I accept responsibility !

Now this has got to be funny.

Imagine what was the reaction of our 'Prime' Minister on being asked about the latest embarrassment for the UPA government, PJ Thomas case (ex-Chief Vigilance Commissioner)??

Nothing remarkable again.

As usual he replied, 'I accept responsibility'.

Kalmadi gets a free run to mess with Commonwealth Games and he literally turns it into "common-wealth".

The PM prefers keeping mum.

Raja auctions according to his whims and fancies, and continues as a minister shamelessly.

The PM does not know what to do.

His ministers prefer taking their differences in the public.

The PM has no clue what to do.

Adarsh scam jolts the nation.

The PM can't decide what to do.

And now, in a case where even the most ardent supporters of the PM cannot deny his direct involvement in the most recent embarrassment for the government, what does Mr PM say?

That he accepts responsibility??

Seriously??

Responsibility??

Responsibility for what?

Keeping mum when things are going haywire?

Keeping your eyes closed when Kalmadi and kins are leaving no stones unturned to make CWC a national shame?

Letting his ministers flout the rules openly?

This is pathetic.

If as a 'Prime' minister, you can't be in control of your surroundings, wonder are you actually the 'prime' minister? 

Prime Minister?The most important minister? 

Or is someone else running the show, as something which everyone admits, but no one acknowledges?

Now lets analyse the situation briefly.

There can be two possible explanations for it:

a) The Prime Minister was indeed in dark.

b) The Prime Minister knew about all these before hand.

If we accept a), then there is no point in being the PM if things can go on without you having any idea of it. Whether you were kept in dark, or you remained in dark despite the best of efforts does not matter actually. If as a head of government, things like these happen and more worryingly, continue to happen, something is seriously wrong.

While if we accept b), then the PM is even more culpable.

In either of the cases, it would not be too inaccurate to say that the 'performance' of the PM has been severely disappointing. 

Now lets look at another angle which supporters of the PM would like us to believe, that the PM is not the 'real' head of government. 'Real' power lies somewhere with 'a well known resident of Janpath'. In that case, the manner in which that 'real' power has been insulated from these matters is all the more astounding.

It has been made to look like as if 'the well known resident of Janpath' was oblivious of everything going around him (*), and came to know of it like the other Indians, through Media.

In such case also, there can be two possible explanations for it.

a)  The 'well known resident' was also in dark.

b) The 'well known resident' knew everything beforehand.

In case a), there can be nothing more alarming that this when the two heads of power/government ( both the real one and the nominal one) are in dark when almost everyone seems to know everything. 

While in case of b), the 'well known resident' is even more culpable than the PM. Even this is unfortunate for India when someone else runs the show, and someone else takes the blame for it.

The PM was directly involved in the appointment of Mr PC Thomas as the chief of CVC. If, despite that, the Supreme Court has to come with a judgement like this, there can be hardly any thing more embarrassing than it.

This game of 'real' and 'un-real' head of government should also stop. If you are the head of government, act like one.  The PM has to instill confidence in his people. Else he wouldn't be remembered for 1991 reforms, but more for his ineptness as a PM.

The choice is for Mr PM to make. Hope he makes it on his own, and does not consult the 'well known resident of Janpath' for this too. !

PS : I am entirely responsible for the comments of this blog. I accept responsibility.

*: The word resident is neutral in tone, so using him or her should not be inaccurate. Otherwise I will accept responsibility for this too.