Karan Thapar's stupendous interview
Karan Thapar recently had an interview with Mr. Arjun Singh, which I though was excellently carried out. Poor Mr. Arjun Singh was left speechless. The interview is published in the news channel's website and can be found here here
posted by ABM @ 3:48 AM
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How come the link went out of the box? I thought it would automatically split into two if it doesn't fits in...
got the link in my email, Arjun Singh is going down !!!!!!!!
* I've edited the link.
* Visiting this link would be relevent here.
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(Siddharth Razdan)
God, that interview really was something.Arjun Singh has no idea of what he is doing.He could not give a single satisfactory, straight, knowledgable answer to the simplest of the questions.He sounded like a brat kid who throws tantrums without having the faintest idea of whether his demand can be met or not.I can't believe we the voters put clueless people like him in positions of power.If we have a government filled with people like him..well,no wonder this country is going to the dogs.Accolade to Karan Thapar.He was brilliant.
Hey, thanks a lot for the link to the interview. Arjun Singh seems to have an agenda of just pushing through the reservations without much of a thought about the whys and hows of anything. He doesn't seem to believe the statistics thrown at his face... what is he after?
Err.. there are strong rumours about him doing this crap just to make Manmohan Singh look bad. The PM can't talk against his own minister because it would make the Govt. look weak and divided. But the PM, who is known as a meritocrat, would obviously want to throw this reform out asap. Arjun Singh is probably sore that he didn't get to be the PM before the NDA Govt.
People interested in knowing more about the jug-headness of the jug-head character called Arjun Singh may wish to read: "Five Past Midnight in Bhopal" by Dominique Lapierre. Arjun Singh was the Minister back then.. during the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. This book is about that unfortunate but totally avoidable incident, and the role the Honbl. Arjun Singh played in bringing it about.
Ah yes, Arjun Singh was the CM of MP back then, I had almost forgotten...
I guess his antics are almost a checkmate. Reservation being the holy cow, no one from the goverment can really refute him (neither can any of the political parties protest) once he's jumped the gun. And he knows very well that the one of the main reasons the VP Singh government fell was this very issue. But Manmohan Singh's solution of increasing seats by 53%, while very difficult to implement and a bad compromise for sensibility at best, might be a way out for his government. One might also hope the Supreme Court's taking up the matter brings about a sensible resolution. Hopefully the Parliament won't throw tantrums about its privilege vis a vis the Supreme Court in this matter.
There is precious little that a childish Parliament can do to hamper the Supreme Court, save putting "hidden pressure" on the judges, either by mutually beneficial deals or through 'other means'. The judiciary is not as politically colored, directly or indirectly, as the politicians are, of course, unless the the key judiciary figures are 'in pay'. This leaves a fairly better chance for the Supreme Court. The political figures involved are without doubt going to employ pressure tactics on the Judiciary when it is involved. Yet, I have fairly more faith in the Court than in the Govt. any day. Of course, I don't intend to say I trust the Court even 50%. :-)
I agree with you, the higher courts in India, particularly the Supreme Court are worth having faith in.
However I was not talking about the government or the Parliament putting "hidden pressure" on judges, but a more direct confrontation. The Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary all have their privilages. If there is a formal and determined confrontion between the Legislature and the Judiciary, I would rather place my bets on the Legislature. This has happened before. The infamous Shah Bano case during Rajiv Gandhi's prime ministership is the best example. More recently, when the Judiciary had issued notices regarding expulsion of MPs in the money-for-questions scandal, the Speaker refused, insisting on the privilege of the Parliament. But as per my understanding, legal experts are divided on this issue. However, the constitutional ammendment in the Shah Bano case is the kind of thing I would be worried about.
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