through issues like getting Natwar S. expelled when he challenged him & snubbing HRD minister for his domineering decision by keeping non-aided institutions out of OBC quota and later by single handedly formulating the joint mechanism with Pak president. He reinforced the respect and the value he has in his party by making it pseudo mandatory for the Congress to stand by him on the Nuclear Deal issue which he single handedly clinched from US. His significance & purport in the party can be easily assessed by the fact that the party which could have ruled easily for 2 years more is ready to give up the ruling position and go to elections just because of the PM’s cogent stand and the obvious prestige of his associated with the deal.
This positive message means a lot to the congress party and the Indian political system that the men of integrity are respected and not let down even in a system which is seen to be the most doomed one.
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