VOX POPULI
by
S Kamat
as
Aam Admi
Issue: 234 Date: 21.05.2018
skamatblog.blogspot.com & aamadmivoices.blogspot.com
Contents:
1. Recently Concluded Panchayat Elections in Bengal are a Blot on the Fair Face of
Democracy
2. Karnataka Elections Score 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress
3. Is The Goa Congress Willing To Compromise?
Recently Concluded Panchayat Elections In Bengal Are A Blot On The Fair Face of
Democracy
The recently concluded panchayat elections in Bengal are a blot on the fair face of democracy. Starting from strong-arm tactics used to block nominations of candidates other than the TMC to booth capturing at the time of voting to intimidation of voters to make them vote for TMC candidates, the landslide victory that the TMC won needs to be derided by all those who believe in the democratic system. Added to that the 26 odd people who died during the election related violence are martyrs to the spirit of democracy. If winning elections in Bengal is done in this fashion, increasingly becoming a trademark, by the TMC, it is a sad commentary on Mamta Banerji's belief in democratic values. With her Prime Ministerial aspirations such election management techniques will not help her go far down that road in 2019.
Karnataka Elections Score 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress
The Karnataka elections and their results is a lesson of sorts to the BJP on not what to do. With 104 seats in their kitty what they should have done is adopted the high moral ground by saying that the people of Karnataka did not give them a clear mandate to rule and therefore they would sit in the Opposition as a responsible party. By jockeying for power they not only have lost public face with allegations of trying to buy MLA's but also united the Opposition nationally. This does not augur well for them for the upcoming elections in other States and the General Elections to follow since it will be presumed that the BJP will do anything to grab the seat of power. Like it is said it was a question of just 2 seats but even then it was a case of 'so near but yet so far'. Political sagacity and foresight was important at this time rather than political brawling which was a sorry sight to see. We must thank the Supreme Court for forestalling this ugly drama of horse trading by forcing the vote of confidence within 24 hours that is by 4pm latest on Sat, 19th when B S Yeddyurappa had to resign as CM admitting he did not have the numbers to run the government. One must say that the Karnataka elections was a score of 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress on the scale of debacles. Postscript: The Panchatantra tale of two cats fighting over a chapati when a monkey arrives and walks away with it, is so true in real life of humans, which is what makes the Panchatantra timeless. With the Congress and the BJP fighting for rewards at the hustings it was the dark horse in the form of JD(S) whose H D Kumaraswamy at No. 3 in the count of seats who walked away with the prize.
Is The Goa Congress Willing To Compromise?
Recently the Goan papers were carrying headlines that the Goa Congress has staked claim to form the government. It looks like the Goa Congress is living in a time warp, what they should have done when the Assembly election results came out more than a year ago they are doing now. At that time they were fighting amongst themselves as to who would be the Chief Minister and that led to inaction allowing the BJP-led coalition to pull the rug from under their feet. Now full well knowing that nothing would come out of their claim to form the government, the Goa Congress leaders have gone to the Governor and after that posed for pictures to show their purported 'unity'. However, the Congress can still play a wild card and going by the way of the Karnataka model after the recent Assembly elections and that is to offer the post of CM to Sudin Dhavlikar of the MGP. Sudin is known to harbour CM aspirations and that could just about give the Congress the numbers for a majority in the Assembly. When H D Kumaraswamy can be made CM with Congress being the one with the larger number of seats, why cannot the Goa Congress make Sudin Dhavlikar the CM making his dreams turn to reality sooner? Postscript: Sudin Dhavlikar's MGP party won 3 seats in the Goa 2017 Assembly Elections which with the Congress' 17 would have tipped the scale of the 40 Seat Goa Assembly with 1 Independent but for the internecine squabbles within the Goa Congress allowing the wily Manohar Parrikar to lay claim to form the government. If the Congress want to come back to power they can think of making Sudin Dhavlikar the Chief Minister ala Karnataka model, particularly in this interregnum when Parrikar is unwell and away from the State. There is a precedent of sorts in this regard with Madhu Koda , an Independent, who leveraged to become the CM and ended up with a record of being the most corrupt Chief Minister in the span of 24 months that he was in office.
