Arjun Singh's interview on CNN-IBN

I could not watch CNN-IBN’s program “Devil’s Advocate” hosted by Karan Thapar during the weekend. The sole reason was that the guest was Mr. Arjun Singh. I loath that person, and could not bear to watch him for an entire hour and listen to his ridiculous arguments for implanting of quotas in the educational institutions. But now, after I read through the excerpts, I am ruing my decision of not wanting to watch the interview.

Mr. Arjun Singh had made a fool of himself in the interview. It’s a matter of national shame that people like Mr. Arjun Singh is a minister and represents the people of this country.

For the starters, Mr. Arjun Singh claims that the decision of extending reservation to the OBC’s is a decision taken by the parliament. For any question put forward by Karan Thapar, our illustrious minister gave the same answer that the decision was taken by the parliament.

Our minister does not know the percentage of the total population who are under the SC/ST/OBC cast system. He does not know about the number of seats in colleges reserved for the SC/ST/OBC’s which goes vacant. He does not know about the number of years a student from the SC/ST/OBC takes to complete a course.

Inspite of his ignorance, Mr. Singh claims that reservation is the solution for the upliftment of the backward classes. I’m at sea to find words to describeour minister's thought process. Whenever he was cornered by Karna Thapar, he would reply, “It’s the decision of the parliament.” Even when cornered with a quote from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, whom Mr. Arjun Singh claims that he admires enormously, he gave the same reply.

On second thoughts, I am beginning to admire the camaraderie within Congress. The entire party is taking the blame for the stupidity and political ambitions of a single person.

Mr. Arjun Singh also did not come clean on the issue that our Prime Minister was well informed when he brought out the issue. He was claiming that the news about the issue was out there in the open, but never said that he had brought out the draft after consulting with the PM.

The entire interview can be accessed here. The interview clearly shows the half baked ideas of our minister, who wants nothing but glory. I sincerely hope that the reservation issue, instead of catapulting Arjun Singh’s political careers into glory, proves to be the final nail in his coffin.

I hope that our Prime Minister as well as the President have gone either seen the interview or have read the excerpts of the interview of Mr. Arjun Singh, one of the most public display of one’s own stupidity!!!

As I write this post, here is another story which is bound to make headlines in the near future. I don't know whether they are the outcome of political ambitions of Ms. Meira Kumar and Mr. Kamal Nath, but I am sure that this issue will get a much severe beating than the one the government is facing with the reservation in higher education. Its also soothing to know that the private sector has two years to plan their protests and action plan.