Pawn is gone, but why did it take PM 2 yrs to show him the door? -Governance Now

Pawn is gone, but why did it take PM 2 yrs to show him the door?

Answering the real question: why everybody loved this nobody

GN Bureau | November 16, 2010

Mr Nobody

A Raja is gone. The UPA government is taking concrete measures to stem corruption. End of the story? No. Because all the real questions are, well, yet to be raised. Questions like why it took the Congress and the prime minister so long to ease out Raja, a political lightweight who personifies all that is wrong with governance in the country. After all, the numbers, in parliament and in the Tamil Nadu assembly, clearly show that the Congress had an upper hand – unlike the picture of survival-at-stake it projected all along. To read more about these questions and answers, read the cover story of the next issue of Governance Now, soon on the stands. Book your copy now (contact [email protected])

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