On his second trip to Uttar Pradesh this month, Modi accuses the JD(S)-Congress Karnataka government of not delivering on its farm loan waiver promises.
Siddaramaiah recent remarks that he will be CM one day has once again rattled the shaky JD(S)-Congress coalition.
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Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.
The BJP victory in Karnataka is like England’s victory in the ICC World Cup. They scored more boundaries (to be reread as they had more money)!! This is what is called a Pyrrhic victory.
1. I believe the inevitable has happened. We citizen-voters are aware of fact that JD(S)-Congress alliance in Karnataka was an opportunistic alliance, as perhaps all alliances are. 2. Fact is that good many MLAs belonging to both these political parties were unhappy as they did not get positions of power. Therefore, right from day one the JD(S)–Congress government was facing uncertainties. 3. After collapse of the H D Kumaraswamy government, blame game has begun but I think no leader in any political party, be it BJP, Congress or JD(S), has any right to take a moral stand and say that money and dishonesty have won or lost, as per each party’s interpretation! 4. I say that if we wish to strengthen our Parliamentary democracy, we need to take remedial measures on a top priority basis. Rule should be that if any MP/MLA belonging to a political party wishes to defect, he/she would have to resign and re-contest. This rule will be applicable even a group of MPs/MLAs defect as a group. My point is that we need enactment of a stringent anti-defection law. Citizen-voters also feel that provisions of new law should be framed in such a way that there would be minimum scope for misinterpretation of the law to suit politicians. 5. We citizen-voters must also demand appropriate law as regards post-poll alliance. How can a political party, with its own agenda, and which has sought votes as opposed to another political party, join hands with that very party to form a government? This is what happened in Karnataka. We must have appropriate law/rules in place to regulate formation of post-poll alliance governments.
What I find disappointing is that Shri Rahul Gandhi continued to holiday in the United States at a time when one of his party’s most important state governments was like a zebra caught in the vice like grip of a lionesses’ jaws. He should have been stationed in Bangalore with seasoned aides, fighting every inch of the way.
The BJP victory in Karnataka is like England’s victory in the ICC World Cup. They scored more boundaries (to be reread as they had more money)!! This is what is called a Pyrrhic victory.
1. I believe the inevitable has happened. We citizen-voters are aware of fact that JD(S)-Congress alliance in Karnataka was an opportunistic alliance, as perhaps all alliances are. 2. Fact is that good many MLAs belonging to both these political parties were unhappy as they did not get positions of power. Therefore, right from day one the JD(S)–Congress government was facing uncertainties. 3. After collapse of the H D Kumaraswamy government, blame game has begun but I think no leader in any political party, be it BJP, Congress or JD(S), has any right to take a moral stand and say that money and dishonesty have won or lost, as per each party’s interpretation! 4. I say that if we wish to strengthen our Parliamentary democracy, we need to take remedial measures on a top priority basis. Rule should be that if any MP/MLA belonging to a political party wishes to defect, he/she would have to resign and re-contest. This rule will be applicable even a group of MPs/MLAs defect as a group. My point is that we need enactment of a stringent anti-defection law. Citizen-voters also feel that provisions of new law should be framed in such a way that there would be minimum scope for misinterpretation of the law to suit politicians. 5. We citizen-voters must also demand appropriate law as regards post-poll alliance. How can a political party, with its own agenda, and which has sought votes as opposed to another political party, join hands with that very party to form a government? This is what happened in Karnataka. We must have appropriate law/rules in place to regulate formation of post-poll alliance governments.
What I find disappointing is that Shri Rahul Gandhi continued to holiday in the United States at a time when one of his party’s most important state governments was like a zebra caught in the vice like grip of a lionesses’ jaws. He should have been stationed in Bangalore with seasoned aides, fighting every inch of the way.
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