Dear Thomas Mathew,
Criticism is an inevitable element in democracy and always existed in democratic societies. Mr. Manmohan Singh and Mr. Rahul Gandhi may be good from your point of view. I am not belonging to any political party and I share the layman's feelings. I have concrete reasons to criticize them. India is really passing through a very critical phase where life of everybody is becoming more and more intolerable because of hike in prices, corruption and scarcity of employment. . We have given the chance to the "economist`` and ``best name" but they have failed us and why should we not sit down and think of something better for the sake of our growing generations?
Dr. Manmohan Singh is a typical Indian, honest, reticent, timid & decent, who has been caught in quagmire of dirty coalition politics. However these qualities are not enough to lead a nation like India. He was an accidental prime minister. He does not have any political background and he cannot understand the common man's suffering. He has no courage to take bold decisions and made India a global headline of corruption and bad governance. He must be the only leader of a government in any mature democracy who could afford to dissociate himself from his own corruption tainted Cabinet and take refuge in the make-believe of "see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing". The reform measures unleashed by Manmohan government in the past are suspicions. He is all about what a leader should not be.
Rahul Gandhi's report card is certainly poor. He has proved to be nothing but a mute spectator in politics, who comes forward like a flash and disappears the same way. He has not taken any responsibility so far, but only enjoying the power because of dynasty politics of congress. He doesn't even open his mouth on any important issues like corruption, black money, Anna Hazare movement, 2G spectrum allocation scam and the most recent coal blocks allocation, Delhi gang rape case etc, when even the common man is talking about them. His silence or rare remarks on important issues has only sent a message across that he is least concerned about the plight of crores of people of this country who look up to him.
Rahul failed to impress voters during his campaign in the state Assembly polls. He also lacks knowledge in administration, foreign policy and he has maintained silence on economic issues. Rahul Gandhi lacks the ability to run the country. He has not been able to rise up to the challenge. Forget about leadership; what has been his performance in the parliament where he has been a member? Just nothing! He does not even attended the parliament session in full, presented only 24 days out of 86 days. How can he be a responsible leader or PM?
He never struggle to become the most eligible candidate for prime minister-ship. For him, politics is all about the rewards of inheritance and the possibilities of entitlement. For Rahul, reading the biographies of his grandmother and great grandfather will be the finest education he can get in leadership. He has no vision and capacity to head the country. Rahul Gandhi can`t fool people by just having food at poor people's hut. It is only the sycophants who are trying to show case him as the scion of dynasty so that they can loot the country under his shade.
When it comes to choosing our leader, we Indians though understood to be very intelligent, liberal, and peace loving, all of a sudden become dumb, loose our intelligence, shove ourselves into religion, caste and creed. We do not express our views with rightful reasoning and politicians are using this weakness. They laugh at our illiterate thinking which comes even from the minds of so called intellectuals.
If we continue doing this and do not focus on building `real` democratic systems that offer us a chance to lead better lives as citizens of this country, we will be led into the pit time over time by these so-called `leaders.`
What India needs is a sea change in all fields. For that a leader with national outlook is necessary. It needs a leader who can inspire the base and invigorate India with the force of ideas. India, too, is waiting for a leader who can survive the storm and redeem the Republic.
Every single person of the country must stand up, respect each other and unite at least when it comes to choosing a right leader.
Regards,
Thomas Scaria