PM present’s his 10 years report card–Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India held a press Conference on Jan 3, 2013.  This press conference was to present the Manmohan Singh journey for last 10 years before going into the Lok Sabha Election.  This press conference is also a platform for Congress to make it evident that Manmohan Singh will not be their Prime Ministerial Candidate for next Lok Sabha elections.

We will need to keep a watch on the Jan 17 – where it may be announcement of Prime Ministerial candidate of Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha Election.

Let’s go through the press Conference of Prime Minister – Manmohan Singh.

His opening speech started with wishing all Indian's a Happy new Year.

General:

• Manmohan Singh has made it clear that he will not be the Prime Ministerial candidate for the next general election and if the party comes to power then it will be UPA chosen Prime Minister.  This would mean he has made way to Rahul Gandhi.
• He also made comments on the AAP and Narendra Modi. 
• On Narendra Modi, he referred back to 2002 Godhra riots stating that he will be disastrous Prime Minister if got elected. 
• On AAP, he said that they need to respect demoractic process, nothing can be changed overnight.  Only time and experience will make capable of handling challenges.
• PM has never felt like resigning at any time, when there were allegation of coal scam, CWG, and other corruption issues.  He was always sincere to his work and was never afraid. 
• He believed that history will not consider him as weakest Prime Minister of India, as the opposition and media are making statements.
• No one within his party has ever asked him to step down from the PM post. 

Positive for the Congress Government:

• The best achievement during is regime was the nuclear deal that he struck with US.
• Food Security Bill which was passed in house and may help common man from rising food prices.
• PM also mentioned about their MNREGA and other schemes that they have launched and DBTL.

Negative for the Congress Government:

Prime Minister has accepted that due to economic breakdown around the world and also other conditions Government was not able to perform as expected.

• Congress has not been as successful in generating employment in the manufacturing sector. (Employment Generation)
• Congress has not been able to tackle the inflation and most important food inflation, which has rose the prices of basic food item.   (Inflation)
• Congress has not been able to to tackle the increase of corruption within the country and party. There is much public concern on high profile allegations of corruption, notably in regard to 2G spectrum allocations, coal block allocations and cases related to land. (Corruption)

Closing statement.

The one lesson we shall all learn from our experience over the past decade is that the world around us is becoming more challenging.

I am confident that the new generation of our leaders will also guide this great nation.