Why was Sashi Tharoor indulged for so long

At last the tragicomedy has  come to a close with the Tharoor resignation.  The PM and the President have accepted it.  Good riddance!

But Look at this:

• Tharoor was summoned by the Fin. Minister for a meeting while the PM was away.
• He was given 5 minutes with Mrs. Gandhi on Thursday and told to be ready to face the Parliament.
• Mrs. Gandhi meets with Congress Core Group on Friday.
• On Sunday Tharoor meets the PM for 30 minutes to ‘explain’ his position
• The Congress Core Group meets for a 2 hour discussion late Sunday evening.
• Tharoor meets PM for second time to offer his resignation.

Bah ! It raises many questions in me:

• Does the resignation of one Junior Minister, belonging to the ruling party itself (& not to the other influential UPA partners) has to be such a long drawn out affair ? 
• What has happened to the strong, steady and prompt leadership qualities of Mrs. Gandhi ?
• Do these people have no better business but to spend hours (days ?) with a simple decision ?
• How many hours the same people spent discussing price rise, inflation, economy or national security over the last 6 months ?

Give me Jayalalitha any day.  The ‘local’ Amma beats the ‘central’ Amma hands down, in matters such as this.  In 2001, for e.g. She sacked 3 Ministers less than a month after they were appointed, and reshuffled portfolios, for "administrative reasons".  Two days later, the Governor swore in the replacements.


(image courtesy cartoonistsatish.blogspot.com)

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