.
.
.
One year has passed, the honeymoon is over. Time to dig in the claws and bring the government to account.
________________________________________________
Arun Shourie attacks Modi: Govt talking big on economy, but nothing happening on ground
By Times of India.
Former minister in the NDA government and BJP ideologue Arun Shourie on Friday slammed the Narendra Modi government on various issues.
In an interview to Headlines Today, Shourie criticized the Prime Minister for his poor handling of the Indian economy.
Asked if the Modi government had done enough to put India on the path
of 8 per cent growth which may soon rise to 10 per cent, Shourie said
that it was "all hyperbole". "Such claims are meant to grab headlines
but lack substance," he said.
Shourie felt there was not enough
effort in reaching out to the experts who know the economy."When
someone like Deepak Parekh is saying that nothing has changed, this
should be a wake-up call," he said.
READ ALSO: Day after Deepak Parekh fire, Jaitley defends govt
No change on ground on ease of doing business, HDFC's Deepak Parekh says
"Govt is talking big on economic matters but nothing is happening on ground. Delivery is missing," he added.
Shourie said the government seems to be more concerned with managing
headlines than putting policies in place. "The situation is like the
many pieces of a jigsaw puzzle lying in a mess with no big picture in
mind about how to put them together." (Isn't this an inherent Indian problem rather than a BJP problem....a sense of Hari Om directionless and aimlessness and purposelessness....with attention to minutiae irrelevant detail...'love Jihad'...Ghar Wapsi???)
Arun Shourie also made a reference to the controversy that broke out over Modi's monogrammed suit which he wore during his interaction with US President Obama. "It was inexplicable, incomprehensible and a big critical mistake," he said. "I fail to understand why he accepted and then wore that suit. You cannot take Gandhiji's name and wear such a thing," he added.
( I think Modi was trying to convey to Obama that India is a modern country with which America can do business .....MOST leaders wear suits when they meet Western leaders...Chinese, Russian, Japanese....so should Indian leaders....AND that India is not a backward nation of snake charmers and soothsayers)
Shourie was also critical of the Prime Minister on his Pakistan policy. "Like all previous prime ministers Modi was prone to the belief he could change the relationship. The PM must free himself of the illusion of out of box thinking," he said during the interview. "Handling relations with Pakistan requires steadier thinking," he added.
He, however, praised the government on its improved relationship with other countries. The former minister during the Vajpayee government said government needs to reach out of ministries to look for experts.
"Task of leadership is to appropriate failure and distribute success, here it has been opposite," he added.
A country with no natural resources.......nothing.
