Manmohan Singh Government is at the lowest ebb

The public image of the Manmohan Singh Government is at the lowest ebb. As long as the Communist Parties were supporting UPA I from outside, they were balancing the function of the government. The number of scams, scandals and frauds were very low and the looting of public money was not on a massive scale witnessed today during UPA II, bereft of Communist Parties. Dr.Manmohan Singh has proved to be very weak in ensuring good governance by the present government. The number of mind-boggling scandals and scams such as “Spectrum scandal” and Coalgate scam” involving the loss of lakhs of crores of rupees to the exchequer and bribe of thousands of crores of rupees to the politicians, bureaucrats and middlemen, have shattered the faith of people on Dr. Manmohan Singh Government and the government headed by him (UPA II). Moreover, Dr.Singh seems to have fallen into the trap of lobbying by the multinational corporations, especially of USA, either directly or under pressure from his mentor, the Congress President. His continued maneuvering for FDI in retail is a case in point that he has yielded to pressure form the vested interests. The general perception is that the UPA government should go out sooner than later.

Dr.C.Murukadas, NDTV, Aug.30,2012