Whats going on with all the speech goof ups by our government executives?
The ignominy of our foreign minister reading out Portuguese minister's speech had yet not been forgotten and we have another epiosde where communists have alleged that the Honourable President's opening lines were from last year's speech!
The foreign minsiter later tried to push the issue to the sidelines in DY Patil style.(Remember his statement after 26/11 which led to his ouster from office.) He said it wasn't a mistkae and such mistakes tend to happen.
Similar explanations may be offered for the Presidential speech blunder. But the question is that if people at the top are getting it all wrong with speeches(which probably is a politician's bread and butter) or the writers of those speeches, as in the case of President, are running short of ideas then what action can be taken?
Error prone governenance is unacceptable. Error prone leaders are also unacceptable. And silly mistakes are also unacceptable. Not while you are addressing the world at UN assembly or when you are addressing the session of the Parliament.(Probably the speakers and writers need training in Six Sigma approaches to get it first time right).
Not only does a poor or incorrect speech on such huge stages make the speaker stand in a bad light, it makes the citizens lose the faith in the institution called government. And at the crucuial juncture where we stand today,where people already feel disoriented with politicians, such mistake will further exacerbate the situation.
Not long ago, there was a news about a calculation mistake in the budget required rectification. The error value-55000 crores! I agree that to an economist, its just a figure which may be a tiny percentage of the budgetary target, a mistake between real and nominal values or factor cost vs market cost, but to a common man its still 55000 crores worth of mistake.
In our nation, the government, no matter how much we criticize it, is the supreme force. It is revered, feared, followed and tracked. So a goof up by any of its elite members affects the mind of every individual who still feels that the government is crucial for the running of our country. Lets hope that these mistakes are one-off incidents of agony.
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