Thursday, May 17, 2018

What the Karnataka Assembly election results mean to people.

As predicted by the psephologists, the results of the elections to the Karnataka Assembly has thrown up a hung house with no party getting the majority. Charges and counter charges are being hurled by the protagonists in this drama and plenty of action is taking place:-

    (a) BJP's Yeddiyurappa has been sworn in as the chief minister. The Governor has, thus,
         encouraged horse trading by giving time to the party to poach on the Congress and JD(S)
         MLAs. Incidentally, all of them are being held in a resort to preempt poaching.
   (b) The Congress had gone to the Supreme Court to stay the swearing in of Yeddiyurappa in
         a midnight move and the Court, in turn, has asked the chief minister to submit the letters of
         support from the MLAs.
    (c) Meanwhile, the Congress and Laloo Prasad Yadav's RJD will go to the Governors of Goa,
         Bihar and Manipur respectively to stake claim to form the government as they're the largest
         single party in the states mentioned.

What the Karnataka Governor has done is nothing but a repeat of similar actions by his predecessors in various states, scripted by the political parties in power, during those times. I ain't supporting his actions but I'm sure he has gone by the advice given to him, based on past experiences.

Mayawati and Mamata Banerjee have asked the President to 'guide' the nation in these times. What Mamata seems to have conveniently forgotten is the shoddy manner in which the panchayat elections were conducted in her state just now. The violence unleashed was unbelievable, wonder whether she's happy, within her heart, about the victory that she has been able to garner. I, in her place, would definitely not be! Previously, she used to complain that the CPM goons - when that party was in power - resorted to violence during every poll and after coming to power, her goons have taken over that job! She'll be swept away in due course of time and that day might not be far away.

These are the essentials of democracy - the freedom to carry it a bit too far - and the side that has the maximum lung power and are prone to histrionics, that can be portrayed effectively by the media, wins the war of emotions! 

My take.

The 'tamasha' has just begun. It can get more vicious as time goes.

What's happening now is the beginning of the run up to the General Elections of '19. The Opposition has realised that they've a formidable opponent in Narendra Modi and hence, the talk of unity among themselves. Now, how can over ambitious parties with many of the leaders coveting the prime ministerial chair, form an effective coalition? The Congress has conveniently shifted gears and buried its dismal performance in Karnataka. Most of the opposition leaders are periliously close to being indicted on corruption charges in various courts and hence, their viciousness and hatred towards Modi. I read somewhere that the entire opposition is thinking hard about bringing Modi down in the eyes of the people and are desperately seeking the necessary inputs. What a shame? One must try to win the hearts of the people by one's positivity and not on playing up the opponent's negativity! 

And sadly, the media cannot be believed because the spread of 'fake news' is at an all time high. 


Tailpiece.

Oommen Chandy has got a lease of life, in that, the 'Solar Case' has all but fallen flat with the High Court annulling Saritha Nair's letter on the basis of which the Commission's findings and recommendations were drawn. The LDF's plan to pin down Chandy has got unstuck. Perhaps, Justice Sivarajan must be feeling the heat from both the sides - the LDF and the UDF. Poor guy, he must be ruing the fact for having strayed away from the terms of reference to curry favour with the ruling dispensation! 

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