Pranab Mukherjee to take over PM office for 5 weeks

[roopesh]

I wish Mr. Manmohan Singh best wishes. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee is a worthy replacement to Mr. Manmohan Singh.

I wish Manmohanji all the very best. Mr. Pranad is the ideal candidate in the PM office for anther 5 months to ensure BJP in power. We need Advaniji as our prime and Modi as defence and HOME. (both).

 

[kenchabhai]

I wish Manmohanji all the very best. Mr. Pranad is the ideal candidate in the PM office for anther 5 months to ensure BJP in power. We need Advaniji as our prime and Modi as defence and HOME. (both).

Advani is 83 yr old, about time he steps out of the picture.
I would love to see Modi as Industries, Commerce or Finance minister of India , the man is a maverick.
BJP was a good party but it has lost all good leaders. Congress should and will form the government again if it doesnot project Gandhi family for the top-post.

 

[metalfalcon]

LOL, you might never know these days.
Little Mukherjee can easily sneak into Mr Singhs hospital room without anyone noticing it due to Mukherjees midget length, and Mukherjee could snap all the important wires that provide Mr. Singh with air and other necessities that keep him alive.

midget length

You may be right after snaping all the important wires that provide Mr. Singh with air and other necessities that keep him alive he can fulfill his Dream of Having WAR WITH PAKISTAN.

 

[Contrarian]

I wish Manmohanji all the very best. Mr. Pranad is the ideal candidate in the PM office for anther 5 months to ensure BJP in power. We need Advaniji as our prime and Modi as defence and HOME. (both).

Advani would be a third rate PM. He is not Vajpayee, keep that in mind, people are NOT going to vote for him. Vajpayee had charisma and a truely national leader, Advani has nothing but controversies. And baggage like Modi will hinder him.

Modi was here in Delhi, i saw the pathetic response of the people. No one gave a damn. He might be next to god in Gujarat, but he's nothing in Delhi. BJP was expecting thousands strong crowds to cheer on Modi, what he got instead is best left unsaid. That means he's nothing in the states outside Delhi. He doesnt have what it takes either.

 

[kenchabhai]

PM's by-pass surgery successful, say doctors

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday underwent a successful coronary by-pass surgery in which five grafts were done to overcome multiple blockages to heart in an operation that lasted for a little over eleven hours.

"He is conscious, responding and is very stable. He would be more active now than before the five grafts," Dr Ramakant Panda, a specialist in re-do by-pass flown in from Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute who performed the surgery leading a team of doctors, told a press conference on Saturday evening in the Capital.

Dr K S Reddy, the Prime Minister's personal physician, said they expected the Prime Minister to attend to some of the official duties after two weeks, most of his official duties after four weeks and be fully active and functional by six weeks or even before. "He will be more active now".

One reason why the Prime Minister opted for an immediate surgery was he wanted to be ready and fully active well before the elections, Dr Sampath Kumar, Head of the Cardio Vascular Department at the AIIMS, said.

Replying to a question, Dr Panda said that there was no setback on the operation table and since it was a second by-pass, the surgery took so long. There were no complications.

The Prime Minister will be in the ICU for three days and spend a total of seven to eight days in the hospital.

Describing Singh as a "tranquil, calm and composed" person, Reddy said the Prime Minister told the doctors before he was wheeled in "I am ready".

The Prime Minister was wheeled in to the operation theatre at 6.40 am. After several preparatory measures undertaken, the surgery started at 8.45 am and concluded at 7.30 pm. He was returned to the ICU at 8.55 pm.

The surgery was conducted by a team of doctors drawn from both AIIMS and AHI under the overall guidance and supervision of Sampath Kumar. The surgical team included P K Dutt, Milind Ghote and S K Chowdhury.

Answering questions, Reddy said it was considered that though angioplasty was as good as surgery, in this particular situation, surgery was a better and long term option because of too many blockages.

Maintaining that it was not an emergency surgery as blood thinning drugs were withdrawn three days in advance in preparation of the operation, Reddy, however, said given the number of blockages waiting would have been inadvisable.

"In total, we went ahead and did the five by-passes. The operation went on very well. There is no problem. The only thing is that it was a second by-pass and it takes a long time," Panda said when why the procedure took such a long time.

"We don't look at the clock," he shot back at a questioner who said the operation could have been conducted in six hours.

"I don't know who can do it in five-six hours. At least I can tell you, I have probably the best results in the country and I don't think anybody can do a re-do, five grafts in five-six hours", Panda said.

