The writer is the former Information and Broadcasting Minister and a Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Washington based Atlantic Council.
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A fine tradition, also followed in the United States, for a press contingent to travel with the head of government. Especially on overseas trips. To interact informally and on record with him and also senior officials. Acknowledging that in a democracy, the media, acting on behalf of citizens, has a right to know what the government is doing, and why.
Manmohan Singh was a Gandhi Toady working on the whims and fancy of Sonia Gandhi. Further the real credit for economic reforms go to Narasimha Rao who brought true economic liberalization to India
A fine tradition, also followed in the United States, for a press contingent to travel with the head of government. Especially on overseas trips. To interact informally and on record with him and also senior officials. Acknowledging that in a democracy, the media, acting on behalf of citizens, has a right to know what the government is doing, and why.
Manmohan Singh was a Gandhi Toady working on the whims and fancy of Sonia Gandhi. Further the real credit for economic reforms go to Narasimha Rao who brought true economic liberalization to India