Dr. Manmohan Singh: Modern Dhritarashtra or Vidur?

Every now & then all opposition parties, individuals, intellectual & countrymen wonder why Dr. Manmohan Singh, an honest man, heads this Government, one of the most corrupt governments this country ever had. Not even a single person in whole country doubts integrity & honesty of Dr. Manmohan Singh. But at the same time they always wonder on what compulsion he is heading one of the most corrupt governments this country ever had as per different versions from L.K. Advani to every Tom & Herry.  L.K. Advani  Iron Man of BJP, called him weakest PM India ever had. Whenever I watch Lok Sabha proceedings & see PM sitting there weathering all criticism, wailed abuses & different exposes by honorable MPs, I feel pity on him. He is mostly sitting silent & with a face of a saint who has achieved enlightenment. Whether he has achieved enlightenment or it is his habit, I don't know. But off & on I wonder what this man is doing in a system which has & is producing most corrupt society where corrupts, rapist, looters, murderers, people with most criminal adjectives are governing our lives either being part of system or by taking advantage of

weak & corrupt system. Not only ruling party members are indulged in that but opposition party members also have become part & parcel of the system. Bureaucracy has & getting its share more than required. Hardly any session passes when scams worth lacs of crores are not exposed. Heaps of heap evidences are being produced. Some cases have gone in courts for some cases inquiries are on final stage & for some investigations are pending or contemplated. But surprisingly not even a single person has been convicted. All said & done. But how & why this honest man is just looking at it & heading this system. He has no business to be head of it. Is he only honest but fool enough with blind eyes of Dhritarashtra. With all resources available to PM, he can very well know prima facie realty of a man be he a politician, service or businessman. Dr. Manmohan Singh must be knowing everything about not only his party men, their kith & kin but facts about opposition parties too. Still he is not doing anything?? Why..why?? This big question has been explored in this essay.

In the beginning I have compared with Dhritarashtra of Mahabharata. Did I do anything wrong? May be. Let us compare him with Vidur or Bhishma or Dronacharya. If Dhritarashtra as blind in love of their sons then Dr. MM Singh does not have such binding. Not only he is clean but his family is also clean. Then Vidur, Bhism & Dron were men of integrity which even Pandavs believe. What they were doing in Kaurava side. They knew Kaurava were evil but even then they stayed there. Why? I believe there were two reasons to do that.

1.     They believed that by staying Kaurava side they can advise them for good things, indicate where they are going wrong & minimize ill effect of their evil & misrule.

2.     And if they fail in doing so, they can always damage their side by being insider which they did during Mahabharatat War very effectively.

Is Dr. MM Singh playing part of these epic heroes in current scenario? The answer is perhaps Yes. He must be thinking that while he, the most honest PM India can ever had, is PM even then there are hordes of corrupt, murderers, rapists, looters roaming and trying to take maximum advantage of this weak & corrupt system, so what will happen if he quits? Will not these fellows sell this country without batting an eyelid in open market? It may be his thought that by being head of state he is can rein them as much as possible.

If these are his thoughts then we must applaud his efforts & his “never say die” attitude even in most trying circumstances.

Dr. Mammohan Singh, our Prime Minister, if you are carrying on these motivations, please go on doing so as far as possible. At the same time who think & support PM due to above stated reasons, please go on supporting him till we find a suitable system & PM who is capable of taking strong action against corrupt & evils hordes.

Jai Hind