Gotta disagree here. Chidambaram claims to be a solid admin. Reality? He held a press conference announcing to the world CRPF et al would be sent to Maoist areas, gave advance warning and CPMF had huge casualties when rushed in w/o training.
Then the whole fiscal crisis we are facing today even before the virus stuff. Mallya, cooperative banks, ILFC, NPA crisis...all linked to questionable "decisions" during the UPA regime when Chidu was at the head of the edifice. I mean just look at juniors assets abroad.
If all this wasnt enough, let's look at the Def Preparedeness during the era. We were hit multiple times. Literally backed off of conflict every time. Why? Lers take a look at Chidus claims during Kargil on defence. Snarked at ABV buying tank ammo as Kargil was in the mountains..
Apparently it didnt strike his sagacious brilliance that if the IA had expanded the war, its tanks which struck across the IB would need ammo. We were constant ts during UPA era all was well. Yet, reading reports finally published reveals huge gaps in WWR to serviceability.
VK Singh went onto publicly point out the gaps. He was targeted as a leaker, coup story flew up, from who.else but a close confidante of Chidu.
The fact is this, Chidu was a wartime consigliere for the clan. As far as India was concerned, it was more hype than substance. We were hollowed within by massive corruption, armed forces were distrusted and under equipped. Loyalty was the metric for success, not effectiveness.
So yeah, we all had cities blown up, 26/11 happened, trains blew up, CRPF got attacked round the clock in the "Red Belt", economy was propped up with high liquidity accumulating NPAs directed to select folks. All this with this chap at the helm.
