MMS demonstrated no such thing. He was an economic beaureaucrat throught the 70s and 80s and was part and parcel of the license permit raj establishment. In fact a few months before he became prime minister, Mr. Singh even gave a speech (I forget where) in which he extolled the merits of socialism, and reiterated all the tenants of the license-permit raj. The 1991 reforms came as a part of strict conditionalities from the world bank and the IMF as a part of a bail out from our forex exchange crisis. According to various nuclear experts, Mr. Singh starved our nuclear establishment of funds throught his term as finance minister. Now suddenly he discovers the benefit of nuclear energy ?? Every develpped country in the world has been moving away from nuclear energy, and we want to embrace it. Manmohan Singh should give a cost-benefit analysis of the nuclear deal in Parliment, state exactly what percent of our energy needs will be met in the future with nuclear power, whether we can do without it, what are the investments required, and at what strategic cost. He has done no such thing. In fact, it is no longer sure that his goverment has a majority in Parliment, and what does he do - go off and make a deal on the sly
We have depended on the so-called "vision" of leaders for too long - first Nehru's vision, then Indira's vision, then Rajiv's vision and now Mr. Singh's vision, and look at the results.
