India's Prime Ministers Survivor - Lal Bahadur Shastri is our Survivor !

[minionofmidas]

They are sort of "sun will rise" type predictions... and I'm not certain that the sun will, indeed, rise.

[big bad fab]

1. Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
2. Gulzarilal Nanda (1964, 1966)
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966)
4. Indira Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980-1984)
5. Morarji Desai (1977-1979)
6. Chaudhary Charan Singh (1979-1980)
7. Rajiv Gandhi (1984-1989)
8. Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1989-1990)
9. Chandra Shekhar (1990-1991)
10. Narasimha Rao (1991-1996)
11. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996, 1998-2004)
12. Deve Gowda (1996-1997)
13. Inder Kumar Gujral (1997-1998)
14. Manmohan Singh (2004-...)

Results
Round one: Indira Gandhi 7, Gulzarilal Nanda 1
Round two: Gulzarilal Nanda 3, Atal Behari Vajpayee 2
Round three: Chandra Shekhar 5, Atal Behari Vajpayee 2, Morarji Desai 1
Round four: Inder Kumar Gujral 4, Morarji Desai 3, Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1
Round five: Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3, Deve Gowda 2, Morarji Desai 1
Round six: Morarji Desai 3 (5 in previous rounds), Deve Gowda 3 (2 in previous rounds), Rajiv Gandhi 2
Round seven: Deve Gowda 4, Rajiv Gandhi 2, VP Singh 1

Vote for the PM you want to eliminate.
Each round is open for 24 hours+.

ROUND EIGHT IS OPEN
Vote away !

[big bad fab]

Quite hard to choose between Rajiv and VP Singh.

I'll go for VP Singh this round.

[Sbane]

Why no love for Rajiv?

I vote VP Singh

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     Manmohan Singh

[minionofmidas]

VP SIngh

[big bad fab]

Why no love for Rajiv?

He was very disappointing, not going far and quickly enough in reforms.
He acted at a Rao's pace or at a Manmohan's pace, BUT he was able to do far better than that...
And he had a heavy-handed policy in the sub-continent.

But I voted anyway for VP Singh !

[Sbane]

Why no love for Rajiv?

He was very disappointing, not going far and quickly enough in reforms.
He acted at a Rao's pace or at a Manmohan's pace, BUT he was able to do far better than that...
And he had a heavy-handed policy in the sub-continent.

But I voted anyway for VP Singh !

Well, reform and change never happens easily in India. Rajiv started to dismantle the "license raj" and for this he deserves credit. Others who enacted reforms later merely followed in his footsteps.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

V.P.Singh

[WMS]

Eh, Rajiv Gandhi...just building up those negative votes for later.

[Хahar 🤔]

Rajiv

Why no love for Rajiv?

I have a general dislike of monarchs and monarchy.

[big bad fab]

1. Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
2. Gulzarilal Nanda (1964, 1966)
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966)
4. Indira Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980-1984)
5. Morarji Desai (1977-1979)
6. Chaudhary Charan Singh (1979-1980)
7. Rajiv Gandhi (1984-1989)
8. Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1989-1990)
9. Chandra Shekhar (1990-1991)
10. Narasimha Rao (1991-1996)
11. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996, 1998-2004)
12. Deve Gowda (1996-1997)
13. Inder Kumar Gujral (1997-1998)
14. Manmohan Singh (2004-...)

Results
Round one: Indira Gandhi 7, Gulzarilal Nanda 1
Round two: Gulzarilal Nanda 3, Atal Behari Vajpayee 2
Round three: Chandra Shekhar 5, Atal Behari Vajpayee 2, Morarji Desai 1
Round four: Inder Kumar Gujral 4, Morarji Desai 3, Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1
Round five: Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3, Deve Gowda 2, Morarji Desai 1
Round six: Morarji Desai 3 (5 in previous rounds), Deve Gowda 3 (2 in previous rounds), Rajiv Gandhi 2
Round seven: Deve Gowda 4, Rajiv Gandhi 2, VP Singh 1
Round eight: VP Singh 4, Rajiv Gandhi 2, Manmohan Singh 1

Vote for the PM you want to eliminate.
Each round is open for 24 hours+.

ROUND NINE IS OPEN
Vote away !

[big bad fab]

Well, well, well, I'm ready to vote for Rajiv, but it's because I don't think Nehru would be ousted so early... And I must acknowledge it's difficult not to take into account the fact that, "mostly", India was peaceful after the independence (I mean, it could have been really nasty). So, again, I'm hesitating.

I guess there is always something personal in those survivors... So...

Rajiv Gandhi !

[big bad fab]

I went to India twice, back in 1994 and 1997: maybe it has distorted my view on Rao and Manmohan Singh !

[Edu]

Rajiv Gandhi

[Sbane]

Well, well, well, I'm ready to vote for Rajiv, but it's because I don't think Nehru would be ousted so early... And I must acknowledge it's difficult not to take into account the fact that, "mostly", India was peaceful after the independence (I mean, it could have been really nasty). So, again, I'm hesitating.

I guess there is always something personal in those survivors... So...

Rajiv Gandhi !

No!!!!! We can get rid of the socialist together.

Jawaharlal Nehru.

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Narasimha Rao

Corrupt Old Bastard. Rajiv next!

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Narasimha Rao

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Rao

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Rajiv

You can't eliminate Nehru. He is India.

I went to India twice, back in 1994 and 1997: maybe it has distorted my view on Rao and Manmohan Singh !

Where did you go?

[Sbane]

You can't eliminate Nehru. He is India.

Unfortunately, you are correct. He did a lot of good of course, but his economic policies made sure India didn't grow the way a developing economy should.

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You can't eliminate Nehru. He is India.

Unfortunately, you are correct. He did a lot of good of course, but his economic policies made sure India didn't grow the way a developing economy should.

Oh, there was certainly a lot of harm done by him and his successors in the name of socialism. But India's democracy owes its existence to him, and that trumps all.

[Sbane]

You can't eliminate Nehru. He is India.

Unfortunately, you are correct. He did a lot of good of course, but his economic policies made sure India didn't grow the way a developing economy should.

Oh, there was certainly a lot of harm done by him and his successors in the name of socialism. But India's democracy owes its existence to him, and that trumps all.

Sure, but what he did could have been done by someone else. He deserves credit for it of course, but it's not as if there were many leaders out there who wanted to form a dictatorship. The best thing he did was start to abolish the zamindar system. That is probably the biggest reason why democracy has been able to flourish through all these years in India.

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You can't eliminate Nehru. He is India.

Unfortunately, you are correct. He did a lot of good of course, but his economic policies made sure India didn't grow the way a developing economy should.

Oh, there was certainly a lot of harm done by him and his successors in the name of socialism. But India's democracy owes its existence to him, and that trumps all.

Sure, but what he did could have been done by someone else. He deserves credit for it of course, but it's not as if there were many leaders out there who wanted to form a dictatorship. The best thing he did was start to abolish the zamindar system. That is probably the biggest reason why democracy has been able to flourish through all these years in India.

You know the saying: the road to hell is paved with good intentions. What India did in creating a stable, democratic society is more or less unprecedented.

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Narasimha Rao