The fundamental cause of UPA-1 and UPA-2’s failures is that Sonia Gandhi kept charge of politics while leaving government to Manmohan Singh.
Since cabinet ministers owed their jobs to Sonia Gandhi or were — like Sharad Pawar — laws unto themselves, the prime minister had no control over government or decision making. If Manmohan Singh had vision, it could not be translated into policy. He tried to operate via the bureaucracy but faced impenetrable political walls. Example: the 2G scam.
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