09-27-2007, 06:17 AM
<!--emo&:argue--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/argue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='argue.gif' /><!--endemo--> The issue is impt; so, let us not leave it in between.
For Rahul to be PM, Cong should be in position to call shots which is doubtful.
RE: Nehru vs. Patel:
Patel was best in his role as Home Minister and he might have been wasted in role of PM. As ill luck would have it, he, also, did not live long enough after Independence.
Nehru did show streak of independence by representing Subhash C. Bose(if I am not wrong) in the courts much to the chargin of Gandhi.
RE: Indira Gandhi
Being host to PM Nehru, she had the longest internship.
I don't know as to how old u r but I have seen the amount of opposition she faced when she became PM and it was her incisiveness which kept her in job. Moreover, in the interim of Nehru and Indira, v had a full fledged successful PM in Lal Bahadur.
RE: Rajiv
I am glad that you have brought out Rajiv's name which only strengethens the axiom that experience is the key as he was lame duck PM after the Bofor issue and that was right in middle of his 5yrs.
For Rahul to be PM, Cong should be in position to call shots which is doubtful.
RE: Nehru vs. Patel:
Patel was best in his role as Home Minister and he might have been wasted in role of PM. As ill luck would have it, he, also, did not live long enough after Independence.
Nehru did show streak of independence by representing Subhash C. Bose(if I am not wrong) in the courts much to the chargin of Gandhi.
RE: Indira Gandhi
Being host to PM Nehru, she had the longest internship.
I don't know as to how old u r but I have seen the amount of opposition she faced when she became PM and it was her incisiveness which kept her in job. Moreover, in the interim of Nehru and Indira, v had a full fledged successful PM in Lal Bahadur.
RE: Rajiv
I am glad that you have brought out Rajiv's name which only strengethens the axiom that experience is the key as he was lame duck PM after the Bofor issue and that was right in middle of his 5yrs.