How does Manmohan Singh’s honesty help us?

Every time the Congress has been besmirched with an accusation of corruption, we are reminded that the PM is an honest man, that he could not have known about the corrupt act. So the PM is honest and knows nothing about the 2G scam, about the cash-for-votes scam, about the CWG scam, and so on, just to name a few of the more recent scams. A positive adjective like ‘honest’ gets tarnished and becomes irrelevant if accompanied by other adjectives such as inefficient, indecisive, introverted, under-confident, uninspiring and subservient. Perhaps many Indians would be happier with a less honest, more efficient prime minister?

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