News X : UPA-II's 7 deadly sins
- 5 years ago
NewsX: Four years ago, in 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got a thumbs up when the middle classes and rural India voted the UPA Government back to power. Even the taint of the cash-for-votes scam of 2008 did not appear to stick -- the MNREGA and farmer loans had apparently eased the people's burden.
Singh was hailed as the King. But the euphoria of the second win was short-lived. Soon after, the slide started with Sharm el-Sheikh statement fiasco, where Singh was criticised by many for giving too much allowance to Pakistan; then UPA-II was hit by one scandal after the other.
From the 2G spectrum scandal, CWG scam, coal scam to railgate and defencegate, it became a 'scam-a-month' government.
Singh was hailed as the King. But the euphoria of the second win was short-lived. Soon after, the slide started with Sharm el-Sheikh statement fiasco, where Singh was criticised by many for giving too much allowance to Pakistan; then UPA-II was hit by one scandal after the other.
From the 2G spectrum scandal, CWG scam, coal scam to railgate and defencegate, it became a 'scam-a-month' government.