Amit Shah is not a proper administrator as his main task is to protect Modi. He is mentally only geared for using his powers through ED, CBI etc to target persons or organisations. He is not mentally capable of administration work done by his assistants as he concentrates on covering up for Modi both personally and officially
“Instructing officials to take all the necessary steps” has become pretty embarrassing in Manipur. To be fair to him though, I don’t think anyone believes that he was given that portfolio to maintain internal peace. There appears to be no political incentives to do anything - the worst case will be that they will lose the state next time. No obvious spillover effects. This regime cannot be moved on any considerations other than (dis)incentives of electoral politics and threat to unbridled power.
Shivraj Patil was a dud, yes -- but his only real failure was 26/11. That was a terrorist strike, which no home minister could have done anything to prevent. His constant costume changes during 26/11 earned him a bad rap, deservedly. But it occurs to me that four days after the attack, he resigned. By that token, Amit Shah had to have resigned a couple of dozen times already.
It is not that the dispensation does not want to get at the causes. It is that the dispensation IS the cause. During the previous assembly election campaign, Amit Shah promised the Kukis an autonomous hill region, and at the same time promised the Meiteis that there would be no such division, and that Kukis would not be allowed to settle in the valley region. Once the election was over, both sides wanted what they had been promised; Shah knew there was no way two contradictory promises could be kept, so typically, he kept quiet and hoped the problem would go away. It didn't -- and here we are.
Amit Shah is not a proper administrator as his main task is to protect Modi. He is mentally only geared for using his powers through ED, CBI etc to target persons or organisations. He is not mentally capable of administration work done by his assistants as he concentrates on covering up for Modi both personally and officially
“Instructing officials to take all the necessary steps” has become pretty embarrassing in Manipur. To be fair to him though, I don’t think anyone believes that he was given that portfolio to maintain internal peace. There appears to be no political incentives to do anything - the worst case will be that they will lose the state next time. No obvious spillover effects. This regime cannot be moved on any considerations other than (dis)incentives of electoral politics and threat to unbridled power.
Too bad that he's being distracted from his main job of electioneering.
Thought it was Shivraj Patil in UPA 1, but Amit Shah making him look better.
Rajnath Singh honestly did a decent job as Home Minister without projecting himself as a modern day Chanakya.
Amit Shah is good at managing elections, doing political strategies, but governance is not his cup of tea.
Shivraj Patil was a dud, yes -- but his only real failure was 26/11. That was a terrorist strike, which no home minister could have done anything to prevent. His constant costume changes during 26/11 earned him a bad rap, deservedly. But it occurs to me that four days after the attack, he resigned. By that token, Amit Shah had to have resigned a couple of dozen times already.
When d dispensation doesn't want to get at d causes, this is what you get. Band aids to stop d bleeding that by all means is so profuse
It is not that the dispensation does not want to get at the causes. It is that the dispensation IS the cause. During the previous assembly election campaign, Amit Shah promised the Kukis an autonomous hill region, and at the same time promised the Meiteis that there would be no such division, and that Kukis would not be allowed to settle in the valley region. Once the election was over, both sides wanted what they had been promised; Shah knew there was no way two contradictory promises could be kept, so typically, he kept quiet and hoped the problem would go away. It didn't -- and here we are.
He has the entire field beaten by a mile!