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Hi,
I am mailing you the latest issue of Vox Populi to stimulate and encourage discussion and comment on current affairs. If you are interested in responding to any of the issues mentioned in this newsletter you could mail me or alternately post your comment at my blog - skamatblog.blogspot.com or aamadmivoices.blogspot.com. The comment if posted on my blogs will have the advantage of other people who peruse Vox Populi to see your comment and respond to it, if need be. On the kamatblog.blogspot.com blog you can see the back issues of Vox Populi also.
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HAPPY READING VOX POPULI.
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Contents:
1. Recently Concluded Panchayat Elections in Bengal are a Blot on the Fair Face of
Democracy
2. Karnataka Elections Score 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress
3. Is The Goa Congress Willing To Compromise?
Recently Concluded Panchayat Elections In Bengal Are A Blot On The Fair Face of
Democracy
The recently concluded panchayat elections in Bengal are a blot on the fair face of democracy. Starting from strong-arm tactics used to block nominations of candidates other than the TMC to booth capturing at the time of voting to intimidation of voters to make them vote for TMC candidates, the landslide victory that the TMC won needs to be derided by all those who believe in the democratic system. Added to that the 26 odd people who died during the election related violence are martyrs to the spirit of democracy. If winning elections in Bengal is done in this fashion, increasingly becoming a trademark, by the TMC, it is a sad commentary on Mamta Banerji's belief in democratic values. With her Prime Ministerial aspirations such election management techniques will not help her go far down that road in 2019.
Karnataka Elections Score 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress
The Karnataka elections and their results is a lesson of sorts to the BJP on not what to do. With 104 seats in their kitty what they should have done is adopted the high moral ground by saying that the people of Karnataka did not give them a clear mandate to rule and therefore they would sit in the Opposition as a responsible party. By jockeying for power they not only have lost public face with allegations of trying to buy MLA's but also united the Opposition nationally. This does not augur well for them for the upcoming elections in other States and the General Elections to follow since it will be presumed that the BJP will do anything to grab the seat of power. Like it is said it was a question of just 2 seats but even then it was a case of 'so near but yet so far'. Political sagacity and foresight was important at this time rather than political brawling which was a sorry sight to see. We must thank the Supreme Court for forestalling this ugly drama of horse trading by forcing the vote of confidence within 24 hours that is by 4pm latest on Sat, 19th when B S Yeddyurappa had to resign as CM admitting he did not have the numbers to run the government. One must say that the Karnataka elections was a score of 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress on the scale of debacles. Postscript: The Panchatantra tale of two cats fighting over a chapati when a monkey arrives and walks away with it, is so true in real life of humans, which is what makes the Panchatantra timeless. With the Congress and the BJP fighting for rewards at the hustings it was the dark horse in the form of JD(S) whose H D Kumaraswamy at No. 3 in the count of seats who walked away with the prize.
Is The Goa Congress Willing To Compromise?
Recently the Goan papers were carrying headlines that the Goa Congress has staked claim to form the government. It looks like the Goa Congress is living in a time warp, what they should have done when the Assembly election results came out more than a year ago they are doing now. At that time they were fighting amongst themselves as to who would be the Chief Minister and that led to inaction allowing the BJP-led coalition to pull the rug from under their feet. Now full well knowing that nothing would come out of their claim to form the government, the Goa Congress leaders have gone to the Governor and after that posed for pictures to show their purported 'unity'. However, the Congress can still play a wild card and going by the way of the Karnataka model after the recent Assembly elections and that is to offer the post of CM to Sudin Dhavlikar of the MGP. Sudin is known to harbour CM aspirations and that could just about give the Congress the numbers for a majority in the Assembly. When H D Kumaraswamy can be made CM with Congress being the one with the larger number of seats, why cannot the Goa Congress make Sudin Dhavlikar the CM making his dreams turn to reality sooner? Postscript: Sudin Dhavlikar's MGP party won 3 seats in the Goa 2017 Assembly Elections which with the Congress' 17 would have tipped the scale of the 40 Seat Goa Assembly with 1 Independent but for the internecine squabbles within the Goa Congress allowing the wily Manohar Parrikar to lay claim to form the government. If the Congress want to come back to power they can think of making Sudin Dhavlikar the Chief Minister ala Karnataka model, particularly in this interregnum when Parrikar is unwell and away from the State. There is a precedent of sorts in this regard with Madhu Koda , an Independent, who leveraged to become the CM and ended up with a record of being the most corrupt Chief Minister in the span of 24 months that he was in office.
