Chidambaram: "By stealing the elections, the BJP has diminished India’s reputation as a democracy."
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Chidambaram: "By stealing the elections, the BJP has diminished India’s reputation as a democracy."
A fine analysis by Chidambaram:
Mischief at large Goa was an egregious case. The incumbent BJP government had suffered a crushing defeat. Six of the eight ministers, including the Chief Minister, had lost their seats. The politically correct thing to do was to sit in the Opposition. Marshalling its seemingly limitless resources, in a matter of hours, the BJP inveigled small parties into its net, and staked claim the day after the results were officially declared. An obligated Governor was too happy to recognise an opportunistic post-poll alliance that included the Goa Forward Party (GFP) that had run a robust anti-BJP campaign and fought the election as an undeclared ally of the Congress! The GFP got its reward — all three GFP MLAs were sworn in as ministers!
Manipur was a similar case. The Congress government had been defeated but the Congress was the single largest party. Therefore, the Congress should have been invited. Of course, aberrations have occurred in the past, but that cannot be a reason to commit the mischief again. The BJP’s victories in UP and Uttarakhand were sufficient to seal its place as the dominant political party in India today. There was absolutely no need to bring Goa and Manipur into the BJP column. By stealing the elections, the BJP has diminished India’s reputation as a democracy.
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/win-some-steal-some-assembly-elections-bjp-congress-4575330/
Mischief at large Goa was an egregious case. The incumbent BJP government had suffered a crushing defeat. Six of the eight ministers, including the Chief Minister, had lost their seats. The politically correct thing to do was to sit in the Opposition. Marshalling its seemingly limitless resources, in a matter of hours, the BJP inveigled small parties into its net, and staked claim the day after the results were officially declared. An obligated Governor was too happy to recognise an opportunistic post-poll alliance that included the Goa Forward Party (GFP) that had run a robust anti-BJP campaign and fought the election as an undeclared ally of the Congress! The GFP got its reward — all three GFP MLAs were sworn in as ministers!
Manipur was a similar case. The Congress government had been defeated but the Congress was the single largest party. Therefore, the Congress should have been invited. Of course, aberrations have occurred in the past, but that cannot be a reason to commit the mischief again. The BJP’s victories in UP and Uttarakhand were sufficient to seal its place as the dominant political party in India today. There was absolutely no need to bring Goa and Manipur into the BJP column. By stealing the elections, the BJP has diminished India’s reputation as a democracy.
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/win-some-steal-some-assembly-elections-bjp-congress-4575330/
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