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In a democracy, the moral authority of the ruling class is of utmost importance. Without the absolute power which authoritarian regimes can command, it is only by gaining the trust of its citizens can a government hope to provide even a semblance of good governance. That the poor quality of our political leadership has steadily eroded this moral authority is indubitable, however never before has the political leadership been so bereft of any semblance of this authority.

The recent peace deal with Pakistan has been attacked on strategic grounds, in one stroke it has reduced India and Pakistan to the same level: as equal victims of terror. That this blurring of lines does not register on our political establishment is a sad reflection on the intellectual bankruptcy from which it suffers. That they forget that Pakistan is as much a victim of terror as is a circus master whose pet lions refuse his commands! But India has survived such ineffectual leadership before, but how will it survive this man?

Gen. Musharraf has assured me that Pakistan has no hand in perpetuating this. He did not go into the past. He said whatever has happened in the past, let’s work together in the future and I believe, this is the best that we could get in the circumstances,” the Prime Minister said. (link)

So, he did not go in the past and you waved it off too, Mr. Singh? The blood of thousands of Indian civilians who have died at the hands of Pakistan supported terrorism does not seem to weigh too heavily on the conscience of our Prime-Minister. The same old promises have been accepted at face value, as if the lives of Indians are expendable. That the Prime-Minister offers us no assurances for the future is noteworthy, all we have are the words of a man who has made it a business to go back on them.

But even if we forget everything else, what kind of man would utter such words: The best we could get! This is the insidious poison this man is injecting in our system, the poison of defeatism. Rhetoric has its own place in matters politico-military, but this whimpering, blundering sorry excuse for a leader assures us with a straight face that this is the best we could get! These words are worth repeating because the largest democracy in the world, the heralder of the Asian century has been beaten not in the battlefield but in the mind. Battles lost in the mind are far more dangerous than defeats in the battlefield because they emasculate the society.

The state wishes to extend its influence to decide from what we should read to what we should we watch. However, its overarching attempts to influence every aspect of the citizens life stops when it comes to guarding the most fundamental of his rights:the right to live. Of what use is such a State? Especially when it is led by a man who fails to inspire either by the force of his personality or the conviction of his ideas. By his words and actions he has proved what the world has long suspected. That our Prime-Minister is not the natural occupant of 7 Race Course Road but merely the gatekeeper of 10 Janpath.

The spineless shameless Mr. Singh must go. He is not fit to rule this country.