Sins fall generally under two ways; the sins of commission and the sins of omission.
The first, sins of commission, is a category of sin describing the things we did but shouldn't have.
The second, sins of omission, are the sins of not doing what we should have. We don't think as much about the sin of omission even though it is as pernicious and destructive as anything we could commit.
Dictionary.com defines the word honest as:
Honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person.
If the above concepts are correct then someone who does not steal only fulfills one criteria of honesty. However, if that person is not honorable or commits the sin of omission then they are not honest.
Manmohan Singh may not steal personally but he is far from being an honest person. It is that one solitary criteria that he uses as an excuse to hold onto his post. Let us take another leader from the past. Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned as Minister for Railways when there was a major accident (compare him with Lalloo or Mamta). He took failures of LBS the PM as that of LBS the Man. Now that was an honest man.
Manmohan Singh has clung to his Kursi while committing scores of sins of omission in the name of “Coalition Dharma”. His lust for power seems to match the lust for money that his colleagues have. He has steadfastly refused to do anything about the numerous cases of corruption that his government is involved in. That is a sign of a sinner and not an honorable man. Anyone who still calls him an honest man including the ever-vacillating Anna Hazare (why cant an honest man like Anna call Singh for what he truly is?) need to read this blogpost.
His other claim to fame is his expertise in Economics. I have not idea of Economics. I can barely manage my own money. But what I do know is that despite of its place in the emerging economies, India is about to lose its investment grade ratings. This seems to be the last straw. With rising prices and all other economic indices in the toilet, life of the aam aadmi has become worse than intolerable.
Manmohan Singh is guilty of heading the most corrupt and inept government in the history of our unfortunate country. It is a testament to an even more inept opposition and an ineffective democratic institution that the UPA is still in power. In any other civilized country, they would have been booted out long time ago.
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