Politics is a very interesting although difficult game. A person who became famous as Finance Minister in the past for economic reforms is in danger as Prime Minister. Neither he has adopted a firm stand on FDI in retail, nor Mamta Didi has withdrawn support. Certainly UPA II is in danger. The tragedy is what Manmohan Singh has tried to bring, will to its maximum benefit farmers and small retailers of our country. So the ‘Bharat Bandh’ which opposition had on the 20th of this month was a simple way to make commoners fool. But the big question, Is it so simple to make people fools regarding economic policies ? Leave the aamadmi, Is it so simple to makepolitical parties fool ? If our PM tries to bring out answers to these questions he will discover that his biggest mistake is, he has not done this keeping in mind The Aamadmi of our country. If he has figured this for the aamadmi and not for the big enterpreunurs, In 2014 he might have been successful in bringing Congress in power without and support.
When our PM in 1991 started bringing economic reforms he has only one mission, to end the license Raaj. The situation at that time was so bizarre that without these reforms India has to sell all his possessions. No public sector enterprise was in profit at that time. So our intelligent PM removed the interdict on private sector and bring about a grand economic reform. But the irony is if from 2004 PM has brought upon economic reforms for The Aamadmi, people has been standing with him in this type of dangerous situation. Commoners must have understood this FDI retail reform if there would have been good schools for their children like schools of rich community. If they had good medical facilities, electricity in rural areas, water to drink, infrastructure in villages, jobs etc. Whydon't people had been happy and understand this policy? The tragedy is after becoming PM, Manmohan Singh has not even taken a step for reforms. I would be very precise in articulating that the era which he started of economic reforms as FM was stopped after becoming PM. So aamadmi saw rich community becoming more rich and poor becoming poorer. The country saw biggest scandals during the tenure of Manmohan Singh as PM.
So PM Manmohan Singh if the road in front of you is foggy, the credit goes to you. If you had brought reforms for The Aamadmi, there is no doubt that we must have seen Manmohan Singh again for a third term as PM. The biggest lesson for the politicians of this country is, if the country is becoming wealthy the profit should be for all sections of the public, not only for rich class. So I certainly believe that FDI in retail is a blockbuster but PM Manmohan Singh is a failure.
Prateek Pathak
Student
B.A in Media Studies
University of Allahabad
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