Two news items in today's papers sound identical. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday decided to be practical and keep moral considerations at bay on the issue of getting Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to resign. The Congress Party decides that tentatively no disciplinary action will be taken against Jagan.
It is pathetic to see the state to which these two main political parties of India have been reduced to. In both the cases, regional satraps are roaring and the central leadership is pussy-footing.
Open defiance, one behind the cameras (airing program criticizing the coterie surrounding the throne) and the other in front of the cameras (I am my own successor), has gone unchallenged. Pragmatism has prevailed over posturing. Are the two main parties in collusion, one may wonder, seeing Parliament not functioning effectively blanking any business. Small parties like Communists, TDP and JD(S) are making token noise. Vridha Naari Pativrata!
Small issues like alleged loss of 1.6 lakh crores to the exchequer and tiny issues like CWG scams have already paled into insignificance. Parliament is stalled. What is Adarsh? Sounds familiar but can't recollect.
Life goes on like this. New news elbows out old scams. Public memory is not short but too small to store so much data. The hard disc has to crash.
…ponder
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