V.P Singh, The Prime Minister

Amidst the terrorist attack on Mumbai and the death and destruction, former Prime Minister V.P Singh's passing away was a small news item, mostly ignored by the media. But the legacy and the change he brought about in Indian politics are trully historic.

After decades and decades of corrupt family dominated politics and the  failure of the first non- congress government to complete their term, the people of India had lost hope of ever being able to 

break free from the strangle hold of the Gandhi family. Even the boyish and silly governing style of Rajiv Gandhi was being put up by the people who saw no other option before them.

Then V.P Singh happened. His  fight to bring into pubic view the corruption in the government, the bofors kickbacks helped galvanise the masses reeling under a government whose Prime Minister spend more time on luxurious vacation with his Italian in-laws than on actual governing. The elections in 1989 brought down the "Hamme Dekhna Hai, Hum Dekhage" Rajiv Gandhi and forever ensured that Congress would never again be able to rule India
alone. It also broke the strangle hold the Gandhi family had on Indian masses. Though V. P Singh was unable to complete his term, after his rule and Rajiv Gandhi's asassination, Narasimha Rao became PM by a small majority inspite of the so called sympathy votes, the assasination brought. If the asassination had not taken place no one would have got a majority that year. 

Narasimha Rao changed India, openned up India and we started on the path to progress. BJP came to power later and everyone loved Vajpayee. India was trully free this time. Now even baby faced playboy Rahul Gandhi is unable to create any ripples in Indian politics. For all this
we have V.P Singh to thank.

May God Bless him and Long live his illustrous name.