A Word about the Ex- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Some time back an agitation  for a mechanism to check corruption was launched by two men, Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare . To face such a momentous agitation which is justified by all  people, the head of the executive namely the Prime Minister had an important role to play. In India's case the role should have been played by the Prime Minister, Mr. Man Mohan Singh. But I am saddened to note that this man was unable to give any leadership and the only result which is emerging is that corruption and big underhand deals ruledthe roost as never before  with this man at the helm of affairs.
I do not recollect such big corruption deals that rival the national budget and run into thousands of crorers of rupees have ever occurred in any other period of India's history after 1947. The fact is at that time the men who headed the executive were leaders in their own right and had the love of the people. In addition they had a following among the people and were elected leaders in their own right. Take the case of Nehru, Shastri, Indira, Rajiv, Vajpayee and others were all men who were leaders and stood in parliament on the strength of their votes.
Unfortunately the sad part is that the Ex-Prime Minister di not have that standing. In fact, I doubt if this man could even win a panchayat  or a local election and obviously his personal folloing on the national scene was extremely poor. He was  the Prime Minster, courtesy  a set of power brokers led by the widow of the late Rajiv Gandhi and thus is beholden to them. This  hemmed his ability to lead the nation and the result is that in the battle against corruption where he should have given the lead ,  see him dithering. Perhaps he was not convinced himself of the actions forced on him,but he played along and that is a sin which he will have to explain to posterity.
We must record and I am sure that its is a first in world history where a man is foisted on a billion people by some power brokers  as the Prime Minister. India needs a leader and a great leader at that,but Sardar Man Mohan Singh did not fill the bill.