%A Jagdish Rattanani %T Dr. Manmohan Singh’s reflections on “harsh” words and the harsher truth %! Dr. Manmohan Singh’s reflections on “harsh” words and the harsher truth %X When UPA-II under Dr. Singh lost to Narendra Modi’s BJP, Dr. Singh lost only his job but it was the Congress that lost everything. This is not to say the Congress did not deserve it, nor is it to divert attention from the scandals that now dog the BJP and the Prime Minister. But it is to be noted that under Dr. Singh, the political side of the equation lost the political battle while the officially appointed  chief executive kept afloat, making Dr. Singh a better practitioner of the art of self-preservation.   %U https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/politics/dr-manmohan-singh-s-reflections-harsh-words-and-harsher-truth-755