How do you rate Dr Manmohan Singh as prime minister?
Given the circumstances, he is doing extraordinarily well. It is not a majority government; it stands with the support of people inside and outside. The vote-pulling characteristic of the party was Sonia Gandhi. She is said to be pulling the strings. What strings is she pulling? It is journalistic junk to say she is pulling the strings. Yes, she expresses her opinion forcefully and forthrightly. She is supposed to. She has a certain status, which is usually not clear to the people. Manmohan Singh walked into the prime ministership fully aware of all that. You saw her when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister. Did she show any leadership quality then? No, she was not called upon to show any leadership quality then. She was in the shadow of her husband from where she never came out. She was only a housewife looking after her husband and children. Why did the Congress go back to the family and bring back dynastic rule? If that was the focus over which they could reach a compromise, why not? Ar
