12-18-2006, 11:31 AM
The Prime Minister has created a controversy by giving first right to Muslims on natonal resources. When people protested, PMO accused opposition and other interested groups of reading it wrongly. Now the controversy is being dismissed as a case of poor drafting compounded by a slip in delivery, resulting in an impression that he was speaking of a specific community rather than all deprived sections. Are âpoor draftingâ and âslip in deliveryâ expected from PM, who has a battery of speech writers and is considered one of the best speakers? It was a cleverly thought out performance to give a message to Muslims keeping UP elections in view. Even most of congress leaders view the reference to Muslims as quite clearly intended. A new low has been reached in minority appeasement by congress and the government.