Bipartisan Predicament
Few proponents of reforms had thought that in a controversy between the Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia who symbolises pro-market reforms and the Left that abhors them, they could side with the latter. Yet, sadly, that is where some of us find ourselves in the controversy over the appointment of foreigners and employees of multilateral institutions to the consultative groups of the Planning Commission.
Few proponents of reforms had thought that in a controversy between the Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia who symbolises pro-market reforms and the Left that abhors them, they could side with the latter.
Few proponents of reforms had thought that in a controversy between the Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia who symbolises pro-market reforms and the Left that abhors them, they could side with the latter.
Yet, sadly, that is where some of us find ourselves in the controversy over the appointment of foreigners and employees of multilateral institutions to the consultative groups of the Planning Commission.
Admirers of Mr Ahluwalia, among whom I count myself, are acutely aware of his rare ability to figure out solutions to complex economic problems and mobilise support from diverse political constituencies to implement them.
Yet, sadly, that is where some of us find ourselves in the controversy over the appointment of foreigners and employees of multilateral institutions to the consultative groups of the Planning Commission.
Admirers of Mr Ahluwalia, among whom I count myself, are acutely aware of his rare ability to figure out solutions to complex economic problems and mobilise support from diverse political constituencies to implement them.