Desi Cartman Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 NEW DELHI: The Indian government Wednesday said it will seek an apology from a leading US daily that published an article calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a "tragic figure". "How can a US daily take the matter such lightly and publish something about the prime minister of another country? I will speak to the Ministry of External Affairs and the government will seek an apology from the daily," Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters. Soni termed the report by The Washington Post as a piece of "yellow journalism" and "baseless". In an article "India's 'silent' prime minister becomes a tragic figure", the newspaper said Manmohan Singh helped set India on the path to modernity, prosperity and power, but critics say the soft-spoken 79-year-old is in "danger of going down in history as a failure". He has been described as "a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government". After the article was published, BJP attacked the prime minister saying that nobody ever thought that his image would be demolished so badly. "It has taken a long time for The Washington Post to realise that the prime minister does not speak, and now not speaking proves his guilt as well. The position of the prime minister today is untenable," said BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy. :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Why so touchy, they cant stop press in amreeka to be told what they can and cant write
ravishingravi Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 And when are they apologizing for turning him into this tragic figure
punjabi_khota Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 :WTF: Ms. Soni embarrassing India on global scale. Regarding corruption, this govt. has broken all records. no two ways about it.
Desi Cartman Posted September 5, 2012 Author Posted September 5, 2012 Raja and MMS havent apologized for all the scams but a random newspaper in the west MUST
punjabi_khota Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 Ambika auntie ko laga ki jaise vo desh mein sms, internet sites etc band karwati hain, vaise duniya bhar ke papers ko band karwa dengi. Aukat bhool gayi vo apni information ministry ki :hahaha:
Trichromatic Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 Govt is not embarrassed that Indians are not dying even when we have enough food.
Desi Cartman Posted September 5, 2012 Author Posted September 5, 2012 Bisti Did you mean Beizzati :hehe:
Aaku Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 Did you mean Beizzati :hehe: ikkoe gal :aetsch:
Clarke Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 This is what ministries spend their time on when they're run by scum of the highest order :wall:
asterix Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Attendees at meetings and conferences were jokingly urged to put their phones into “Manmohan Singh mode,” while one joke cited a dentist urging the seated prime minister, “At least in my clinic, please open your mouth.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/indias-silent-prime-minister-becomes-a-tragic-figure/2012/09/04/a88662c4-f396-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html
Lurker Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 Ambika Soni is now IB Minister??? Sanjay gandhi would be proud.
maniac Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 Who does Indian Govt. Think they are BCCI? Agar BCCI or 'rest of the world ki baat' hoti tho things would have been so different :girly1:
Khalpat Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 Ambika Soni is now IB Minister??? Sanjay gandhi would be proud. :hysterical: :hysterical:. I have heard some stories about Renuka Choudhari also.
Desi Cartman Posted September 5, 2012 Author Posted September 5, 2012 Ambika Soni is now IB Minister??? Sanjay gandhi would be proud. Ka ILU ILU than indo ke beech mein ?
Swing_n_Speed Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 No shortage of Yankee fanboy's on this forum :cantstop:
vvvslaxman Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 :facepalm: If it were to be school India would be perfect target for bullies.
punjabi_khota Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 No shortage of Yankee fanboy's on this forum :cantstop: My reaction would have been same if the article was in Al-Jazeera. Inb4 selfloathing accusation.
Prakat Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 Can't even begin to understand how asking for an apology is an appropriate response. Prove the facts presented in the article wrong instead of having a fit about it. If the article can't be refuted then suck it up. These politicians are so used to lowering the level of discourse to an infantile level that they are incapable of understanding how to deal with things outside their own little world.
Trichromatic Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 Washington Post denies apologising for PM article
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