Time and again the UPA government faces the questions as to who is the real head of India, or has the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi become an extra-constitutional authority with a remote control of India. However, in a recent interaction on June 30 with the media Manmohan Singh sent a message loud and clear. He asserted that he is not helpless and is not a lame duck. But despite all his remark there still goes a signal that Mrs. Gandhi has proved herself to head the UPA government and that the Prime Minister having a clean image has become nothing but a puppet in her hand. Also, it is seen that other ministers and party workers like Mani Shankar Ayyar and Shashi Tharoor are getting sidelined despite having all their skills just because they do not belong to the Gandhi clan. Therefore, it is high time the Congress party got rid of the cult of Gandhi family, and preferred performing rather than getting into the trap of dynastic politics.
Mohd Ziyaullah Khan
Nagpur, M.S.