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When Dr. Singh was long ago introduced to the parliament, for a moment I thought that we are going to be blessed with a statesman amid tainted politicians, but yesterday I noticed to see the body language of an apologetic guilty-Singh. It was childishly ridiculous that Dr. Singh gave a clean chit to himself during his tenure for nearly a decade. During his interaction with the media, he mentioned that history would be kinder to him than the media and the opposition parties. He floated the flippant theory that most scandals of UPA-2 occurred during UPA-1. It is unfortunate that he sought to take refuge that people endorsed Congress to power in 2009, desperately attempting to ratify the wrong-doings of UPA-1. It was also sickening to listen to him when he bid to distinguish between his personal conduct and the performance of the government. His utterances lacked even political logic. Dr. Singh accused Mr. Modi of “presiding over the massacre of 2002 riots” in Ahmedabad. That the Supreme Court has already cleared Mr. Modi of all the charges is public knowledge, Dr. Singh’s allegation against Mr. Modi amounts to reviewing the Court ruling. Can somebody clarify that under the recently enacted Lok Pal Bill, can a contempt petition be filed against a sitting Prime Minister? In the same breath, did not Congress party instigate the anti-Sikh riots in the aftermath of Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s assassination? Applying Dr. Singh’s formula, are we to believe that Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was a “disaster” for presiding over the 1984-riots? For once, I was able to observe a decisive politician in Dr. Singh. The more he smacks of Mr. Modi, make no mistake, the more stronger the latter will be. Hate speech against Mr. Modi only diminishes Dr. Singh’s stature. Or is it that Dr. Singh is subtly playing the self-side goal as a settling score to the ignominy he suffered all these years in the hands of the Gandhi family? After all, when it comes to politics, there is no permanent friends or foes! On a serious note, it felt like a contrite looser talking to media, not like a PM of India. The best joke comes when he says that Mr. Rahul Gandhi has outstanding credentials to become the PM, showing how low sycophancy can take you down. Hopes were aplenty with the people, because as a former bureaucrat before joining the government, Dr.Singh knew all kinds of inefficiencies existing in the bureaucratic system. Alas, he failed to apply his knowledge for the improvement of the economy. Or is it because he had to work under remote control? In the whole of media comments and analysis, I found one thing common – corruption and inflation, huge issues we are facing today. Pause for a moment. Recall the series of scams – Common Wealth Games (CWG), Adarsh Housing scams, 2G scam, Coalgate – to name a few. If you can restore the scam funds, the FM will be presenting “Surplus” budgets, year after year; and I don’t have to pay Rs.100/-for a kg. of onions. Or does he want to come to the open and say that the black money or hoards of it, all these, are due to “coalition partnership”? Well, if you want to enjoy power, you should as well take ownership, Dr. Singh. Or does he want to say that these are entirely the misdeeds of the Congress alone and the “beneficiaries” have taken monstrously unfair leverage of the meekest PM we have ever had? Or does he want to say the Congress had used the most qualified PM, as a shield and made him the obvious scapegoat who will be blamed for the Congress’ failures and the party will emerge out of this whole shoddy affairs as an unintended victim of a bad prime-ministership and in the same stroke Mr. Rahul Gandhi will emerge as the savior? Or at least, does he think that he could have done a better job as a Finance Minister than a thankless Prime Minister? The reality is that after 10 years to Dr. Singh and 60 years to Congress, we are flooded with scams and rapes and inflation. The people are visibly angry and disappointed. Public opinion is severely against the PM and the Congress. India is potentially a rich country, but its fortunes are plundered by a few. Dr. Singh has grossly failed to communicate effectively what his government was, is and intended to do to curb corruption at high levels. The anger and anguish of the people shoots because Dr. Singh is most educated and a seasoned economist. He is relating the inflation to international economic changes. Is the price rise happening in all countries? But as a top leader Dr. Singh should know not the price increase, but the rampant corruption that led his party down in the recent assembly elections. He can explain the price rise and always say it was beyond his control, but it would have been qualified statesmanship if he had taken cognizance that corruption was the chief factor for the crisis. Never in free India’s history has food inflation touched the dreaded double-digit. All the hopes aspired by the people of this country are belied, thanks to the spinelessness displayed by the technocrat-turned-politician. Sadly, he was unable to rule or control. The people of India should be very careful in exercising their franchise. Even if they poll for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the coming Lok Sabha elections, it tantamounts to allowing the same corrupt Congress through the back door. Yet with all the failures, Dr. Singh still claimed that he was not a “weak leader”. He has dented his goodwill and has paved the way for Mr. Rahul Gandhi and Mr. Narendra Modi, leaving the govt with a legacy of guilt and shame. There is a huge gap between a good man and a good Prime Minister. Let historians script their documentation. Can we simultaneously expect Dr. Singh relax and pen a memoir annexed to his conscience?