PM-EDITORS INTERACTION: Full, Point-by-Point Analysis!

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SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN / The Hindu / June 30, 2011.

In his interaction with a group of editors, Dr. Manmohan Singh made a number of arguments to justify the half-hearted action that has been taken against the politicians, officials and businessmen suspected of corruption - PTI.

Nobody sheds a tear when the police harass ordinary citizens. But with the rich and powerful under the corruption scanner, the Prime Minister now fears a police state.

The Prime Minister and his advisors just don't get it. At a time when the public is looking for an end to the loot of public money, the last thing they want to hear from their government is a bunch of excuses and alibis.

In his interaction with a small group of editors on Wednesday, Dr. Manmohan Singh made a number of arguments to justify the half-hearted action that has been taken so far against the politicians, officials and businessmen suspected of corruption in the telecom, hydrocarbon and other sectors.

First he said the decisions which the media and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) are citing as evidence of irregularities and graft were all taken in good faith under conditions of uncertainty. “If out of 10 decisions that I take, seven turn out to be right ex-post, that would be considered an excellent performance,” he said. “But if you have a system which is required to perform [in] 10 out of 10 cases, no system can be effective and satisfy that onerous condition.”

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Taken together, these arguments tell us not only how far the government is from reality but also how divorced the Congress and its leaders are from the political pulse of the country.

2G spectrum issue.........................

Inaction for long is justified with specious arguments!

CAG...............................................

To say CAG has exceeded it brief, again is wrong as CAG only audited the accounts and stated its finding, like any auditor would do!!

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PM-EDITORS INTERACTION: Manmohan Singh's opening remarks!

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NDTV Correspondent, Updated: June 29, 2011 19:55 IST.

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met with five editors this morning. During a two-hour discussion, he answered questions about what he thinks of Rahul Gandhi taking over as PM, the controversial Lokpal Bill, and whether his party often undermines his government.

These are the opening remarks the PM made to the five editors.

"I think that there is a growing perception that this government is in siege, that we have not been able to deliver on our agenda. An atmosphere has been created in the country - and this I say with all humility - the role of the media today in many cases has become that of the accuser, the prosecutor and the judge.

Now that way no Parliamentary democracy can function and I would like to tell you that if you are taking governmental decisions, particularly big macro decisions, we don't know all the facts and yet we have to take decisions. When I was a student at Cambridge, Sir Paul Chambers, who was then the Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries, came and addressed us on who is a good manager, who will be considered by industry as a good manager.

He told our student group that, in an uncertain world in which we live in, if 5 out of 10 decisions that I take ex-ante turn out to be correct ex-post that would be considered as a job well done. If out of 10 decisions that I take, 7 turn out to be right ex-post that would be considered an excellent performance. But if you have a system which is required to perform 10 out of 10 cases I think no system can be effective and satisfy that onerous condition.

We live in a world of uncertainty and ex-post whether it is the Comptroller and Auditor General, whether it is a Parliamentary committee then they analyse post facto. They have a lot more facts which were not available to those who took the decision.

I am not saying that it is not possible that some people may deliberately do wrong things, but in many cases it would turn out in that sort of a scenario it is very difficult to operate. So we must create in this country an environment in which Governments, Ministers and civil servants will not be discouraged from taking decisions in the national interest when all facts are not known, they will never be known. We take decisions in a world of uncertainty and that's the perspective I think Parliament, our CAG and our media must adopt if this nation is to move forward.

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PM-EDITORS INTERACTION: Not a lameduck PM, says Manmohan Singh!

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  Dismissing talk that he is a 'lameduck' Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh today said he has been entrusted with the job by the Congress party from which he has not heard 'any contrary view'.

  Terming the perception that his government had gone 'comatose' and was 'lameduck' as clever propaganda of the Opposition 'to which some sections of the media had lent ear", Singh asserted that 'truth will prevail' and his performance will speak.

  Singh spoke of 'maximum possible cooperation' that he was getting from Congress President Sonia Gandhi whom he met one-on-one every week. He had never felt that she was an 'obstacle'.

  During a 100-minute interaction with five editors at his official residence, a relaxed Prime Minister confidently fielded questions on a wide range of issues including the talk that Rahul Gandhi should take his place, the Lokpal Bill, corruption and relations with neighbouring countries.

  Sonia Gandhi had done a "superb job" as Congress President for nearly 15 years now, he underlined.

  Asked about occasional statements from party functionaries that Rahul Gandhi should become Prime Minister, Singh said that the Congress Party and its President had entrusted him with this job and he had not heard any contrary view from the Congress high command.

  "In fact, the Congress high command has always been most supportive, particularly Mrs Gandhi," the Prime Minister said.

I, personally, consider that in his first time ever interaction with the Editors, he has just been defending himself, UPA Actions, the Gandhis and just repeated what he has already told, on earlier occasions; not much of new value!

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