03-10-2005, 12:29 AM
<b>Jaswant attacks UPA 'centres of power'</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->BJP leader said it was strange that some of the top UPA leaders, including the Prime Minister, did not know what was happening in Goa, Jharkhand or for that matter in Bihar.<b> "Separation of the centre of political authority from the seat of political executive" will take a toll on governance and even the economy, he remarked</b>.
Even as PM Manmohan Singh sat listening to his speech, Jaswant Singh commented: <b>"Where there is competence, there is no authority." The PM, he said, was a "very competent man" and then hinting at Sonia Gandhi added: "Where there is political authority there is no competence</b>" <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Even as PM Manmohan Singh sat listening to his speech, Jaswant Singh commented: <b>"Where there is competence, there is no authority." The PM, he said, was a "very competent man" and then hinting at Sonia Gandhi added: "Where there is political authority there is no competence</b>" <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->