The sheen is wearing off Mr. Prime Minister..
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will return from the US tomorrow only to find his govt. in a mess. Much like his party chief Sonia must have found after she returned from her surgery. At that time, it was Anna Hazare’s movement for the Jan Lokpal. This time, it’s the storm generated by the unannounced tug of war between his no. 2 Pranab and no. 3 Chidambaram. Fresh evidence thru RTI shows that A. Raja’s manipulations over 2G spectrum were known to Chidambaram and that he could have stemmed the rot had he wanted – but he did not.. If the Prime Minister knew and yet did nothing – then he did nothing at the specific instructions of someone more powerful than him in the UPA. As per our Constitution, the final political authority rests with the Prime Minister. As head of the union cabinet, he bears collective responsibility. The UPA government has violated this constitutional principle by allowing an extra-constitutional authority – UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi , thru the NAC – a tacit ve