When media advisor to former PM Dr Manmohan Singh expresses disdain for ‘robust management’ in a democracy

“Time to resurrect a popular front”, thundered the headline in The Hindu’s Op-Ed web page. The writer Harish Khare is not any atypical “senior journalist” because the article claims. He was as soon as the media advisor to the Prime Minister of India when Dr. Manmohan Singh was holding that put up. Which signifies that he was able of appreciable energy to form the discourse of the nation. So, when such a as soon as highly effective individual writes that one thing must be “resurrected”, you’d think about that it existed earlier than.  
Harish Khare’s definition of “popular front” is “command the majority of popular vote”.  In his infinite knowledge, he reminds us of the oft-repeated, beaten-to-death argument – “the NDA, as per the 2019 results, still does not command the majority of popular vote; its combined vote share was nearly 45%, of which the BJP’s contribution was 37.4%;”
Now, you’d suppose that that is an incredible argument and that it certainly time to “resurrect” a “popular front” that existed earlier than. Instead of belabouring this level additional, let’s merely check out the desk beneath to know what number of seats a pre-poll association of events received in every election and their voting percentages.
How many seats a pre-poll association of events received in every election and their voting percentagesGosh, it seems that India by no means had a “popular front”. Not a single chief ever received greater than 50% votes in any election in India since 1952. Leave voting percentages, did you discover how Sonia Gandhi didn’t even win the requisite 272 seats, each in 2004 and 2009? Did we ever see articles and seminars and debates and discussions across the voting percentages when Sonia Gandhi was in energy from 2004 to 2014? Did Harish Khare ever mirror as to why he agreed to work below a Prime Minister, who didn’t even contest elections, go away alone getting a “popular vote”? 
So, what does Harish Khare suggest to “resurrect” one thing that by no means existed within the first place? In his personal lofty phrases – “restoring a balance between the Centre and the States — the Centre has made a mockery of the federal spirit and arrangement;”
Now, in case you are utilizing robust phrases like “mockery”, readers would anticipate that you simply give some severe examples to show your level. Harish Khare provides precisely zero examples. You at the moment are left questioning – is it due to the truth that there are not any examples to offer? For instance, why is it a mockery if every one of many 43 GST Council conferences, members of which belong to many political events, have ended up taking vital selections unanimously? For instance, why is it a mockery if the Prime Minister invitations the Karnataka Chief Minister (who’s from the Congress and has declined the invitation) to accompany him on a international tour in order that he can appeal to extra investments? For instance, why is it a mockery if the darling of the English media and the famed Kerala Chief Minister from the Communist celebration acknowledges the great assist obtained from the central authorities for the devastating Kerala floods? Why is it a mockery when Captain Amarinder Singh says– “I have no problems. I am getting full co-operation” and even cites examples to bolster his assertion?
The lofty arguments proceed with us now being informed that there’s a want of “restoring a sense of partnership and participation to the minorities—it is entirely unhealthy that a ruling party of 303 MPs cannot boast of a single Muslim member”
I by no means perceive this argument. Has there ever been a single occasion previously 70 years when Muslims MPs, chopping throughout celebration strains, have fashioned a foyer group and obtained one thing particularly performed for the welfare of Muslims? The reply is an emphatic NO. So, if the Muslims MPs themselves are divided by their celebration strains, what is that this obsession with a meaningless symbolism? Why don’t the likes of Harish Khare query concerning the different minorities too? For instance, what number of Christian MPs? How many Jain MPs? There won’t ever be an finish to this argument. Or higher but, has Harish Khare been capable of cite a single occasion of minorities shedding a “sense of partnership and participation”? Why couldn’t Harsh Khare cite some examples of blatant discrimination in insurance policies by the Modi authorities? Lazy to do analysis or as a result of these examples don’t exist?
Harish Khare goes on to speak about “restoring the constitutional institutions to their original vitality”, which means that establishments ought to hearken to what their ilk says and never act independently. So, how and who does Harish Khare suggest to be a part of a “popular front” that may restore “a semblance to sensitivity and civility to our political life”? 
According to his infinite knowledge, the “popular front” ought to “also accommodate and tame an Asaduddin Owaisi”. The alternative of phrases is an instance of the haughty conceitedness these individuals proudly possess! Harish Khare truly desires to “tame” Owaisi? Has he actually not heard and seen Owaisi? And who does he suppose can “tame” Owaisi? Naveen Patnaik and Nitish Kumar! 
The solely factor Harish Khare is evident in his complete article is that the Congress is nugatory and shouldn’t be anyplace near this “popular front”. Otherwise your complete article is just one other try and showcase the English language abilities of Harish Khare with out offering a single instance to make his level. Harish Khare’s disdain for democracy could be very evident in his concluding paragraph – “Too much of strong leadership has robbed India of its democratic exuberance and constitutional dynamism.” Ours is probably the one place on this planet the place having a “strong leadership” is seen as a drawback and the place the English media yearns for the return of a weak management that may “tame” Owaisi (am nonetheless LOL’ing!). 
The sooner Harish Khare realises that lofty rhetoric shouldn’t be an alternative to floor realities, the higher understanding he may have as to why Prime Minister Modi is so widespread within the nation. He has received the mandate of the individuals a whopping 5 instances previously 18 years. He should have performed one thing proper for that to occur, no?