Bangalore: After the Dalit Voice started criticising Manmohan Singh and even demanding his removal, more and more people, organisations and political parties have started joining the chorus. Here is a report:
UPA Govt. fails
New Delhi: By school examination standards, the UPA Govt. has failed the People’s Report Card giving it only 30% marks. Worse still is the comment in the People’s Report Card that the govt. “was not just ignoring but violating the mandate of the people that brought it to power”.
Based on a survey conducted by 500 grassroots and development organisations across 20 states, the People’s Report Card was released here on May 24. This assessment comes two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh placed the UPA Govt. Report to the People 2004-2007 in which he claimed that “the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) has been substantially implemented” while holding the belief that by the end of its tenure, the current dispensation “would have delivered more than we had promised”. (Hindu, May 25, 2007).
The country’s rich people (read upper castes) are naturally very happy with Manmohan Singh because the PM’s policies have made them richer. But the poor (read “low castes” and Muslims) have kicked the Congress out in UP and Punjab Assembly elections.
How can a PM, who can’t get elected to a panchayat, head a country of 1,200 million?
Sonia Gandhi as the head of the Congress is responsible for her party failures. Manmohan Singh is not responsible. That is why his govt. goes on implementing anti-people policies. Sonia Gandhi will realise it only when her party itself gets routed.
