Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna resigns

[Infinity]

Karnataka Lokayukta has ordered probe against previous CMS ............May be something is there which in future may force Krishna to resign..........So its better to resign today........

 

[janon]

There are defintiely a lot of low caliber politicans in office but Krishna shined as External Affairs Minister.....worked hard with the US for India;s interests all times....Rahul was appointed to many of those positions you mentioned. As for being elected, how do you get elected in Karntaka when you liv e in another state? Rahul is a joke just like Uma, Laloo and all those other scumbags.....see my point?
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Nope. Rahul has never been appointed to any of the offices I mentioned (which were minister of state for industries, then finance, chief minister of a state, then governor of another). Indian democracy is a lot better than you think.

Now you may personally hate Rahul Gandhi for whatever reasons of your own, but don't let that cloud your judgement about the democratic character of the Indian state.

You pessimistic views seem to be a result of being misinformed, since Rahul Gandhi has never been appointed in any important government position, and has only gotten undue favors in the congress party itself - not in the government of india. You wont see the son of a senior party leader being appointed to positions like external affairs minister, only people like SM Krishna get such posts, after a long career in the government in various capacities. Those are just popular misconceptions with no basis in ground reality.

 

[sasi]

Krishna's quitting ends lacklustre MEA tenure

External Affairs minister S M Krishna resigned this afternoon, putting an end to a lacklustre performance in the three years since the second UPA government came to power in mid-2009. His resignation was accepted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, setting the stage for what is expected to be an exhaustive reshuffle on Sunday at 1130 am.
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Several names are in circulation to succeed Krishna, including commerce minister Anand Sharma, HRD& telecom minister Kapil Sibal, law and minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid and I&B minister Ambika Soni.
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Even Mamata's exit does not breathe life into Delhi's Teesta waters plan According to one source, Sharma is supposedly the top candidate of the Sonia Gandhi family, while Sibal is the preferred choice of the PM.
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In any case, for three years,Krishna was foreign minister mostly in name, with the PM and his national security adviser, Shivshanker Menon, giving much of the strategic direction.
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And, the commerce minister intelligently used economics to create room for political manoeuvre, especially in South Asia and particularly in Pakistan.
Krishna, in fact, will be remembered not because he scaled any towering heights or blazed the track with oratory but because he either failed to remember to participate in important meetings or mistook important documents.
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An example of the first is his absence from two important meetings on the margins of the UN General Assembly lastmonth, at the BRICS¡¯ foreign minister's meeting and that of the G-4 foreign ministers, representing Germany, Japan, India and South Africa, all of whom are claimants for permanent seats in the UN Security Council.
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It appears he'd left Bangalore for Dubai, from where he was supposed to catch a connecting flight to New York but overstayed. As a result, he missed both meetings and India was represented by Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai.
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As for mistaking one thing for another, Krishna¡¯s biggest gaffe has been reading the speech of the Portuguese foreign minister last year, soon after India became a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (this tenure is going to end in December). It transpired the 'wrong' speech was on top and Krishna didn't look twice.
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Last month in Islamabad, as he stood next to the charming and sophisticated Pakistani foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, he looked exceedingly drawn in comparison. The 34-year-old Pak minister spoke with eloquence and passion, not once referring to her notes, while Krishna constantly seemed unsure of what he wanted to say.
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Khar's sterling performance might have touched a weak spot, what with TV channels quoting Krishna today as saying he wanted to "make way for younger people".
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Still, the enormously patient and forbearing external affairs ministry might have swallowed all of the above, making private jokes about their boss but manfully bearing up in public, if it were not for the fact that Krishna's factotum and private secretary, Raghavendra Shastri, was seen to be interfering in the appointment of senior diplomats. Not until a few months earlier when low-key Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai wrested back the power to award or deny positions to the diplomatic corps has the MEA been able to breathe easy.
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[Bang Galore]

The news is that Anand Sharma will be the new external affairs minister. We will have to see how he performs.

 

[sasi]

The news is that Anand Sharma will be the new external affairs minister. We will have to see how he performs.

If it is correct. Then it is slap on PM !

 

[INDIC]

Many old aged ministers are leaving the cabinet.

 

[ajtr]

There should be retirement age for politicians/PM/Ministers etc..... too.

 

[Bang Galore]

This keeps changing. The latest news is that Salman Khurshid will be the new Foreign Minister.

 

[KS]

Portugal would be celebrating.

And by the way, Krishna did bad as FM IMO. Especially vis-a-vis Kashmir, India is getting b!tchslapped around by Pakistan. India stopped being aggressive with Pakistan even though Pak is at its weakest position internationally since the end of Kargil.

Dont blame Krishna for that. Blame MMS.