By Don Morgan Kipgen
The other day, a Rajdoot from Indraprastha made an unprecedented visit to Manipur as a vanguard of big things come. He came to see the real scenario of a political family feud of alarming degree. The man of the moment from the PMO as an AICC field Observer, Prith-iviraj Chauhan, did not come for the hands of Princess Sangogita to fly out with but he did come to ‘interview’ both sides of the divided Congress-I/ MPCC family members to settle things aright once and for all. Apart from po-sing formal questions to unreliable Congress-I MLAs and Ministers as to why the dissidents want to download the ‘Mussahraff of Manipur’ (read O Ibobi Singh) from his well-stored ‘political website’ maintained by them for over 5 years period, Chauhan also demanded from O Ibobi loyalists as to why the CM is fit, able and a strong leader of their choice. He also reportedly ask some very few neutral MPCC senior leaders as to who would be a better CM in case O. Ibobi were to be dethroned or relieved of his Chief Ministership. The AICC Observer would de-finitely not be convinced by the one-sided words or views of both the Dissident MLAs and O. Ibobi Loyalists since truth and honour are always the first casualties in war and politics. The more it is said in political war, the more there is element of doubt. Hence, it seems O Ibobi is likely to survive this biggest storm of his political career since the command and control system of the Dissidents appears to be in disarray after such a promising build up. If the Ibobi Administration were to be brought down, it should have happened a month or so ago when the disoreinted CM was licking his wounds. But now he is back in smart business, but not as commanding and confident as before. Even if he survived all these knock out punches, things will never be the same again. Heads will roll, either way; there shall be no room for Brutus and Judas.
The word is that the PM and Mrs Sonia Gandhi decided to give a benefit of doubt to a Congress I leader who emphatically, and most unexpectedly, secured an absolute majority after successfully running a full term Congress-I led Govt amidst a stormy sea. One should keep in mind that even the most maligned Laloo Prasad Yadav has been given such an important status despite his poor background: a husband and wife politicians too!!! Both have mountains of corruption and swindling charges and credible allegations of misgovernances staked against them till now. But these are not sufficient enough to keep them in a career-breaking political widlerness so far despite the relentless onsalughts launched by friends and foes alike. Needless to say these two non-intellectual and free-dealing political leaders somehow overcame all those unco-ordinated attacks. Who knows what if the CM of Manipur, O. Ibobi Singh, put his newly elected untained wife, who knows everything about a Chief Ministership, like Laloo Prasad did, if he were to be replaced!!! Since the ongoing stand-off is within the highest level, the last thing AICC would want is an openly divided or permanently broken Cong-I Govt in Manipur. In case O. Ibobi is reluctantly forced to step down by the AICC, there has to be an Appeasement Policy and fail-safe alternative Manoeuvres to somehow unite the divided MPCC politically, though highly far-fetched as things stand now. The biggest question in town is; Will he or won’t he ? With such a shaky position and boundless political uncertainties, O. Ibobi will have to bring out the whole part of his survival instincts. Even if he survive, he would be forced to give away either his Home or Finance portfolio which are his Ace of Spade and Queen of Hearts. After which he would have to reshuffle his Ministry and sack Dissident Ministers as advised. But one thing is clear- O. Ibobi will never enjoy the trust nor exercise full command over his own Council of Ministers as he did over the last 5 years. He is running around here and there praying, requesting, pleading and making promises to MPCC members to back him for bountiful returns if things go right. So, his future power-politics has already been compromised in his all out quest for political triumph. Now, who is going to replace O.Ibobi should the findings and reports of AICC Observer compelled New Delhi and AICC to dump him? Well, whosoever occupies the CMO, the present law and order will not change and corruptions will continue, crime rate will definitely remain the same. Change of Cong-I leadership will not change anything.