In all, four arteries and one veinous grafts were taken from inside the chest, left hand and left leg of Singh's body for the by-pass.

The doctors recalled that the Prime Minister had undergone graft surgery in 1990 and implating of stent in 2004.

Panda said "the Prime Minister was stable throughout the operation. There was no setback. We don't look at the clock. We did a perfect job. We have to get the Prime Minister alright," Panda said.

He said in the first by-pass, things are very easy but in the second operation, things get sticky and that takes time so sort out.

Asked about the post-operative life, Panda said no restrictive lifestyle is needed. "If he was working so hard when there were some blocks, now we have taken care of five blocks. He should be more active now and we expect him to be more active".

He said the grafts will last the remaining part of his life.

A questioner asked that given the fact that the Prime Minister was a tee-totaller and led a brisk life how so many blockages could occur.

Reddy replied that the Prime Minister is a long standing diabetic patient and this risk factor was a causal factor for coronary diseases.

However, Singh has not had any complications of the disesases and had never suffered a heart attack. This could be attributed to his life style and he withstood the surgery very well.

NDTV.com: PM's by-pass surgery successful, say doctors

 

[Skywalker]

wow mukerji as acting PM, god bless to the other countries in the region what a nuts he is.

 

[Amanpuneet Singh]

Modi maybe a good leader for Gujarat but for whole India he can be like Hitler, he may not completely follow RSS agenda like he shown few months back whn he demolish some temples for the progress and industrialist like him for that but then he also will give free hand to RSS like they were given in Gujarat riots,when he gets in power and they may act like SS of Germany, Modi may take us to gr8 future but at what cost is for us to decide, so man like him is best suited for position he is in rite now well on other note PM is doing well he will be back in office after 4 weeks

 

[Vinod2070]

Wish the PM speedy recovery.

Pranab is an efficient minister with a long proven track record. He is the senior most in the cabinet and is highly respected across the political spectrum.

I know why some Pakistanis don't like him but they need to understand that he was only articulating the collective decisions of the cabinet. Overall he did a good job under the extremely tough situation.

Some people tend to read too much into physical attributed like height, accents etc. He is a solid presence in the cabinet.

 

[Jihad]

Wish the PM speedy recovery.

Pranab is an efficient minister with a long proven track record. He is the senior most in the cabinet and is highly respected across the political spectrum.

I know why some Pakistanis don't like him but they need to understand that he was only articulating the collective decisions of the cabinet. Overall he did a good job under the extremely tough situation.

Some people tend to read too much into physical attributed like height, accents etc. He is a solid presence in the cabinet.

And you need to understand that a "solid presence in the cabinet" should know better instead of jumping the guns and risk a war with their neighbouring country.
How on earth are relations ever going to be on a normal or friendly level between our nations if you have people like him who completely lose their senses in issues especially like Mumbai.
He may be an excellent addition to India's politics, but he for sure failed on the foreign policy part with Pakistan.

 

[Vinod2070]

And you need to understand that a "solid presence in the cabinet" should know better instead of jumping the guns and risk a war with their neighbouring country.
How on earth are relations ever going to be on a normal or friendly level between our nations if you have people like him who completely lose their senses in issues especially like Mumbai.
He may be an excellent addition to India's politics, but he for sure failed on the foreign policy part with Pakistan.

Again, the GOI felt that this was the way the situation arising out of the Mumbai terror attacks needed to be handled. As a foreign minister he may have provided his inputs but the decisions were always collective decisions.

There is a lot of institutionalism involved in decision making in India. It's not like the Musharraf days of Pakistan where he could bulldoze his views. I guess even in Pakistan now, decision making is a much more institutional process especially if the civilians are the ones making them.

So, I disagree that he lost his senses or anything like that. He may have been harsh on Pakistan and in that he was only articulating the decisions of the GOI.

 

[HK-47]

sigh....he will be visiting BD soon....hope it goes well.

 

[Jihad]

Again, the GOI felt that this was the way the situation arising out of the Mumbai terror attacks needed to be handled. As a foreign minister he may have provided his inputs but the decisions were always collective decisions.

There is a lot of institutionalism involved in decision making in India. It's not like the Musharraf days of Pakistan where he could bulldoze his views. I guess even in Pakistan now, decision making is a much more institutional process especially if the civilians are the ones making them.

So, I disagree that he lost his senses or anything like that. He may have been harsh on Pakistan and in that he was only articulating the decisions of the GOI.

So you can say that the GoI in its whole extent is not exactly keen on maintaining stable relations with Pakistan especially during "hot" times.
As Mr. Mukherjee is certainly not the only person or representative from India that has said certain things us Pakistanis did not appreciate.
That's one way of harming your countries image abroad in e.g. Pakistan atleast.

