jaipur former prime minister manmohan singh on sunday exhorted rajasthan legislators to instill confidence among people with their leadership and said they count on their leaders to ensure that the politics of fear does not prevail over the politics of hopehe was speaking at the concluding session of the orientation of the rajasthan assembly members herea few days ago a distinguished academician pointed out that there are dangers that politics of fear may take over politics of hope people depend upon legislators to ensure that the politics of fear does not prevail over the politics of hope which this country needs singh saidhe said that the countrys basic problems are poverty and diseases which afflict millions of peopleyou as legislators know the problem in the first instance therefore it should be your priority to instill confidence among the people that they are under your distinguished leadership which will allow them to lead a life of happiness he saidi am extremely optimistic about our future as a nation i ask that we continue our journey on the path of democracy by imbibing the words of pandit jawaharlal nehru who said i hope that we shall look into the future with a stout heart and with confidence in ourselves singh saidthe former prime minister also said that a legislator should have the habit of listening to others particularly if they happen to be opponentssingh said he was pained at some instances of unruly behaviour by legislators in some state assembliesproceedings of parliament and many state assemblies are now being telecast live it is regrettable that sometimes legislators indulge in unruly behaviour which pains me a lot such incidents create a wrong impression for the younger generation he said suggesting that the content and quality of debates should be of a high orderhe also stressed that mlas should fully utilise local area funds for the development of their constituenciesreferring to media reports on cag findings he said that a large share of local area funds remained unutilised in rajasthan from 2011 to 2016he said the money should be utilised for promotion of infrastructure and construction of schools and hospitals which can be beneficial to a large number of peoplesingh said cooperation and consensus hold the key to success in a democratic system of governancehe said the government as well as the opposition should have a broader perspective regarding the exigencies the state has to deal with and they should cooperate with each other irrespective of political affiliationssingh said that members of the house should show utmost respect to the presiding officer and added that it was important for them to be well acquainted with rules procedures conduct of business and customs of the assembly if they wanted to become effective at their worksingh also praised the state saying that the reason rajasthan was agriculturally industrially and educationally developed it was because of the high quality of its political leadership and administrative machinerychief minister ashok gehlot in his address mentioned singhs contribution as finance