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New Delhi: A public administration ridden with the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) can neither serve the parliamentary system, nor can it be expected to protect secular values, Manmohan Singh, the then opposition leader, said on 28 February, 2000..
At 91, Singh will end his sixth consecutive term in the Rajya Sabha on 3 April..
I rise to raise a discussion on the failure of the government of India to discharge its constitutional responsibility to protect secularism, which is one of the basic tenets of the Constitution of India, by not prevailing upon the state government of Gujarat to withdraw the circular, said Singh, who called the order an attempt to destroy the basic edifice of a politically neutral civil service...
(The summit) would be a classic example, which would tell us, how not to conduct a summit dialogue, Singh, in August 2001, said.. Questioning what the country achieved through it, he said, The failure of the summit reflects an inadequate preparation; but behind this inadequate preparation is the fact that this government has no consistent policy on Pakistan; it has no consistent policy on Jammu and Kashmir, as well...
Calling the riots a great national tragedy and a great national shame, Singh, in May 2002, said, Sir, here is an instance where for over two months the state government failed abjectly to restore law and order, where the fundamental human rights of innocent citizens continued to be violated, day after day...
