Error of Judgment

Salman Khurshid the Min of Law, himself a SC lawyer, has admitted to the government making an error of judgment in dealing with the civil society.

This sounds insincere as errors of judgment are usually made when judgment is exercised, which in this case no one did. Everyone was blaming everybody else; no one took responsibility. The PM was conspicuous by his absence in the first week.

This GOM or collegiate type of decision making can be problematic. In the past the PM stood up and took responsibility and handled a crisis with the help of his or her advisors and not vice versa.

Considering that the PM has declared mending relations with Pakistan as a major objective of his political career should he not add mending relations with his own people as an equally important goal?

In today's Indian Express, Jerry Rao has reminded the PM about how many of his predecessors had signed agreements with non-politicians. Rajiv-Longowal Acord, Rajiv-AASU Accord, Indira Gandhi-Sheikh Abdulla Accord etc. Worth a read for the PM.

It would be interesting to see how the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee Manu Singhvi, also a SC lawyer, now handles the hot potato of the JLPB. Many of his party colleagues are unlikely to accept Anna's suggestions with grace.