Has Manmohan Singh’s dedication paid off?
Chandan Mitra said there was nothing the PM had done to change the view that he was the “weakest PM ever”. “The manner in which his red lines kept shifting and how he misled the nation shows he’s desperate to get into history and had no compunctions about putting national interest at stake,” he said. Raja, too, maintained Manmohan Singh and Congress should not weaken the country. “What’s happening today is the betrayal of national interest,” he said. Sibal defended the PM and said he stood the tallest leader, having won the trust vote and finally, the waiver. He said BJP and Left’s brand of national interest kept India away from technology access, knowledge and world market and Congress was reintroducing India to the global platform by giving its engineers access to the market and technology. Mitra said the window of opportunity to interact with the US was opened by Vajpayee. When asked, then, why wasn’t the party claiming credit for it, he said BJP cannot take credit for a sell-out. S
