A Responsible Opposition Leader Smt.Sushma Swaraj

Manmohan Singh and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina review an honour guard in Dhaka

Willy-nilly, Sushma Swaraj has offered Manmohan Singh what Mamata Banerjee denied him: a touch of balm on the Bangladesh wound.  Over Prime Ministers (Mr. Manmohan Singh) visit to Bangladesh on first week of this September 2011 Smt. Sushma Swaraj specifically said that “The beginning has been very, very good.” 


“Relations between the two countries (India and Bangladesh) have strengthened…. There was some communication gap that is why she (Mamata) did not join the delegation. Since she was not in the delegation, the Prime Minister thought it would be safe to just keep it (Teesta deal) aside for a later period,” Sushma added. 


The statement is clearly stirring a theory that Smt. Sushma Swaraj was trying to cast herself in the mould of a responsible Opposition leader who can easily bear a larger mantle should the occasion arise. She has shown that politicians like her are not into the politics for the sake of "dirty politics game" but are actually there to safeguard the interests of the Indian people & for overall development of India. Hope that Manmohan Singh Ministry thinks the same & do something for this country rather than just trying to defend the Constitution & the interest of the High Command.