BIKASH
CHOUDHURY
Damocles sword always hangs over the crown and the new
premier who assumes office by the end of next month or in the beginning
thereafter can’t evade the same as many of his illustrious predecessor. Pandit
Nehru, the first premier of Independent India was swamped by the aftermath of
partition holocaust and problems arising out of refugees in one hand while
attending to the daunting task of unifying the princely states in India
with the help of Sarar Patel. Soon he had to contend with a war imposed by Pakistan
on J&K. In spite of all that, he built a very strong foundation of a strong
and democratic India
and occupied a distinct position for India
in the Global community through his espousal of non-aligned foreign policy. He
was able to setup Institutions to drive the socio-economic progress of the
country; though, his emphasis on socialistic mixed economic model tied the
country with Hindu rate of economic growth. In hindsight we guess a free market
economic model with private enterprise and innovation could have given much
better result; however, Nehru remained unconvinced and at times suspicious
about private industry that remained the bane of his long tenure. However, one
has to concede that Nehru overcome daunting challenges with aplomb and would go
down in the annals of history as the thinker and the builder of modern India .
His successor Lal Bahadur Sastri had a very short tenure but, his stewardship
was again eclipsed by a war in the western front with Pakistan
which he overpowered with his slogan ‘jai jawan and jai kisan’. Indira Gandhi
was heckled by the old guard of the Congress Party for some time which she
rebutted with populism and later opposition activism with authoritarian rule.
She had also to contend with American Imperialism and creation of Bangladesh .
Rajiv Gandhi was a target of ambitious Congress party insiders and incestuous
Delhi media and top bureaucracy which foisted false corruption cases on him and
driven him to make one mistake after another owing to his administrative
inexperience and little over confidence to solve all problems of the country at
one go; that, eventually cost him premiership and later his life. V.P. Singh
came with bang on anti-corruption plank and went with a whimper after dividing
the society yet again with his implementation of Mandal Commission report. He
was overawed by the snipers of his ambitious colleagues in the cabinet and in
the party that failed him from implementing a coherent policy for the country.
Chandrashkhar came with a very limited mandate but he unleashed very bold
policy in his short tenure on economy and an attempt to resolve the Babri
Masjid and Ram Janma Bhumi issue, most burning issues of his time. However,
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in his tenure due to his laxity or connivance
remains unanswered. P.V. Narashima Rao would remain one of the shrewdest premiers
who unleashed one of the boldest economic policies of free market economy with
liberal help from his able & erudite finance minister. His challengers were
shown the doors both inside the party and outside with impunity and uncanny
virtue of silence. He was a loyal follower of Gandhi family; however, he never
gave himself to the palace coupe as he remained one step ahead always during
his tenure. He unfortunately presided over the demolition of Babri Masjid;
while, he delivered a new maxim ‘not taking a decision is also a decision’. Atalji
was a premier with broad vision for the country who unveiled a program of
faster infrastructure development in the country that actually delivered an 8%
plus GDP growth for a few years after his
tenure. He had the courage to make India
a Nuclear Power. Those who challenged him would be found in the foot note of
history.
The
new premier would be challenged by the Global Spy Agency and spy agency near
home-ISI. Global spy agencies would trail the new premier on his ‘strategic
policy’ to counter the Global ambition of the country; while ISI would continue its policy and program of
sabotage of Indian Economy through spreading the spurious Indian currency
network by pumping growing amount inside the country and financing the terror
modules at unexpected quarters. ISI would also sponsor audacious terrorist
strikes like 26/11 again and also target important Indian political leaders who
profess economic & cultural partnership with Pakistan .
New Premier has to keep hawkish eye on the global spy network while decimating
the nuisance value of ISI with an equally or more notorious agency for the
purpose.
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