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A continuous performance assessment of each department of UPA-II is necessary.
• A continuous performance assessment of each department of UPA-II is necessary. For instance,the outcome budgets over 2009-2010 of different ministries may reveal different stories. Success or failure may not be paramount; it is continuous effort thats more important. As Shekhar Gupta has identified rightly,theres no audacity,there exists laziness and fatigue and the do-nothing strategy can be held responsible for that.
Further,its sad that a prime minister with a remarkable track record and high personal credibility has failed to create public opinion in support of his own ideas and policies. Remember there are some in the government who have worked effectively.
Shishir Sindekar
Nasik
• No silence,please makes some thought-provoking observations on UPA-IIs functioning. There are various talked about reforms that are yet to be implemented. It seems as though the government is relishing seven per cent growth too much. But complacency due to an easy second term victory,the absence of the Left and the disorder among the opposition could make matters worse. Notwithstanding the positive role played by some ministers,there are those who are not taking stock of their ministerial responsibilities properly,such as Sharad Pawar who hasnt uttered a word about food price rise or Mamata Banerjee preoccupied more with her state than the Union Railways ministry.
S.K. Gupta
Tweets for news?
• This refers to the editorial Reported speech. As a Minister of State,Sashi Tharoor knows his posts limitations. Has he therefore not improvised a way out to remain in circulation? Perhaps he foresees increasing popularity of sites that allow him to tweet that may one day overtake the print and broadcast media? Though the party and the media may be outraged at his reprimands,probably thats what he desires,so that he can continue to tweet. The editorial also rightly observes how the old Congress hands are fearful of freethinking voices that may unsettle the good old imposition of consensus.
Kedarnath R. Aiyar
Just tact
• The epithets mercurial,unpredictable and gadfly are very apt in Amar Singhs case. Politicians like Amar Singh use politics to remain in the limelight. It seems as though they have no ideology or principles. Further,it also appears as if they are faithful to nobody. If Singh thinks that he is being ignored and sidelined in the Samajwadi Party,why did he not resign from the party and Rajya Sabha membership itself? Perhaps he wanted to be expelled from the party so as to not lose the membership.
Satwant Kaur
Mahilpur
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