Indian govt. would have collapsed if it had voted for SL at UN sessions MONDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2012 Salma Yusuf in candid conversation with Shri Rahpal Malhotra, the distinguished mover-and-shaker in India’s Prime Minister’s Office having advised former Indian leaders including Indhira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He is Executive Vice-Chairman of the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) in Chandigarh, of which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is Chairman. He currently provides suggestive advice to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, both personally and institutionally. Relationship with Prime Minister of India RM: I share a close friendship with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that dates back to our days in university together. We have known each other for 52 years both at a personal and professional level. Prime Minister Singh is Chairman of CRRID and Line Member of the Board of Governors of CRRID, taking special interest in programmes of the institutions that engage the field of cooperative development across countries in Central and South Asia. Such programmes greatly contribute to the bilateral relationships that India enjoys with its neighbours in the region. We are now embarking upon a similar programme with Sri Lanka as well. Prime Minister Singh is a well-read man, a deep thinker with inexhaustible and creative understanding who deliberates keenly before embarking on any policy course. However, what he can benefit from me and others in such a capacity is access to primary information based on data and ground realities which have not yet been reported. Hence I could say that the advice I offer the Prime Minister both individually and institutionally is ‘suggestive’ in nature, which is in turn utilized by him in a manner that befits the nation. Suggestive advice to the Government of India Q: How important is the provision of such ‘suggestive advice’ to the ruling government-of-the-day?                                                                                 Read more..