It’s arrogance combined with stupidity for Congress

The Manmohan Singh government has in recent months scored many embarrassing self-goals on the policy and political fronts. It flip-flopped on raising petrol prices; in April, it belligerently opposed the Lokpal Bill, but by August, it had acquiesced shame-facedly; it then vacillated on the issues of the inclusion of the prime minister and of group C and D employees in the final draft of the Lokpal Bill that will be presented to Parliament; and most recently, it unveiled its retail FDI policy with borderline arrogance, only to climb down as, first, the opposition and, then, its own ally in the shape of Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress, howled in protest against the proposed plans.

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