*************************
Hi,
I am mailing you the latest issue of Vox Populi to stimulate and encourage discussion and comment on current affairs. If you are interested in responding to any of the issues mentioned in this newsletter you could mail me or alternately post your comment at my blog - skamatblog.blogspot.com or aamadmivoices.blogspot.com. The comment if posted on my blogs will have the advantage of other people who peruse Vox Populi to see your comment and respond to it, if need be. On the kamatblog.blogspot.com blog you can see the back issues of Vox Populi also.
IN CASE YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RECEIVING VOX POPULI, YOU CAN MAIL ME BACK PUTTING - UNSUBSCRIBE VOX POPULI - IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND YOUR NAME WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE DISTRIBUTION LIST IMMEDIATELY.
There is no catch in this and no payment of any kind is involved, now or into the future. This is being sent, as said earlier, to encourage your comment and involvement in current affairs.
Thanking you for your patience in reading through this.
HAPPY READING VOX POPULI.
Yours truly
S Kamat, S-1, Sanohitra Apts., Dr Rego Bagh, Alto St. Cruz, Goa 403202.
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1. Recently Concluded Panchayat Elections in Bengal are a Blot on the Fair Face of
Democracy
2. Karnataka Elections Score 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress
3. Is The Goa Congress Willing To Compromise?
Recently Concluded Panchayat Elections In Bengal Are A Blot On The Fair Face of
Democracy
The recently concluded panchayat elections in Bengal are a blot on the fair face of democracy. Starting from strong-arm tactics used to block nominations of candidates other than the TMC to booth capturing at the time of voting to intimidation of voters to make them vote for TMC candidates, the landslide victory that the TMC won needs to be derided by all those who believe in the democratic system. Added to that the 26 odd people who died during the election related violence are martyrs to the spirit of democracy. If winning elections in Bengal is done in this fashion, increasingly becoming a trademark, by the TMC, it is a sad commentary on Mamta Banerji's belief in democratic values. With her Prime Ministerial aspirations such election management techniques will not help her go far down that road in 2019.
Karnataka Elections Score 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress
The Karnataka elections and their results is a lesson of sorts to the BJP on not what to do. With 104 seats in their kitty what they should have done is adopted the high moral ground by saying that the people of Karnataka did not give them a clear mandate to rule and therefore they would sit in the Opposition as a responsible party. By jockeying for power they not only have lost public face with allegations of trying to buy MLA's but also united the Opposition nationally. This does not augur well for them for the upcoming elections in other States and the General Elections to follow since it will be presumed that the BJP will do anything to grab the seat of power. Like it is said it was a question of just 2 seats but even then it was a case of 'so near but yet so far'. Political sagacity and foresight was important at this time rather than political brawling which was a sorry sight to see. We must thank the Supreme Court for forestalling this ugly drama of horse trading by forcing the vote of confidence within 24 hours that is by 4pm latest on Sat, 19th when B S Yeddyurappa had to resign as CM admitting he did not have the numbers to run the government. One must say that the Karnataka elections was a score of 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress on the scale of debacles. Postscript: The Panchatantra tale of two cats fighting over a chapati when a monkey arrives and walks away with it, is so true in real life of humans, which is what makes the Panchatantra timeless. With the Congress and the BJP fighting for rewards at the hustings it was the dark horse in the form of JD(S) whose H D Kumaraswamy at No. 3 in the count of seats who walked away with the prize.