The present ground situation is no better than that of the last 6 years of Cong-I Govt led by O.Ibobi Singh as a capable CM. If the Dissidents or Anti-Ibobi Cong-I members say that he is not fit and inept leader then why did they re-elected as the CM of Manipur unanimously about 8 months ago ? And why or how did they again elected him as the CM 6 years ago without any open dissent by any of these very Dissident leaders in the first instance? What political leadership qualities did Mr. O. Ibobi Singh have lack now what he had before to become a CM ? The poorly led leaderless Dissidents had failed to oust him here in Imphal, then utterly failed to do so in New Delhi and now hopelessly camping in Imphal, this time, to save their skins and bleak political futures once O. Ibobi officially secured his strong position. Yes, we all know that the PM Manmohan Singh has already gave his full moral support and official assurance to O. Ibobi Team with direct blessing from Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, President, AICC. More importantly the “Crown Prince” Rahul Gandhi has reportedly favoured O. Ibobi Singh whom he personally called “Uncle Ibobi” as “My friend Ibobi” to make his absolutely clear to the leaderless MPCC rebel MLAs/Ministers. Hence, both the Central and State observing teams need to make things crystal clear to put the neglected State Administration back on its tracks for the general interests of the whole population once and for all. According to reliable sources at the PMO and office of the President, AICC, the long delayed sending of Observer and the much longer delay in submitting the report are indication that O. Ibobi has been given a new life line, probably as it looked. A winner is always given a chance since a loser cannot be a winner. A person cannot be called a ‘survivor’ for nothing. Will O. Ibobi Singh would be nailed on the basis of the on-the-spot fact-finding reports forwarded by AICC/PMO’s Observer, P. Chauhan? How or why is it that Mr Chauhan who came to Manipur on such an important mission as Observer for field reports be routed straight to another important mission without any official debriefing in New Delhi as a standard procedure? Was the visit just a mere formal Observation to please to Dissidents or was it a case of O. Ibobi Singh being already put in front of the AICC and PMO’s firing-squad with probably new leaders being chosen to bury O. Ibobi’s tainted legacies? Whatever the case might be both the repeated delayings of sending Central Observer and the handling of this political fiasco cleary shows that the ‘Manipur’s Matter’ is considered ‘secondary issue’ by AICC and PMO since direct official briefings and debriefings after an observation tour is not sent in under such sensitive issue as this one faced by the O. Ibobi Administration, and ofcourse, by the down-trodden and neglected citizens of Mani-pur for the last 15 years.
Even if the MPCC and O. Ibobi’s Congress - I are put through the sword, the peaceful citizens of Mani-pur deserve much dignified socio-political treatment by the Congress-I Top Guns in New Delhi. It’s not the size, resources, population and local eco-nomy of a State that really count in modern day de-mocratic Govt. Since the Constitution of the US being one of the guiding spirits of the Constitution of India, the equal relationship treatment of all the States of the USA have to be likewise honoured and followed for better future.
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The other day, a Rajdoot from Indraprastha made an unprecedented visit to Manipur as a vanguard of big things come. He came to see the real scenario of a political family feud of alarming degree. The man of the moment from the PMO as an AICC field Observer, Prith-iviraj Chauhan, did not come for the hands of Princess Sangogita to fly out with but he did come to ‘interview’ both sides of the divided Congress-I/ MPCC family members to settle things aright once and for all. Apart from po-sing formal questions to unreliable Congress-I MLAs and Ministers as to why the dissidents want to download the ‘Mussahraff of Manipur’ (read O Ibobi Singh) from his well-stored ‘political website’ maintained by them for over 5 years period, Chauhan also demanded from O Ibobi loyalists as to why the CM is fit, able and a strong leader of their choice. He also reportedly ask some very few neutral MPCC senior leaders as to who would be a better CM in case O. Ibobi were to be dethroned or relieved of his Chief Ministership. The AICC Observer would de-finitely not be convinced by the one-sided words or views of both the Dissident MLAs and O. Ibobi Loyalists since truth and honour are always the first casualties in war and politics. The more it is said in political war, the more there is element of doubt. Hence, it seems O Ibobi is likely to survive this biggest storm of his political career since the command and control system of the Dissidents appears to be in disarray after such a promising build up. If the Ibobi Administration were to be brought down, it should have happened a month or so ago when the disoreinted CM was licking his wounds. But now he is back in smart business, but not as commanding and confident as before. Even if he survived all these knock out punches, things will never be the same again. Heads will roll, either way; there shall be no room for Brutus and Judas.
