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The Sonia- Manmohan Relationship Marks a Definite Shift in the Tradition of Power Sharing in India COVER STORY THE GOVERNMENT NARENDRA BISHT AS THE OMNIPOTENT PARTY PRESIDENT AND THE LEAST THE RULE OF POLITICAL PRIME MINISTER, SONIA GANDHI AND MANMOHAN SINGH HERALD A RARE DUALITY IN POWER. HOW THE ODD COUPLE OF INDIAN POLITICS MAKE IT WORK. I By Bhavdeep Kang TWOhey are not exactly the twin towers of Indraprastha. omnipotent leader and the obedient prime minister mark a Neither are they the soaring symbolism of yin-and- quiet but definitive shift in the tradition of power sharing— yang of power. They are an item nevertheless. Call also the way India is run. And it is mainly because of the mys- them the mandarin and the Madonna. The chosen tique of the leader’s surname: Congressmen are yet to see manager and the choosy mother figure, holding bet- the difference between the power of a Gandhi and a Gandhi ween them a nation that is being introduced to a in power. In retrospect, the melodrama of renunciation was Tnew duality, not yet bipolarity, of governance. He was an the ceremony of empowerment. Sonia’s power may not accident, the least political of them when politics was a have the constitutional mandate; it certainly has the history-shifting astonishment. She was an inevitability, the sycophantic mandate, and that is what matters in the most dramatic in a dynasty that was staging a belated home- Congress, like the legacy of the paramount leader in the coming. Today, together they maintain the erstwhile communist empires. balance of power as an unequal pair in a Be fair to the leader, she plays out the partnership without a precedent. The Sonia- power script without visibly undermining— Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi. or overshadowing—the prime minister. As it The prime minister and the party president. Manmohan was on Independence Day. Manmohan was The relationship is a bit more than that, and relationship late, quite unusual. The AICC top brass, as- also a bit less than that. Manmohan, who sembled at 24 Akbar Road to watch has given matter-of-factness a philosophical marks a definite Congress President Sonia Gandhi unfurl the touch, is the least prime ministerial of the flag, grew restive and murmurs of “why does prime ministers India had, at least in his shift in the Madam have to wait?” were heard. demeanour. It is as if he is doing a decent job “Madam” was imperturbable. There was no of what has been assigned to him, his words tradition of power mistaking the warmth with which she or action never making a stir. Sonia is larger sharing in India. greeted the prime minister, who appeared than the size and scope of her office; she is relieved (having finally delivered the speech the great helmswoman, looming over South he had rigorously practised for three weeks). Block as Our Lady of the Last Word. Rearmed by renuncia- “They are good together; the one not too self-conscious, the tion, she is today the wielder of absolute power. Set against other not too self-confident,” says an AICC general secretary. her aura of inheritance is his austerity. She is authority with A perfect pair, indeed. little responsibility, and he is diluted authority with full Another Kodak moment: the prime minister and Sonia PERFECT PAIR: Sonia has played out the power accountability. Incompatible? But it does work. pausing outside the elevator at the Parliament House Library script without visibly And the dynamics of this relationship has reduced the after a Congress Parliamentary Party dinner, both in pahle overshadowing Manmohan distance between 10 Janpath and 7 Race Course Road. The aap mode. Sonia insisted the prime minister precede her and 18 INDIA TODAY N AUGUST 30, 2004 AUGUST 30, 2004 N INDIA TODAY 19 COVER STORY THE GOVERNMENT NARENDRA BISHT L ON HER PLEASURE CENTRE OF GRAVITY: While Sonia deftly handles the Pulak Chaterji, joint secretary in the PMO, briefs allies, Manmohan quietly gets on with governance “Madam” on a daily basis. He deals largely with appoint- Rajiv’s Camelot in Sonia’s dream saw him off to his car before leaving. And the most charm- ments, in which it is common knowledge that 10 Janpath team—the best and the brightest ing pixels of all: Sonia bidding the prime minister bon voy- has a decisive say. LL GWAJAHAT HABIBULLAH, TEXTILE SECRETARY age with a rose before his Bangkok visit. “Sonia is the Prithviraj Chauhan, minister of state in the PMO, briefs The 1968 batch J&K cadre IAS officer embodiment of procedural and political correctness,” says her on a weekly basis on everything else. has served in Rajiv Gandhi’s PMO. Soon a cabinet minister. “And she is punctilious to the extent of Once a week, “Madam” descends on Race Course Road after the UPA took over, he returned