Who is the real prime minister of India?

When it became obvious that the country was not going to accept Rajmata Sonia Gandhi as the PM, it was necessary to put a guy in the seat who was not going to be any threat to the the man who would be King i.e. Rajkumar Rahul! So the inner circle came up with a guy with a real clean image with a functioning knowledge of economy and foreign affairs (and the jury is still out on all that as well). They came up with Manmohan Singh. This is a guy who had never won an election. Normally winning an election proves that the winner knows how to play a really crooked game. But in this case such a guy was needed to manage a coalition. Someone who could juggle many ideologies and ambitions. He was asked not only to manage politicians from his party (who may have some respect for him) but also from other parties. Now politicos from other parties are a different breed. They have neither the respect for nor the ability to empathize with him. As a result what we get is a rubber stamp PM with no real power and a shadow PM with no real ability. Meanwhile all the politicians around them are making hay. Hay, to the tune of thousands of crores of rupees.

The following is a rather telling article by an well known and established scribe Mr. Rajinder Puri.

Reality of PM’s Role
by Rajinder Puri
The PM’s role may be assessed from the following unreported incident. The distinguished editor of a highly respected national daily newspaper met with the PM some considerable time back. The editor complained to the PM about the misdemeanors of former Health Minister Ramdoss. The PM responded by showing files to the editor that further confirmed the veracity of the complaint. He urged the editor: “Why don’t you convey your complaints to Sonia Ji?”

The article can be read at: http://cms.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=10143