`UP has five CMs today - Akhilesh is only the fifth Veteran politician Kalyan Singh has been chief minister of Uttar Pradesh over three terms, including during the controversial destruction of the Babri mosque in 1992. Having exited BJP and campaigned for Samajwadi Party, Singh recently reaffirmed his faith in BJP , speculation now rife over him possibly being awarded governorship of Rajasthan soon. Speaking with Eram discussed Agha, Singh UPs current CM Akhilesh Yadav, Natwar Singhs memoir and why Narendra Modi is first among BJPs equals: What do you think about the current law and order scenario in Uttar Pradesh? tar Pradesh? There is no government worth the name in Uttar Pradesh. Since the law and order situation has deteriorated, dont see the rule of law in this land now. More than 100 commu nal riots have taken place since the elections. Today, all elections. Today , all citizens feel unsafe here, parti-cularly women. So many rape cases are being reported. But this government does not even intend to control such incidents the administrative machinery is also not tight during this rule. The sense of responsibility is just missing. How has young UP CM Akhi He has totally failed in Uttar Pradesh today, there are five chief ministers. The number one is de facto CM, Mulayam Singh Yadav, followed by Shivpal Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav and Azam Khan Akhilesh Yadav is only the fifth one. Youre critical of dynastic politics but isnt BJP also a practitioner of that? We have to give a clear-cut def inition of such family-based politics. What exactly is it? Suppose a person is very active in politics and is also the child in politics and is also the child of a politician or a leader. That person is not disqualified because of his parents name. But if family association is not a disqualification, then it should not be a qualification either. Parivar-vaad or dynasty politics is what Congress started with Pandit Nehru, carried on by Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, maybe Priyanka Gandhi and perhaps when the young ones Speaking of Congress, your thoughts on Natwar Singhs memoir? And will you write a political book yourself ? Natwar Singhs memoir is for Congress to see it is their internal matter, i have no comments. As far as writing my own book is concerned, i have not given this much serious thought yet. A lot of people have asked me to write a book on my life and political career but i dont know if i will. In any case, my life is like an open book, you can turn any page, there is nothing hidden there. I have enjoyed every phase of my political life, no matter how trying it was. I knew how to smile through it. Youre close to BJP again how do you assess its new generation of leaders and their work? All are good but Narendra Modi is first among equals. I also like Smriti Irani. She has clear thinking and vision. The first three months of Modis government have been spent so far clearing the deep ditches created by Congress rule in development and economics. Modi is doing very well, bringing black money back, setting up the SIT and winning the publics confidence and trust.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:55:37 +0000