New Ministries

So the ministries have been announced. Some really good choices in that. First of, the really good thing is that Dr. Manmohan Singh did not act greedy by taking the finance and defence ministries. The finance ministry goes to Chidambram, and Defence goes to Pranab Mukherjee. That's a relief, since burdening the PM with two more ministries would have been counter productive.
On the question of Mr. Chidambram become the FM, I don't have any objections to it, but the usual reason given, that he is the author of the 'Dream Budget' during the days of the United Front government, is bullshit. The United Front government was a disaster from the word go. One thing it is not remembered for, it is economic policies. So that negates the reason for choosing Mr. Chidambram. The fact that he has served as the FM so recently in history is reason enough to choose him as the FM. The other FM, Pranab Mukherjee, was FM very long ago, and not known for any liberal policies. Mr. Chidambram will have a good leader in Dr. Manmohan guiding him.
The selection of Natwar Singh as the external affairs minister is also not a good choice. He tends to look at the larger picture, and not at the human costs involved. I am vary of him. The remainder of the selections is not worth mentioning.
On the selection of Dr. Manmohan Singh, I have one peeve, and that is, he is not an elected member of the Lok Sabha. He came via the circuitous route of Rajya Sabha. I would have liked my leader to be directly elected by me.