Is The Goa Congress Willing To Compromise?
Recently the Goan papers were carrying headlines that the Goa Congress has staked claim to form the government. It looks like the Goa Congress is living in a time warp, what they should have done when the Assembly election results came out more than a year ago they are doing now. At that time they were fighting amongst themselves as to who would be the Chief Minister and that led to inaction allowing the BJP-led coalition to pull the rug from under their feet. Now full well knowing that nothing would come out of their claim to form the government, the Goa Congress leaders have gone to the Governor and after that posed for pictures to show their purported 'unity'. However, the Congress can still play a wild card and going by the way of the Karnataka model after the recent Assembly elections and that is to offer the post of CM to Sudin Dhavlikar of the MGP. Sudin is known to harbour CM aspirations and that could just about give the Congress the numbers for a majority in the Assembly. When H D Kumaraswamy can be made CM with Congress being the one with the larger number of seats, why cannot the Goa Congress make Sudin Dhavlikar the CM making his dreams turn to reality sooner? Postscript: Sudin Dhavlikar's MGP party won 3 seats in the Goa 2017 Assembly Elections which with the Congress' 17 would have tipped the scale of the 40 Seat Goa Assembly with 1 Independent but for the internecine squabbles within the Goa Congress allowing the wily Manohar Parrikar to lay claim to form the government. If the Congress want to come back to power they can think of making Sudin Dhavlikar the Chief Minister ala Karnataka model, particularly in this interregnum when Parrikar is unwell and away from the State. There is a precedent of sorts in this regard with Madhu Koda , an Independent, who leveraged to become the CM and ended up with a record of being the most corrupt Chief Minister in the span of 24 months that he was in office.
*************************
Hi,
I am mailing you the latest issue of Vox Populi to stimulate and encourage discussion and comment on current affairs. If you are interested in responding to any of the issues mentioned in this newsletter you could mail me or alternately post your comment at my blog - skamatblog.blogspot.com or aamadmivoices.blogspot.com. The comment if posted on my blogs will have the advantage of other people who peruse Vox Populi to see your comment and respond to it, if need be. On the kamatblog.blogspot.com blog you can see the back issues of Vox Populi also.
IN CASE YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RECEIVING VOX POPULI, YOU CAN MAIL ME BACK PUTTING - UNSUBSCRIBE VOX POPULI - IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND YOUR NAME WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE DISTRIBUTION LIST IMMEDIATELY.
There is no catch in this and no payment of any kind is involved, now or into the future. This is being sent, as said earlier, to encourage your comment and involvement in current affairs.
Thanking you for your patience in reading through this.
HAPPY READING VOX POPULI.
Yours truly
S Kamat, S-1, Sanohitra Apts., Dr Rego Bagh, Alto St. Cruz, Goa 403202.
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|
1. Recently Concluded Panchayat Elections in Bengal are a Blot on the Fair Face of
Democracy
2. Karnataka Elections Score 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress
3. Is The Goa Congress Willing To Compromise?
Recently Concluded Panchayat Elections In Bengal Are A Blot On The Fair Face of
Democracy
The recently concluded panchayat elections in Bengal are a blot on the fair face of democracy. Starting from strong-arm tactics used to block nominations of candidates other than the TMC to booth capturing at the time of voting to intimidation of voters to make them vote for TMC candidates, the landslide victory that the TMC won needs to be derided by all those who believe in the democratic system. Added to that the 26 odd people who died during the election related violence are martyrs to the spirit of democracy. If winning elections in Bengal is done in this fashion, increasingly becoming a trademark, by the TMC, it is a sad commentary on Mamta Banerji's belief in democratic values. With her Prime Ministerial aspirations such election management techniques will not help her go far down that road in 2019.
