by
P.S. Sahni
The following statements of Prime
Minister merit attention:
·
INDIA
alliance wants to give the PM’s post to each leader for 1 year.
·
No
one trusts the coalition government; people want a stable regime.
·
For
5 years, they will stay busy in the swearing-in events; now can any country run
like this?
Meanwhile the Home Minister of India
has chipped in (Quote):
India wants a “mazboot” (strong) PM,
not a “mazboor” (weak) PM.
Lately the Prime Minister of India
has been cosying up to Japan; but he learnt nothing about their political
history of the last twenty-five years. Japan has had a series of coalition
governments from 1996 to 2008. There are currently ten living former Prime
Ministers in Japan. It might surprise Narendra Modi that Japan has had ten
Prime Ministers in fifteen years (1996-2011)
Period Duration of Prime Ministership
1996 January 2 years 202 days
1998 July 1
year 251 days
2000 April 1 year 22 days
2001April 5 years 154 days
2006 September 1 year 1 day
2007 September 365
days
2008 September 358 days
2009 September 266 days
2010 June 1 year 87 days
2011 September 1 year 116
days
(Source Wiki)
Narendra Modi questions if any
country can run with a PM for a year? Well, Japan has run and run well,
economically, too. Again, the Indian PM opines that no one trusts coalition
government. In which case why is he putting trust in Japan which had coalition
governments and ten Prime Ministers in fifteen years? Even during the period of
frequent coalition governments and Prime Ministers with a tenure of about a
year and a half, Japan was the second largest economy in the world until 2010!
For a long time it was the third
largest economy in the world. It is now the fourth largest economy behind the US,
China and Germany. Well, Mr. Narendra Modi till 2030 India will be behind
Japan. Don’t try to fool the masses.
The longest serving PM in Japan was
in office for eight years. Count yourself lucky for being in India where you
can concoct fairy tales about the year 2050.
Your ‘friend’ Trump will tell you how
long a President in America can stay in power – only eight years. Since 2014
you, Mr. Modi have brought a Presidential form of electioneering to India. Take
heed, Presidents in western democracies like US don’t go on and on like you
aspire in a semi-feudal country like India. Under your dictatorial regime the
masses are yearning for a “mazboor” (weak) PM, certainly not a “mazboot”
(strong) PM. You are off the mark when you say that people want stable regime.
It is the corporate houses, stock-markets, big businesses which want a stable
regime which may ensure a constant policy of loot. Stable governments help
Adani and Ambanis.
As for the toiling masses, that
government is best which is weak, preferably coalitional with the least
propensity for authoritarianism. The weaker the government, the more power a
citizen is able to experience for himself/herself. It is a lie you spread that
no one trusts coalition government; masses certainly want such a government.
Even now if you feel strongly against
coalition government and short-duration Prime Ministership, cancel all
agreements/arrangements with Japan viz:
·
Bullet
train project in which a Japan – backed soft loan will help fund 81% of the
construction cost.
·
Japan
to invest rupees 12,800 crore for 9 projects in various sectors in India.
·
Deal
to procure 24 Bullet trains from Japan.
These are just a few examples for
your perusal and necessary action.
Since your second-in-command, Amit
Shah, is likely to come to your rescue and orchestrate a campaign about Japan
being an exception, may I add Italy’s case, too. Of the 60 Prime Ministers only
two have served for more then 10 years; 6 have served for 5 to 10 years; 35
have served for 1 to 5 years 17 have served for less than 1 year.
(Source Wiki)
Are you not lucky to be in India and
weave a dream for yourself for a third-term as Prime Minister?
The economy of Italy is a highly
developed social market.
·
It
is the third-largest national economy in the EU.
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Second-largest
manufacturing industry in Europe and seventh-largest in the world.
·
Ninth-largest
economy in the world.
·
Eight-largest
exporter in the world.
(Source Wiki)
Is the Prime Minister of India listening?