u summarized very well.
now I know why we don't think alike.
I would rate Narashimha Rao above Vajpayee and Indira Gandhi as a PM.
I take it that you are big fan of Nehruvian politics ?
Nehru is the patron saint of corruption.
The earliest record of corruption in Free India comes from the A D Gorwala report (a parsi, to inspire the local demented bawa) which indicted several of Nehru's minister for corruption.
E.g. In the early 1950's Krishna Menon bypassed protocol to sign a deal worth INR 8 million with a foreign firm for the purchase of army jeeps. While most of the money was paid upfront, only a part of the total jeeps was supplied.
Remember back then 1 USD = 4 INR. So I am talking about a HUGE sum of money in an age when India was a beggar nation.
In 1956, Nehru inducted the same krishna menon into the cabinet.
This is just ONE example of corruption under the Nehru govt. Sadly back then there was no internet, so not much is known to the general public about Nehru's corruption and corrupt practices.
Nehru is also the patron saint of Nepotism.
It was he who promoted his family members into high places at the cost of Indian interest.
His promotion of his relative General Thapar (father of the infamous Karan thapar) lost us the war with china.
He made his sister Vijaylakshmi pandit an ambassador to the USSR and UN. Made Governor of Maharashtra.
His cousin Brijlal Nehru was a civil servant, made finance minister of Kashmir king. Also gifted "Padma Vibhusan"
Braj Kumar Nehru was again Ambassador to the US. Became Governor of J&K, Assam, Gujarat, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura. Also gifted the "padma Vibhusan"
Nayantara Sahgal of award wapsi Fame is daughter of Vijay lakshmi pandit and was gifted the "Sahitya akademi award" as her birth right.
Ratan kumar Nehru was the cousin of Nehru, also made ambassador to China and UAE. Made general secretary to MEA.
Sheila Kaur was cousin of Nehru and was minister and then made Governor of Himachal pradesh.
Her husband was made Director General of BSF.
Her daughter Deepa kaul was minister in UP govt.
Romila Thapar the "secular" historian is distant Niece of Nehru. Leader of the Leftist gang that distorted Indian history and promoted AIT.
Rameshwari Nehru, his cousin was awarded Padma Bhusan by Nehru.
I am not even getting into the Next generation of Nehru family.
But now you know who invented the "Lutyens Gang".
Under Nehru, Meritocracy was not the way to the top, it was who you knew, which family you were born into. It was Royal Patronage.
Is it any surprise that Indira Gandhi took up the mantel after him ? She considered it her Birth right. Baap ka jagir.
