There is growing evidence that Vajpayee may have given up on providing a good government. An impression is growing that the prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, is unwilling or unable to govern. Crisis after crisis has staggered the government since the Tehelka scandal erupted in mid-March this year. A feeling is spreading that such government action as has been taken hurts the weak and powerless and benefits the rich and powerful. No sector remains unaffected by the crisis facing the Union government.
Political instability Consider the political situation.
As we upload, the face-off between the BJP and the Samata Party continues. Koijam has been voted out. Samata has accused the BJP of deceit . And, yet, the crisis seems not so much in Manipur as between the BJP and the Samata Party at the Centre. This threat, our sources say, was held out by George Fernandes to the prime minister when he met him one morning at his Race Course Road residence.