The news abuzz is that there's revolt in the Congress' Kerala unit because one of its constituents, the Kerala Congress(Mani) has been given the Rajya Sabha seat, to contest, from the state. The paradox is that there were many within the Congress who did not want its incumbent, Prof PJ Kurien, to be given another term and the war of words between the young Turks and their seniors had not even got over when the new situation has been thrust upon them by the party's high command. So, let's go through a few of these developments to have a hearty laugh.
(a) The fire that needs to be doused.
The war of words within the Congress needs to be stopped forthwith. In fact, K Muraleedharan's
call to surrender a sitting seat of the Congress to accommodate and bring back Virendra Kumar
of the Janata Dal drew delirious mirth among most Congressmen. The younger crop of MLAs
have raised the banner of revolt but might not do anything to 'upset' the high command. If it ain't
doused quickly, there will be a great amount of dirty linen that will be washed in public that
doesn't augur well for the party.
And this uncomfortable situation has been brought about because some quarters didn't want
Prof PJ Kurien to have another shot! Group politics to the fore!!
(b) The 'tamasha' at the Kerala Congress(M) meeting.
Quite elated that the party had got this unexpected windfall of a Rajya Sabha seat for itself, the
party's executive committee sat down to decide upon their candidate. Prior to the meeting, KM
Mani made an announcement at a press conference that he's not in the run for contesting for the
Rajya Sabha seat and insisted that he wasn't keen to see his son get into the upper house either.
But the final decision was that it would be the son who'll contest. The father-son duo run the
party their way and get endorsements for whatever they want to do. The other members strut
around in starched khadi and seem to have no opinion of their own!
(c) The Congress' reaction.
The Pune police has unearthed a plot by the Maoists to assassinate Narendra Modi in the
same manner as Rajiv Gandhi, during his mass contact programme. The Congress was quick to
get off the blocks and make an ungracious remark that Modi and his partymen were trying to
garner sympathy!
The swiftness in its response shows the party's lack of confidence! Can't help but laugh as the
party is still not sure of its strategy in the next elections other than defeat Modi at all costs!! It
seems to be worried that the BJP will get an upper hand consequent to the news.
I hope that the central government reviews the PM's security and carries out the periodical
exercise without laxity.
(d) The Karnataka experiment.
HD Kumaraswamy, the chief minister, doesn't seem to get off his worries in running the
Congress-JD(S) coalition. After his ministerial team has been put in place, the senior lot among
the Congressmen have revolted for having been sidelined in the cabinet formation. The chief
minister has taken it upon himself to pacify them while urging the Congress high command to
take remedial action.
The way he seems to be jumping from one problem to the other one wonders as to whether he'll
get any time for governance at all?
Tailpiece.
A wet day in the real sense. Could catch up on my reading after a long lapse.
(a) The fire that needs to be doused.
The war of words within the Congress needs to be stopped forthwith. In fact, K Muraleedharan's
call to surrender a sitting seat of the Congress to accommodate and bring back Virendra Kumar
of the Janata Dal drew delirious mirth among most Congressmen. The younger crop of MLAs
have raised the banner of revolt but might not do anything to 'upset' the high command. If it ain't
doused quickly, there will be a great amount of dirty linen that will be washed in public that
doesn't augur well for the party.
And this uncomfortable situation has been brought about because some quarters didn't want
Prof PJ Kurien to have another shot! Group politics to the fore!!
(b) The 'tamasha' at the Kerala Congress(M) meeting.
Quite elated that the party had got this unexpected windfall of a Rajya Sabha seat for itself, the
party's executive committee sat down to decide upon their candidate. Prior to the meeting, KM
Mani made an announcement at a press conference that he's not in the run for contesting for the
Rajya Sabha seat and insisted that he wasn't keen to see his son get into the upper house either.
But the final decision was that it would be the son who'll contest. The father-son duo run the
party their way and get endorsements for whatever they want to do. The other members strut
around in starched khadi and seem to have no opinion of their own!
(c) The Congress' reaction.
The Pune police has unearthed a plot by the Maoists to assassinate Narendra Modi in the
same manner as Rajiv Gandhi, during his mass contact programme. The Congress was quick to
get off the blocks and make an ungracious remark that Modi and his partymen were trying to
garner sympathy!
The swiftness in its response shows the party's lack of confidence! Can't help but laugh as the
party is still not sure of its strategy in the next elections other than defeat Modi at all costs!! It
seems to be worried that the BJP will get an upper hand consequent to the news.
I hope that the central government reviews the PM's security and carries out the periodical
exercise without laxity.
(d) The Karnataka experiment.
HD Kumaraswamy, the chief minister, doesn't seem to get off his worries in running the
Congress-JD(S) coalition. After his ministerial team has been put in place, the senior lot among
the Congressmen have revolted for having been sidelined in the cabinet formation. The chief
minister has taken it upon himself to pacify them while urging the Congress high command to
take remedial action.
The way he seems to be jumping from one problem to the other one wonders as to whether he'll
get any time for governance at all?
Tailpiece.
A wet day in the real sense. Could catch up on my reading after a long lapse.
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