being squeamish,” he adds. Even when she announces a with Ambika Soni and Ahmed Patel in tow for a pow wow from the US and was given the job. relief package from the prime minister’s fund in Tamil Nadu with the prime minister, Home Minister Shivraj Patil, she takes care to add that the prime minister has asked her Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, HRD Minister Arjun to make the announcement. Singh and the other odd minister, usually Ghulam Nabi G NAVIN CHAWLA, I&B SECRETARY Sonia is mindful of his dignity. When Manmohan was to Azad. Other ministers and bureaucrats are summoned as The 1969 batch IAS officer and his wife leave for Bangkok and requested his cabinet colleagues not and when required. Rupika Chawla are close friends of the to see him off, she personally called them up and saw to it LL LLRailway L Minister Laloo Yadav discusses the Godhra Family. A Sanjay Gandhi crony, known that they showed up—making it a point to do so herself. probe with 10 Janpath but “forgets” to clear it with RCR. better for his role during the Emergency. When the media created a hue and cry over the fact that she Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde takes was being invited abroad by foreign governments rather off for Bangkok, a fact the prime minister only discovers GKAMLESH SHARMA, UK HIGH COMMISSIONER than the prime minister, she put her foot down and asked after trying to reach him on the telephone. The former permanent representative to External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh to put an end to the Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran disap- the UN was part of Rajiv’s band of loyal- public invitations. pears to Chennai for 12 days without a by-your-leave. ists. The retired career diplomat was An honourable division of labour? Yes, on the surface Water Resources Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi is a Sonia’s choice for the coveted posting. there is a positive synergy between the party and frequent traveller—he sends his tour programmes to 10 Government, with Sonia doing the heavy political lifting and Janpath as well as the PMO. He also writes to Sonia on get- GRONEN SEN, US AMBASSADOR Manmohan attending to the mundane tasks of governance. ting rural and urban potable water projects to his ministry A 1966 batch IFS officer who retired in Take a closer look, and the script reveals who is who. Sonia from the Rural and Urban Development ministries. April this year, Sen had recently served is the protagonist, the leading lady, and Manmohan is a sup- When Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer a stint as high commissioner to the UK porting player.Or so the conduct of the other players—mem- feels certain departments under the Urban Development and was part of Rajiv’s PMO. bers of the council of ministers, chief ministers and senior ministry should be transferred to him, he writes not just to bureaucrats—would appear to indicate. the prime minister but to 10 Janpath as well (a committee 20 INDIA TODAY N AUGUST 30, 2004 COVER STORY THE GOVERNMENT of secretaries is examining the issue) L ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN MANMOHAN SINGH’S STYLE In terms of intelligence inputs, sources say the special adviser separately briefs both the prime minister and the MANMOHANISMS Congress president. L Sonia’s kitchen cabinet... ON GOVERNANCE Among the ministers who would rather call on 10 Faithfully Janpath than the prime minister are Laloo, Natwar, Arjun Singh (who does not meet Manmohan at all) and Patil. If Asked that his some of the senior Congress ministers like Mukherjee, photograph not Natwar and Arjun Singh display a marked reluctance to re- Yours port to the prime minister, there are historical reasons. In he prime minister’s wardrobe is a reflec- be used in ads the past, these colleagues have been his bosses in the gov- tion of the man himself. Like his reputa- issued by ernment or the party. Moreover, Manmohan is a prime min- tion, Manmohan Singh is always seen in ister by nomination, not by election. T SHIVRAJ PATIL: Sonia gave him ARJUN SINGH: a crisp, spotless, white kurta with the top but- ministries. A prime minister who has been made to be less than the coveted Home portfolio Ardent loyalist ton closed. This is a man who likes to play his I prime? Not for the Congressmen, for whom, Manmohan will despite his Lok Sabha defeat. and RSS basher cards close to the chest. On formal occasions, always be a prime minister-by-royal-decree. And he seems he wears a bandgala or else a Nehru jacket. Ministers told to be quite comfortable with this arrangement, for Sonia’s Most other times, he is in a Gandhi strait- not to air policy overarching moral authority works to his advantage, jacket.
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