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Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:55:11 AM
In 2004, Karnataka State elections, None of the three parties got a simple majority, i.e neither BJP,Congress or JD(s) got 50% of the votes.
So BJP and JD(S) formed a coalition, with the agreement that for the first 20 months, the JD(S) chooses the chief minister and then for the next 20 months, the BJP chooses the chief minister.
After the first 20 months, when it was their turn to hand over power to the BJP, JD(S) told the BJP to suck a duck and broke off the agreement. The BJP cried 'traitor!!'
A week later, JD(S) said 'ok. We want power.', and offered to re-form the coalition with BJP. Already betrayed once, one would think that BJP would be thinking in the lines of 'once bitten twice shy'. But NO. The lure of power is a bit too much for this party of seldom thinking mammals. The coalition was re-formed and this time the BJP got to choose the chief minister.
Two days later, JD(S) said 'Naah. This is not working for us. See you later, alligator' and called off the coalition. again. The BJP cried 'traitor!!'. again.
The entire episode was termed as 'Nataka in Karnataka', meaning Drama in Karnataka.
The sad state of Indian politics.
By the way, I couldn't vote in the 2008 State elections that were held recently. They had entered my name wrong in the voters list (sounded like a transvestite rapper name). And when I submitted the form to correct the name, they promptly deleted the name from the list.
. Shocking that even though I was an Indian citizen above 18 years I couldn't vote, but the watchman who is a Nepali citizen got to vote with no problem absolutely.
The sad state of Indian electoral rolls.
So BJP and JD(S) formed a coalition, with the agreement that for the first 20 months, the JD(S) chooses the chief minister and then for the next 20 months, the BJP chooses the chief minister.
After the first 20 months, when it was their turn to hand over power to the BJP, JD(S) told the BJP to suck a duck and broke off the agreement. The BJP cried 'traitor!!'
A week later, JD(S) said 'ok. We want power.', and offered to re-form the coalition with BJP. Already betrayed once, one would think that BJP would be thinking in the lines of 'once bitten twice shy'. But NO. The lure of power is a bit too much for this party of seldom thinking mammals. The coalition was re-formed and this time the BJP got to choose the chief minister.
Two days later, JD(S) said 'Naah. This is not working for us. See you later, alligator' and called off the coalition. again. The BJP cried 'traitor!!'. again.
The entire episode was termed as 'Nataka in Karnataka', meaning Drama in Karnataka.
The sad state of Indian politics.
By the way, I couldn't vote in the 2008 State elections that were held recently. They had entered my name wrong in the voters list (sounded like a transvestite rapper name). And when I submitted the form to correct the name, they promptly deleted the name from the list.
. Shocking that even though I was an Indian citizen above 18 years I couldn't vote, but the watchman who is a Nepali citizen got to vote with no problem absolutely. The sad state of Indian electoral rolls.
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Deke # Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:25:31 AM
That's a bit much not being able to vote. I got my vote a year early, but I used it anyway.
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