Letters: And why it won't help

One wonders how making Sonia Gandhi the new prime minister will solve governance issues. Would it change the stance of the United Progressive Alliance’s allies like Mamata Banerjee and the DMK? Would they support the government’s policy decisions on multi-brand foreign direct investment and various reforms just because Gandhi, and not Manmohan Singh, is the prime minister? Certainly not. Singh has openly admitted that his hands are tied owing to “coalition compulsions” and this problem is likely to remain irrespective of who the prime minister is. The government’s topmost concern at this point in time should perhaps be its own survival for the next two years. The real solution to the current policy paralysis lies in fresh elections. But the era of fractured mandates and coalition governments has come to stay and no single party is expected to get a clear majority.

M C Joshi, Lucknow

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