Shourie: People have started recalling the days of Manmohan Singh

by confuzzled dude Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:10 pm

In a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government, BJP leader Arun Shourie today contended that it believes that managing economy means "managing the headlines" and that people had started recalling the days of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

"Doctor Singh (Manmohan Singh) ko log yaad karne lag gaye hain (People have started recalling the days of Manmohan Singh). The way to charaterise policies of the government is -- Congress plus a cow. Policies are the same," Shourie said at book launch function.

The function to launch Turn of The Tortoise, a book written by former Business Standard Editor-in-Chief T N Ninan, was attended by Manmohan Singh, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subranamian and former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran.

Pointing out differences between the present and the previous governments, Shourie said "there is clearer belief (in the present dispensation) that managing economy means managing the headlines and this is not really going to work."

Targeting Modi, the minister in the Vajpayee government said, "I feel there was never a weaker a PMO as now".

He said "there has never been as great a centralisation of functions, not power, of functions in PMO as now. ...If fellows don't dont have domain expertise, that Brajesh Mishra had, L K Jha had, all these principal secretaries had, then things get stuck."

Shourie said, "everybody is busy and everybody is doing very hard work, but it is not resulting in two there big things that was problem at that time(UPA government time)."

Elaborating, he said, "If you see impediments that were there in tax administration, virtually no change... Banking reform has been delayed by year and a half for no reason. So therefore this tortoise is very generous metaphor. Ye to so hi jata hai (this tortoise goes to sleep)."

http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/modi-govt-thinks-managing-economy-means-managing-headlines-shourie/918257

by Merlot Daruwala Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:41 am

He hits the nail on the head. This govt too is characterized by policy paralysis but for a different reason - because everything has been centralized, and nobody is willing to stick their necks out for fear of being snubbed by the big man.

Unfortunately, NaMo is incapable of taking any feedback or for that matter, listening to any voice other than his own. Rest assured, you will now see some cabinet minister or BJP spokesman dismiss Shourie's criticism as the carping of a disgruntled dissident and no more.

by Vakavaka Pakapaka Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:48 am

I thought his "Congress + a cow" is hilarious.

(Shourie is unhappy that Modi is ignoring him.)

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