Panchyati Raj was Late Rajiv Gandhi's great vision for India. His vision was a noble one and the premise of the third tier being the enabler of Indian development a sound one. Ofcourse, vision by itself, remains a vision. The pulls and pressures of allotment put this important though not glamourous nor powerful ministry in Mr. Aiyer's fold. An opportunity for a sincere effort to achieve late Rajiv Gandhi's dream was thereby lost. It has been a great loss for India. Now that he has turned Marxist, he becomes even more unsuitable to even comprehend, let alone realise RG's Panchayati dream.