The word is that the PM and Mrs Sonia Gandhi decided to give a benefit of doubt to a Congress I leader who emphatically, and most unexpectedly, secured an absolute majority after successfully running a full term Congress-I led Govt amidst a stormy sea. One should keep in mind that even the most maligned Laloo Prasad Yadav has been given such an important status despite his poor background: a husband and wife politicians too!!! Both have mountains of corruption and swindling charges and credible allegations of misgovernances staked against them till now. But these are not sufficient enough to keep them in a career-breaking political widlerness so far despite the relentless onsalughts launched by friends and foes alike. Needless to say these two non-intellectual and free-dealing political leaders somehow overcame all those unco-ordinated attacks. Who knows what if the CM of Manipur, O. Ibobi Singh, put his newly elected untained wife, who knows everything about a Chief Ministership, like Laloo Prasad did, if he were to be replaced!!! Since the ongoing stand-off is within the highest level, the last thing AICC would want is an openly divided or permanently broken Cong-I Govt in Manipur. In case O. Ibobi is reluctantly forced to step down by the AICC, there has to be an Appeasement Policy and fail-safe alternative Manoeuvres to somehow unite the divided MPCC politically, though highly far-fetched as things stand now. The biggest question in town is; Will he or won’t he ? With such a shaky position and boundless political uncertainties, O. Ibobi will have to bring out the whole part of his survival instincts. Even if he survive, he would be forced to give away either his Home or Finance portfolio which are his Ace of Spade and Queen of Hearts. After which he would have to reshuffle his Ministry and sack Dissident Ministers as advised. But one thing is clear- O. Ibobi will never enjoy the trust nor exercise full command over his own Council of Ministers as he did over the last 5 years. He is running around here and there praying, requesting, pleading and making promises to MPCC members to back him for bountiful returns if things go right. So, his future power-politics has already been compromised in his all out quest for political triumph. Now, who is going to replace O.Ibobi should the findings and reports of AICC Observer compelled New Delhi and AICC to dump him? Well, whosoever occupies the CMO, the present law and order will not change and corruptions will continue, crime rate will definitely remain the same. Change of Cong-I leadership will not change anything.
The present ground situation is no better than that of the last 6 years of Cong-I Govt led by O.Ibobi Singh as a capable CM. If the Dissidents or Anti-Ibobi Cong-I members say that he is not fit and inept leader then why did they re-elected as the CM of Manipur unanimously about 8 months ago ? And why or how did they again elected him as the CM 6 years ago without any open dissent by any of these very Dissident leaders in the first instance? What political leadership qualities did Mr. O. Ibobi Singh have lack now what he had before to become a CM ? The poorly led leaderless Dissidents had failed to oust him here in Imphal, then utterly failed to do so in New Delhi and now hopelessly camping in Imphal, this time, to save their skins and bleak political futures once O. Ibobi officially secured his strong position. Yes, we all know that the PM Manmohan Singh has already gave his full moral support and official assurance to O. Ibobi Team with direct blessing from Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, President, AICC. More importantly the “Crown Prince” Rahul Gandhi has reportedly favoured O. Ibobi Singh whom he personally called “Uncle Ibobi” as “My friend Ibobi” to make his absolutely clear to the leaderless MPCC rebel MLAs/Ministers. Hence, both the Central and State observing teams need to make things crystal clear to put the neglected State Administration back on its tracks for the general interests of the whole population once and for all. According to reliable sources at the PMO and office of the President, AICC, the long delayed sending of Observer and the much longer delay in submitting the report are indication that O. Ibobi has been given a new life line, probably as it looked. A winner is always given a chance since a loser cannot be a winner. A person cannot be called a ‘survivor’ for nothing. Will O. Ibobi Singh would be nailed on the basis of the on-the-spot fact-finding reports forwarded by AICC/PMO’s Observer, P. Chauhan? How or why is it that Mr Chauhan who came to Manipur on such an important mission as Observer for field reports be routed straight to another important mission without any official debriefing in New Delhi as a standard procedure? Was the visit just a mere formal Observation to please to Dissidents or was it a case of O. Ibobi Singh being already put in front of the AICC and PMO’s firing-squad with probably new leaders being chosen to bury O. Ibobi’s tainted legacies? Whatever the case might be both the repeated delayings of sending Central Observer and the handling of this political fiasco cleary shows that the ‘Manipur’s Matter’ is considered ‘secondary issue’ by AICC and PMO since direct official briefings and debriefings after an observation tour is not sent in under such sensitive issue as this one faced by the O. Ibobi Administration, and ofcourse, by the down-trodden and neglected citizens of Mani-pur for the last 15 years.
Even if the MPCC and O. Ibobi’s Congress - I are put through the sword, the peaceful citizens of Mani-pur deserve much dignified socio-political treatment by the Congress-I Top Guns in New Delhi. It’s not the size, resources, population and local eco-nomy of a State that really count in modern day de-mocratic Govt. Since the Constitution of the US being one of the guiding spirits of the Constitution of India, the equal relationship treatment of all the States of the USA have to be likewise honoured and followed for better future.
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