Sunday, September 9, 2007

#004 PM SHOULD PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS OF HIS GRAND CHILDREN

Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh used the platform of the birthday celebration of Shri Balram Jakhar, former Union Minister of Agriculture, to drive home indirectly, that we should not dither from the 123 Indo US Nuclear Agreement.

"... If we remain divided, defensive, disruptive in our discourse, our children and our grand children will not forgive us. They will find us wanting in the scale of history for not having had the courage to grapple with the real challenges of our time.


That is what leaders like Indiraji and Rajivji tried to do and in whose attempts men like Jakharji played a vital role. They led India forward through difficult times of uncertainty and change. We must all seek inspiration from their effort and courage and not shy away from dealing with the challenges that lie ahead. Our people expect great things from us, for that is why they still have faith in the institutions of democracy. The world is looking at India with renewed hope, as it did in the first decade after Independence. This is, I believe, is India’s moment, let us not dither; let us not shy away in fear of some ghosts in our mind so that India may truly make its tryst with destiny. ..."


He tried to praise Mrs. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi like any other petty Congress leader.

About children and grand children not forgiving: They may not forgive the PM for ditching India into a unilateral agreement which does not even provide for arbitration in case of disputes.

About ghosts: PM must reply why US did not honor the 1963 Indo US Nuclear Agreement unilaterally?

If the PM really wants that future generations to remember him with gratitude, he must gather all the CSIR and Indian Institute of Science fellows, IIT beards before him and venture to produce 25,000 mw of solar power by 2020. They are squandering thousands of crores of people's money without any real service to the Nation. If Thomas Alva Edison can light an electric bulb after a thousand failures, why Indian scientists cannot do it even after 60 years of independence?

I furnish below a link to PM's speech referred to above for those who are interested.
http://pmindia.nic.in/lspeech.asp?id=582

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