As has become his wont off late, the much touted Manmohan Singh cabinet reshuffle proved to be nothing more than a damp squib, with the exercise in futility being aimed at correcting regional representation related anomalies rather than giving the cabinet a new aim and direction.......
Cabinet reshuffles are usually undertaken in order to lay off either dead wood or relics from the past who's only purpose is to bring down the morale of their colleagues and force them into deep slumber; but trust Manmohan Singh to give this hackneyed exercise a new twist; he did so by rewarding incompetence and corruption and penalising the honest and upright citizens within the cabinet......
Salman Khurshid who finds himself under a cloud with exposes pertaining to the gross and wilful misuse of central funds by his charitable trusts for purposes other than those they were meant for, was elevated to the Ministry of External Affairs, whereas the picture of honesty, integrity and personal probity; S.Jaipal Reddy was unceremoniously shunted out of the prestigious petroleum ministry for displaying the guts and gumption to take on an industrial house that is the single biggest contributor to the party's election and party fund........
Status quo was maintained in the case of the slobbering old dodderer Beni Prasad Varma for reasons best known to either the prime minister or party president; while N.T. Rama Rao's daughter Purandeshwari was denied that much deserved elevation due to rumblings within her own state unit against her well publicised elevation.......
The only bright lining to an otherwise dark and sombre cloud was the inclusion of a young and dynamic Manish Tewari within the echelons as well as Rahul acolytes like Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot being given independent charge of significantly relevant ministries.......
All said and done, one expected much more out of this long delayed exercise that was expected to change the fortunes of the prevaricating and procrastinating government by introducing newer and fresher faces that came without any excess baggage and the taint of corruption.....
This exercise certainly did not decrease the average age of a cabinet full of relics from the past and specimens who were much better off dead and buried, neither did it provide both the government with a new found impetus, direction and the determination to rid itself off the corruption and graft charges overwhelming it in it's present position.......
One really wonders why this exercise in futility was carried out in the first place as the only purpose that it has achieved is to hasten this government and cabinet to it's ultimate doom and destruction whenever the next general elections are held........
Cabinet reshuffles are usually undertaken in order to lay off either dead wood or relics from the past who's only purpose is to bring down the morale of their colleagues and force them into deep slumber; but trust Manmohan Singh to give this hackneyed exercise a new twist; he did so by rewarding incompetence and corruption and penalising the honest and upright citizens within the cabinet......
Salman Khurshid who finds himself under a cloud with exposes pertaining to the gross and wilful misuse of central funds by his charitable trusts for purposes other than those they were meant for, was elevated to the Ministry of External Affairs, whereas the picture of honesty, integrity and personal probity; S.Jaipal Reddy was unceremoniously shunted out of the prestigious petroleum ministry for displaying the guts and gumption to take on an industrial house that is the single biggest contributor to the party's election and party fund........
Status quo was maintained in the case of the slobbering old dodderer Beni Prasad Varma for reasons best known to either the prime minister or party president; while N.T. Rama Rao's daughter Purandeshwari was denied that much deserved elevation due to rumblings within her own state unit against her well publicised elevation.......
The only bright lining to an otherwise dark and sombre cloud was the inclusion of a young and dynamic Manish Tewari within the echelons as well as Rahul acolytes like Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot being given independent charge of significantly relevant ministries.......
All said and done, one expected much more out of this long delayed exercise that was expected to change the fortunes of the prevaricating and procrastinating government by introducing newer and fresher faces that came without any excess baggage and the taint of corruption.....
This exercise certainly did not decrease the average age of a cabinet full of relics from the past and specimens who were much better off dead and buried, neither did it provide both the government with a new found impetus, direction and the determination to rid itself off the corruption and graft charges overwhelming it in it's present position.......
One really wonders why this exercise in futility was carried out in the first place as the only purpose that it has achieved is to hasten this government and cabinet to it's ultimate doom and destruction whenever the next general elections are held........
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