We are lucky to have an honest and upright President and an equally honest and upright PM too. If the UPA or Leftists force the PM to send the bill back to the President, it will be great insult not just to the President but to the nation as a whole. In such a situation, instead of sending the bill back to President, the PM should resign. Whosoever takes over from him, if he sends the bill to the President, the President too should resign.
If these two top functioneris go, public will come out on roads and UPA including Leftists will be uprooted. After this episode, no future government whether NDA or UPA or anyone else will ever dare being so shameless in its pursuit of power.
RE:Office of Profit
by Vinay Gupta on Jun 06, 2006 09:42 AM Permalink
Bhai Rajender ji, it seems that you believe PM is very honest and whatever he is doing is under duress. In my openion PM is equally corrupt becoz only a corrupt person can be made to act under duress. Why cannot he decide indepenently. Why he accept the dictats of Sonia?
He is worst leader India has ever seen.
President should resign if bill in its present form is resend to him
The step our president has taken is morally, ethically and legally valid. and the Indian constitution leaves it to his judgement.people's support is with him. Only our politicians differ in their opinion and its anybody's knowledge what their motives are.
Whatever definition "office - of - profit" is given, it is better if such posts are held by non-partisan people than those who are active in politics. and there is no dearth for such eminent people...retired academicians can do an excellent job there. Our president is a standing example of how better things can be in efficient hands.
if our MPs and MLAs are particular about these positions (though they draw no salary from there), let them quit their legislative posts and avoid this controversy. It is always their choice.As for the analogy of British MPs, there is no need of applying all their practices here. if we go by that...we might also have a parallel monarchy here. Is anybody ready?
Lets hope that the government doesnt re-send the bill. Because given a choice between our parliament (or our assemblies)and the president, our people are with the president. Hope our parliment realises this before any drastic moves.
If the parliament starts enacting the bills and laws to protect MPs for committing crimes or breaking the law with retrospective effect, then what is the significance of judiciary. The MPs will commit crime at night and enact the bill in the morning with retrospective effect to escape from the punishment and the show will go on like this?
If the things will go on like this, the day does not appear too far, when MPs will enact the bill to keep themselves in power vested with all legislative and judiciary powers for lifetime will all legal immunities.
Only the great personalities and institutions like our President can put the barriers to the intentions of these power thirsty people.
Our constitution needs to be changed. A legislation once rejected should not be allowed to be sent to the President. President should have the right to dissolve the house, impose emergency, arrest all these criminals hiding under the parliament house. These crminals are trying to impose a law on entire nation against the very spirit of our constitution. Why didn\'t our constitution give this power to the president? On one hand our nation is run in the name of the president, on the other hand he has to bow to these rascals\' evil desires.
In India, when the common man commits an offence, knowingly or unknowingly, he is punished as per the law.
If the law makers commit offences,
1. Give them some simple punishment (Example: MP's bribery for questions case) 2. Award them with better opportunity to commit more fraud (Example: MPs' constitution development) 3. Change the law itself to exempt the offence (Example: MPs' office of profit case)
RE:?
by Girish on Jun 06, 2006 10:10 PM Permalink
Moral of the story? You want moral of the story? In this age of vote-bank calculations and self-despising "intellectuals", we have a man in Rashtrapathi Bhavan who is unblemished.
President Abdul Kalam is a many of Many Words...Words of Wisdom and Knowledge..If only our Esteemed members of Pariliament could heed....
To my Knowledge, we have not seen such a proactive president, who doesnt hesitate to give his piece of mind (mind you, he has a real scientific mind).
Parliamentarians are right in saying that we have inherited this legacy from the mother of all parilaments...the Britains's. But things and people are different in India. We should amend many clauses that dont sound too well with the current India.
If not for anything, the Pariliament should be considerate on the views expressed by the president before VETOing his say on the Office of Profit Bill.
This is one graceful and respectful way to treat the post of Presidency and.. Mr Kalam himself.
Sir, I would prefer to make kalam the PM of this country for 10 years without any elections. We have ELECTED spineless politicians who crave to make money, wield power and seat thier sons to continue their deeds for generations to come.
Here is a man of vision who even by translating 20% of his thoughts can touch the massive rural population of india...we do not need rubber stamps but acting premiers like kalam.
Let him be supported in cabinet by people of nandan,NRN,tata with counter check to control capitalisum abuse.
