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May 22, 2006

Karan Thapar fails ... or does he?

When I read Karan Thapar's chat with Arjun Singh about the whole ruckus, I'm inclined to believe that the HRD minister has so beautifully internalized (to borrow a Kaavya Viswanathan cliché) what the bureaucrats portrayed in the 'Yes Minister' series kept doing - stalling, providing vague answers, being non-committal, etc.

I couldn't spot a single firm reply to any question that was thrown at him. It'd be interesting to do a statistical analysis of his replies. Chances are above 70% of the answers would have referred to 'Parliament is supreme' or 'Cabinet decisions' etc. I've never really had any respect for him. His performance in the interview has meant that I have lost complete faith in his ability to carry out his responsibility as my government's minister.

Overall though, a poor show from the "Devil's Advocate", given how he manhandled Pervez Musharraf a few months ago. Then again, he was successful in making it obvious, yet again straight from the horse's mouth, that Arjun Singh is content to hide behind Parliamentary decisions and collective responsibility to justify the decisions taken rather than come out with the reasons and statistics to back up his [and the government's] verdict.

Labels: musharraf, pakistan

Rambled @ 11:24 AM

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4 comment(s)

Hey,
thanks for pointing to the transcript. I had missed it. Arjun Singh is truly "knowledgeable" in these matters :))

By Aswin (May 22, 2006 8:08:00 PM)

aswin: No problem. It was definitely a performance he'd have been proud of.

By Jagadish (May 23, 2006 10:35:00 AM)

Acking your comment - it was very reminiscent, wasn't it! :-)

By Ramanand (May 25, 2006 1:01:00 PM)

Very much so - I nearly thought the interview was being given by Arjun Singh's secretary :)

By Jagadish (May 25, 2006 3:17:00 PM)

I'd prefer if you posted comments with your real name to add more credibility to your opinions. Obviously comments containing offensive and unsuitable language will be deleted. The opinions in the comments are your own views. You are welcome to provide a URL to your own blog, especially if it discusses issues you find here.

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