05-09-2008, 03:12 AM
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Pioneer Opinion
Remorse, guilt, shame and similar emotions are unlikely to ever cross the mind of Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss. Being a publicity hound, the one-man demolition squad who has systematically destroyed India's premier medical institution, possibly revels even in the hate mail he receives. His latent sadism appears to feed on the all-round denunciation of his misplaced Gestapo-style activism against smoking and drinking apart from obsessive AIIMS-bashing. Even as the country's ramshackle public health system collapses into an abyss under his wilful neglect, Ramadoss viciously pursues his pet peeves, imposing his agenda on a frightened Union Government that trembles even before a minor party like the PMK. His arm-twisting forced a pusillanimous UPA to amend the AIIMS Act with the sole purpose of evicting its internationally renowned director, Dr P Venugopal, a piece of legislation that was bulldozed through Parliament in unseemly haste.
Now that the Supreme Court has unequivocally quashed the amended Act and reinstated Dr Venugopal, the maverick Minister has only one option: Apologise to the nation for all his shenanigans and resign from the Union Cabinet. Given his record of indecision, it may be too much to expect Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to dismiss Ramadoss from the Cabinet, although his continuation in the Ministry would amount to condoning his antics and vendetta politics. Already several unsavoury allegations of malfeasance have done the rounds about the Minister. His daily sermons to celebrities on how they should lead their lives -- homilies that are intended only to grab media space -- have not only become irritating but also counterproductive. Without any further delay, the doctor of doom must be directed to the exit door if he attempts to brazen out the apex court's stinging verdict and cling on to a job he should never have got.
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He should resign. But he is shameless person and minister of spineless, shameless administration, I think his nonsense will continue till some Haryanvi give him a tight slap in front of everyone.
Pioneer Opinion
Remorse, guilt, shame and similar emotions are unlikely to ever cross the mind of Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss. Being a publicity hound, the one-man demolition squad who has systematically destroyed India's premier medical institution, possibly revels even in the hate mail he receives. His latent sadism appears to feed on the all-round denunciation of his misplaced Gestapo-style activism against smoking and drinking apart from obsessive AIIMS-bashing. Even as the country's ramshackle public health system collapses into an abyss under his wilful neglect, Ramadoss viciously pursues his pet peeves, imposing his agenda on a frightened Union Government that trembles even before a minor party like the PMK. His arm-twisting forced a pusillanimous UPA to amend the AIIMS Act with the sole purpose of evicting its internationally renowned director, Dr P Venugopal, a piece of legislation that was bulldozed through Parliament in unseemly haste.
Now that the Supreme Court has unequivocally quashed the amended Act and reinstated Dr Venugopal, the maverick Minister has only one option: Apologise to the nation for all his shenanigans and resign from the Union Cabinet. Given his record of indecision, it may be too much to expect Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to dismiss Ramadoss from the Cabinet, although his continuation in the Ministry would amount to condoning his antics and vendetta politics. Already several unsavoury allegations of malfeasance have done the rounds about the Minister. His daily sermons to celebrities on how they should lead their lives -- homilies that are intended only to grab media space -- have not only become irritating but also counterproductive. Without any further delay, the doctor of doom must be directed to the exit door if he attempts to brazen out the apex court's stinging verdict and cling on to a job he should never have got.
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He should resign. But he is shameless person and minister of spineless, shameless administration, I think his nonsense will continue till some Haryanvi give him a tight slap in front of everyone.