I-Days come and go, PM’s promises remain unkept

“Today, I have no promises to make, but I have promises to keep.’’ That was Manmohan Singh on August 15, 2004, his first prime ministerial speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort. Seven years down the line, some of what Singh told the nation has come back to haunt him and his UPA Government. Another August 15, this time pitted against Anna Hazare and his team, the PM’s managers may blush, if not shudder, to think that he had voluntarily sought civil society’s help to clean up the system.

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