Trust Vote

                                   Trust Vote

            Devendra Fadnavish Govt. sought and obtained Trust Vote in Maharashtra Assembly as it was required to seek under the invitation to form the Government in Mumbai by the Governer.But it was obtained by Voice Vote and not by Division of votes.
          The day started with the withdrawal of Speakers candidates by Shiv Sena and Congress.These two arch rivals fell in line to the appeal issued by the Chief Minister to allow unanimous election of Speaker.Consequently, BJP candidate was unanimously elected as as Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly.He took of the proceedings immediately thereafter.
           The CM Fadnavish moved one line motion seeking confidence of the House.The motion was put to vote by the Speaker as usual by voice vote.BJP's MLAs said yes,some independents also said yes,two arch rivals Congress and Shiv Sena said no to the motion.NCP MLAs abstained from voting by neither saying yes or no.That is how NCP probably had planned.Speaker announced Voice Vote in favour of Confidence Motion.( My impression is based on reports by electronic media )
            That was the most crucial moment when any member could have demanded Division of votes which was probably not done.Congress and SS MLAs were so much confused that they came to the well and started protesting.What should have been quietly done was missed out by them.After voice vote,when a member seeks Division, Speaker seeks clearance of lobby and felicitate Division of votes.It takes some time to arrange Division of Votes.My reading of the situation appears to be that SS and Congress knew Fadnavish government was supported by NCP by abstentions and thus there was no use seeking Division.They found it more useful to create a scene and brand the government as illegitimate.
           SS MLAs abused BJP for playing fraud inside the assembly.Former CM Prithviraj Chavan called it a black day in the history of Maharashtra Assembly.SSs logic was that those 40  MLAs who wanted Nitin Gadkari to be Maharashtra did not vote for Trust motion.This was a ridiculous logic.SS appears to have missed the bus for ever.
           In the entire scenario of Maharashtra since the days failing to seal seat adjustments for election,Udhav Thakre's immaturity started becoming visible.He was no patch to the political brains which BJP have.At every corner,SS was cornered by BJP and it won 123 seats which was not even offered to BJP by Udhav.SS came poor second in Assembly with 63 seats,of course little better than Congress and NCP but just less than half of BJP.The position of SS became so weak that BJP hardly gave importance to power sharing formula.Udhav became so ambitious that it asked for Speakership,Dy.CM and 12 cabinet bearths which were dismissed by BJP with all contempt at its command.Modi offered two bearths in Central Cabinet with Suresh Prabhu as a must.Anil Desai was also to be included who was sent to Delhi for oath taking but was recalled from the Airport itself.Thus SS lost all the chances it was offered by BJP.Now,SS MLAs who were aspiring to be Ministers would have to wait restlessly for another five years.
              In Maharashtra politics,the intelligence of Sharad Pawar is unparellel.Very shrewdly,he announced unconditional support to BJP in the name of stability of government but Udhav Thakre failed to read and allowed Pawar to create a rift between BJP and SS.It is Sharad Pawar who proved to be insulator between BJP and SS.Hopefully,Devendra Phadnavish government will continue till such time NCP ressurects itself.By then BJP will also strengthen itself by doing some people friendly acts to create goodwill amongst the people.To my mind,in this race SS will have work in cohesion with Congress and destroy itself in next few years.May be SS suffers fracture too by those members who were nourishing aspirations to be in government.
           I am keeping my fingers crossed on the developments in Mumbai and wish the people of Maharashtra gain by these uncertain situations.
           

