Manmohan ki jaban se by Puneet Rajhans

Manmohan ki jaban se

It was a tete-a-tete with Editors that saw Manmohan speak for hours together. He spoke at length and at a wavelength that was entirely in congruence with what the past present and prospective editors wanted to hear. Baffling the prime movers from Janpath to Tughlaq Lane and the entire nation at large was essentially the urgency for him to address the nation when he had spoken to the world at large barely three weeks ago from the ramparts of Red Fort.
Some summed it like this: "In his second term he doesn't want to prolong the agony of the common man by declaring his intent that he is ever ready for a prospective third and fourth terms even if he is being lapped by a majority."
Precisely he wanted to set the record straight that he wasn't attempting a record term in office given the unopposed election of BIG G for a record fourth term. If his speil on governance at the Red Fort address had been lost out in the hype and hoopla of G's record outing so be it. He thundered: "My dear countrymen, i am not seeking a record of sorts here . DEspite the fireworks at the Cabinet meetings presided over by me, the Cabinet of MINE is the best to date. It is more cohesive than the past and distant past dispensations including that of JLN."
"I want to make it abundantly clear that we don't throttle the voices of Cabinet colleagues, essentially the voice of aam janata. When they speak they speak for the common man who has lost sense of upcoming power centres setting record of sorts."
When my colleagues come for cabinet meeting , fresh from the dose of centre fresh(Jaban par lagaam de) they are given the much-desired opportunity to speak. And when they speak they spar and spew venom of uncontrolled nature. That shows the freedom they exercise and the different constituents they speak for. As Road Minister Kamal Nath and Aviation MInister Patel take potshots at Green Minister Jairam Ramesh, the latter seeks redemption by stressing on Vedanta Voyage and how it has been hailed by big and upcoming bossess of JP and Tughlaq Lane.
Then there are others who have been lobbying for one business house or the other. They take potshots at each other and want the relevant files to be cleared ASAP. I urge them to be a patient commodity as patience would see them prolong their stay in office and thereby pile on the agony of the janata. As dust settles and colleagues have had their share of litany of plaints to be shared with i urge them to raise their voices to a new pitch at every durbar including that of BIG G as they were party to uncontrolled celebrations over her unopposed feat.
By talking about his reluctance to step on the gas on completing record days in office the PM wanted to clear the air ever since reports started coming in on his clocking record days in office. Asked repeatedly about his take on record terms in office, he said his Cab Colleagues would be given full freedom to take this up in the next meeting where all those who have attempted and achieved record terms under their belt in party, govt and admninistration would be taken to task in full public glare as for the first time he would set a record of sorts where Cab meetings would be televised live. Asked whether his Cab Colleagues would oblige him. With no centre fresh around they would be more willing to bare their heart.
As PM was about to leave the scribes wanted to know from him on how the AAM JANATA can reach him. "I have a toll free no 1800 180 38 37 36. The public can reach me here. I would speak on all issues including the record no of pills (contraceptives included) doing the rounds of cities and towns, the endless screaming TV debates that sees half of our countrymen go without sleep for months together and the face off among political adversaries that leads to a deal that is yet to be signed, sealed and delivered."