Karnataka Elections Score 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress
The Karnataka elections and their results is a lesson of sorts to the BJP on not what to do. With 104 seats in their kitty what they should have done is adopted the high moral ground by saying that the people of Karnataka did not give them a clear mandate to rule and therefore they would sit in the Opposition as a responsible party. By jockeying for power they not only have lost public face with allegations of trying to buy MLA's but also united the Opposition nationally. This does not augur well for them for the upcoming elections in other States and the General Elections to follow since it will be presumed that the BJP will do anything to grab the seat of power. Like it is said it was a question of just 2 seats but even then it was a case of 'so near but yet so far'. Political sagacity and foresight was important at this time rather than political brawling which was a sorry sight to see. We must thank the Supreme Court for forestalling this ugly drama of horse trading by forcing the vote of confidence within 24 hours that is by 4pm latest on Sat, 19th when B S Yeddyurappa had to resign as CM admitting he did not have the numbers to run the government. One must say that the Karnataka elections was a score of 'One All' for the BJP and the Congress on the scale of debacles. Postscript: The Panchatantra tale of two cats fighting over a chapati when a monkey arrives and walks away with it, is so true in real life of humans, which is what makes the Panchatantra timeless. With the Congress and the BJP fighting for rewards at the hustings it was the dark horse in the form of JD(S) whose H D Kumaraswamy at No. 3 in the count of seats who walked away with the prize.
Is The Goa Congress Willing To Compromise?
Recently the Goan papers were carrying headlines that the Goa Congress has staked claim to form the government. It looks like the Goa Congress is living in a time warp, what they should have done when the Assembly election results came out more than a year ago they are doing now. At that time they were fighting amongst themselves as to who would be the Chief Minister and that led to inaction allowing the BJP-led coalition to pull the rug from under their feet. Now full well knowing that nothing would come out of their claim to form the government, the Goa Congress leaders have gone to the Governor and after that posed for pictures to show their purported 'unity'. However, the Congress can still play a wild card and going by the way of the Karnataka model after the recent Assembly elections and that is to offer the post of CM to Sudin Dhavlikar of the MGP. Sudin is known to harbour CM aspirations and that could just about give the Congress the numbers for a majority in the Assembly. When H D Kumaraswamy can be made CM with Congress being the one with the larger number of seats, why cannot the Goa Congress make Sudin Dhavlikar the CM making his dreams turn to reality sooner? Postscript: Sudin Dhavlikar's MGP party won 3 seats in the Goa 2017 Assembly Elections which with the Congress' 17 would have tipped the scale of the 40 Seat Goa Assembly with 1 Independent but for the internecine squabbles within the Goa Congress allowing the wily Manohar Parrikar to lay claim to form the government. If the Congress want to come back to power they can think of making Sudin Dhavlikar the Chief Minister ala Karnataka model, particularly in this interregnum when Parrikar is unwell and away from the State. There is a precedent of sorts in this regard with Madhu Koda , an Independent, who leveraged to become the CM and ended up with a record of being the most corrupt Chief Minister in the span of 24 months that he was in office.
*************************
Hi,
I am mailing you the latest issue of Vox Populi to stimulate and encourage discussion and comment on current affairs. If you are interested in responding to any of the issues mentioned in this newsletter you could mail me or alternately post your comment at my blog - skamatblog.blogspot.com or aamadmivoices.blogspot.com. The comment if posted on my blogs will have the advantage of other people who peruse Vox Populi to see your comment and respond to it, if need be. On the kamatblog.blogspot.com blog you can see the back issues of Vox Populi also.
IN CASE YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RECEIVING VOX POPULI, YOU CAN MAIL ME BACK PUTTING - UNSUBSCRIBE VOX POPULI - IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND YOUR NAME WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE DISTRIBUTION LIST IMMEDIATELY.
There is no catch in this and no payment of any kind is involved, now or into the future. This is being sent, as said earlier, to encourage your comment and involvement in current affairs.
Thanking you for your patience in reading through this.
HAPPY READING VOX POPULI.
Yours truly
S Kamat, S-1, Sanohitra Apts., Dr Rego Bagh, Alto St. Cruz, Goa 403202.
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