 

[Vinod2070]

So you can say that the GoI in its whole extent is not exactly keen on maintaining stable relations with Pakistan especially during "hot" times.
As Mr. Mukherjee is certainly not the only person or representative from India that has said certain things us Pakistanis did not appreciate.
That's one way of harming your countries image abroad in e.g. Pakistan atleast.

I think that would not be a correct characterization. India wants stable relations but the repeated occurrence of these "hot" times, especially with suspicions lingering of official complicity, do complicate the situation.

The likes of LET were patronized officially for long for terror in India. I don't think India is convinced that ever changed in reality, surface appearances notwithstanding.

We care about what Pakistanis think of India. Not at the cost of well being and lives of Indians!

 

[Jihad]

I think that would not be a correct characterization. India wants stable relations but the repeated occurrence of these "hot" times, especially with suspicions lingering of official complicity, do complicate the situation.

The likes of LET were patronized officially for long for terror in India. I don't think India is convinced that ever changed in reality, surface appearances notwithstanding.

We care about what Pakistanis think of India. Not at the cost of well being and lives of Indians!

The occurence of these issues is indeed a problem, however, must a nation entirely blame another one for some of its own failures?
Does it do both nations any good by threatening to harm eachother?
This will simply not solve the problem, it only adds more fuel to the fire, especially in the current circumstances regarding Mumbai, the evidence "factor", the involvement of other parties and the international community, and the whole hype and war hysteria that came with it.
I simply do not see a solution in these things, hence why I do not see any solution when I see Mr.Mukherjee lash out against Pakistan.
Mr. Singh on the other hand seems to recognize the efforts made by both nations and has realized that all the "hard-talk" will simply not do neither of us any good.
The problem of terrorism cannot be dealt with in a very unfriendly and hostile environment, I am sure you can agree with me on that to a certain extent.

The lives of your citizens is ofcourse important, no compromises can be made on that, however, you must think, how safer will my people be if I threaten Pakistan with this or that?
How safer and more secure will my nation be? Wouldn't they be safer if relationships between both nations would grow towards eachother? This Mumbai issue has jeopardized the bonds between Pakistan and India once again.
Do Indian politicians think that Pakistan welcomes this? Do they honestly think it is in Pakistans interests to damage ties with India?

If I were to describe the comments of certain Indian politicians regarding Pakistan in Mumbai, I would have to use the words: Not smart, not helpful, and simply not cautious enough in order for Pakistan to fully co-operate.

 

[Vinod2070]

The occurence of these issues is indeed a problem, however, must a nation entirely blame another one for some of its own failures?
Does it do both nations any good by threatening to harm eachother?
This will simply not solve the problem, it only adds more fuel to the fire, especially in the current circumstances regarding Mumbai, the evidence "factor", the involvement of other parties and the international community, and the whole hype and war hysteria that came with it.
I simply do not see a solution in these things, hence why I do not see any solution when I see Mr.Mukherjee lash out against Pakistan.
Mr. Singh on the other hand seems to recognize the efforts made by both nations and has realized that all the "hard-talk" will simply not do neither of us any good.

There is no simple solution. That doesn't mean that one stops trying.

USA is fighting such a tough war because they want to protect their citizens. Do they think it is easy, without costs? No, but they will do what they think it takes to safeguard their citizens. I think most nations would have to take some unpopular steps if faced with what we are facing.

The problem of terrorism cannot be dealt with in a very unfriendly and hostile environment, I am sure you can agree with me on that to a certain extent.

Yes, I agree.

The lives of your citizens is ofcourse important, no compromises can be made on that, however, you must think, how safer will my people be if I threaten Pakistan with this or that?
How safer and more secure will my nation be? Wouldn't they be safer if relationships between both nations would grow towards eachother? This Mumbai issue has jeopardized the bonds between Pakistan and India once again.
Do Indian politicians think that Pakistan welcomes this? Do they honestly think it is in Pakistans interests to damage ties with India?

If I were to describe the comments of certain Indian politicians regarding Pakistan in Mumbai, I would have to use the words: Not smart, not helpful, and simply not cautious enough in order for Pakistan to fully co-operate.

I think you are right to a large extent. The thing is that the long baggage of history and suspicions doesn't help matters on both sides.

If Indian response looks immature to you, Pakistan's response seems to be in denial mode to us.

It will take two to tango. There is no unilateral solution to this rut we find ourselves in.