Congress Culture

                                     Congress Culture

          Most of us know that Pt.Nehru was conferred Bharat Ratna in 1955 while he was the Prime Minister.Mrs.Indira Gandhi was conferred Bharat Ratna in 1971 while she was in the office of Prime Minister.Dr.Rajendra Prasad received this honour in 1962 when he laid the office of President of India.Sardar Patel about whom Congmen started tom tomming after Narendra Modi stole away his legacy was altogether ignored by Pt.Nehru,Indira Gandhi and other Prime Ministers till 1991 when he was clubbed with Rajiv Gandhi when he was honoured with Bharat Ratna posthomousely.
           What is the morale of the above statements? They did not feel ashamed in honouring themselves while they were in office but ignored others who most merited it.
           Congress Culture can be classified broadly in categories. Firstly,merit has no say in Congress hierarchy. It has become family party after Gandhi sidelined Sardar Patel to be President of Congress Party in 1946 who was supposed to take the reins of the country on achieving freedom in 1947.Out of 15 CWC members ,12 members had voted for Sardar Patel.Surprisingly,not even one member had whispered the name of Pt.Nehru but Gandhi commanded Sardar to withdraw from the contest to pave way for Nehru to become the Prime Minister.Sardar Patel was working tirelessly to unite the 550 princely states to join Union of India.Sardar Patel had had his dreams to usher India.But Maulana Abu Kalam Azad who was laying office of President of Congress in 1946 whispered into the ears of Gandhi that Nehru would be a favourite candidate of Muslims.Gandhi heeded his advice and nominated Nehru.Sardar Saheb was deeply anguished by such decision but abided by Gandhi's dictate.
             Secondly,psycophancy is the hall mark of congress culture.If you want to remain in Congress and progress well in Party,you have to keep showering all praises on the family members including a Thug like Robert Vadra.I have a few friends in Congress who are brilliant on their own right but would not have progressed well had they not indulged in psycophancy. Each and every congressman have to assure and reassure the family members of their bootlicking.A word of resentment against any member of the family would only pave your way out of Congress.Whether gets 206 or 44 seats,it is always because of merits of Gandhi family.Why Congress suffered humiliating defeat either in 2014 National Election or Maharashtra or Haryana elections,no congressman ever pointed out the real cause of their defeat.It does not require the brilliance of Rocket Science to point out that Corruption and Maladministration had been the root cause of these defeats.Particularly,in Rajasthan and Haryana, Vadra's corruption caught the imagination of people.But Congmen did not show any discomfort with the family members.On the contrary Digvijaya Singh wants further promotion for Brainless Rahul Gandhi as President of Congress.Such is the height of psycophancy of Congmen.
              Thirdly,criminalisation of politics was a huge gift parted by Indira Gandhi to the nation.Criminals used to assist the Congmen to win the elections since 1952.I can vouchsafe that in U.P.and Bihar elections,booth capturing was the trick played by Congmen to win the elections.Goons of the area would be hefty sum to ensure booth capturing.These goons would reach the booths and force the Presiding Officers to part with ballet papers and stamp the papers and would stuff the boxes with such papers.That is how elections used to be conducted till 1967 when there was some public awakening and Congress suddenly lost elections in eight states where SVD governments were formed.Criminals also realised that just to assist the politicians in election was not enough.They wanted share in power.Indira Gandhi succumbed to their pressure and started distributing tickets to those criminals.To match those criminals,Oppositions also started distributing tickets to criminals.Today,no party lags behind but Congress always remains the leader.
            Fourthly,Pseudo secularism had been always the plank of their support apart from Brahmins and SC|ST.Congress never believed in deciding the society on the basis of religions.I have already mentioned how and why Sardar Patel was sidelined by Gandhi.Mahatma Gandhi sat on fast unto death in 1948 or so forcing India to pay off 53 Cr.to Pakistan which was not liked by Patel because of aggression of Pakistan in Kashmir in 1947, but he had to succumb to unreasonable demands of Gandhi and pay off the amount.Then in 1956,a big facade appeared when Nehru wanted to Codify laws for Hindus called Hindu Code Bill.Even the President of India resented such codifications.Nehru and Ambedkar's arguments were that Hindus indulge in polygamy, therefore,codification was necessary.There was huge uproar in Parliament in as much as Ambedkar had to resign from Law Ministers' position and the Bill had to be withdrawn.In next sessions,Nehru staked himself and got the bills passed.Uniform Civil Code had been always part of our Constitution as Directive Principles of State Policies but Nehru nevered ventured to embark upon that.So far there are two or three directions by Our Supreme Court but no government worth the name ever moved in that direction.Appeasements of minority had always occupied prominent place in congress mind.Shah Bano case is another case of appeasement policy of Rajiv Gandhi's government.He was so much confused Ho hulla was raised by Hindu Organisations that Rajiv Gandhi ordered opening of locks of Babri Masjid.From then,Hindus had been showing their frustration on such appeasement policy which has resulted in the verdict of 2014 National Election.
             There could be some more core of congress culture but to my mind,the aforesaid are broadly the traits of Congress Culture.Hopefully,Narendra Modi's government functions differently from Congress and takes India to the path of progress and prosperity.