In the instance case of the ensuing motion taking place on 22nd July,since the stance of the speaker to oppose the whip of the party to which belongs is made known already by the speaker himself,modesty & morality warrant that he be not the judge/conductor of the proceedings of the house since they may prove biased in favour of the UPA govt in whose favour he wanted to cast his vote.
It is very sad that our democratic tradition is being ruined on the issue of n.deal.i feel PM Manmohan Singh should resign immediately since they have to pay(Congress)money to buy MPS,to support the motion.As a matter of fact he should have pushed the deal with the power he has been conferred by the present UPA government and since our President did not object to him.Only way now for him is to get the approval of the people;go to the polls on this single issue and fight the election.Dr.Singh is not a politician and I feel that he should not remain as PM after the poll is over,since there are very few people of his calibre,to understand the implications of his move.Dr.Singh was the only person who could push through economic reforms along with PM N. Rao in 1991. urs faithfully Dr.ASHOK V.BHULESHKAR
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Karat committed a blunder in 1996 when he did not agree with the proposal to install Mr. Jyoti Basu as the Prime Minister. This paved the way for the 6-year BJP rule at the Center.
Karat is again committing a second blunder by withdrawing support to the UPA Government on the Nuclear Deal issue. This will pave the way for the installation of Mayawati as the Prime Minister with BJP's support. Such support post general election would be a short lived affair. History, as it happened in UP, would be repeated. Just as the BJP withdrew support to Mayawati's Government in U.P., it would do so at the Center. The result would be instability at the Center. The 'India Shining' story would then be a thing of the past.
Thus Karat's second blunder is going to cost the Nation a collosal loss. In my view progressive Comrades in CPM don't see eye to eye with Karat. At the hustings CPI-CPM would be the biggest losers. This would bring an end to Karat's political future. He personally would lose by a huge margin.
RE:Karat's Blunders.
by patriot indian on Jul 17, 2008 07:20 PM Permalink
You shoud update your knowledge of politics. Karat was not the Generi Secretery of His party at that time and he had not obstructed Jyoti Basu from becoming prime minister.That was the decision of the party and Mr Basu was one of them.So stop misguiding the people for your filthy interests.
RE:Karat's Blunders.
by venkata subramanian on Jul 17, 2008 07:31 PM Permalink
hai ajoy one should not forget that this "FOOL" (though the word you have used is bit harsh) was needed to `keep' communal forces at bay four years ago.
RE:Karat's Blunders.
by ImDharmaraj on Jul 17, 2008 08:56 PM Permalink
Hey, Mr Secular - how many riots happened when NDA was in power? And how many riots happened when CONG(I) was in power for decades? I hope you got your answer who is communal and who is secular.
RE:Karat's Blunders.
by Srinivasan Parthasarathy on Jul 17, 2008 10:10 PM Permalink
It wa wrong on the part of Manmohan Singh to have signed the 123 agreement without consulting the allies. Whther Nuclear deal is good or not , the way UPA Govt is pushing the deal raises the doubt that ther is something fishy. Perhaps Nuclear Equipment suppliers at US are very desperate and Congress might have got kickbacks as it got from BOFORS. Karat just did what he said. From where the minority Govt got the guts to ignore the views of a Major ally like left?
When the House meets on the 22nd, what happens if the Speaker resigns as soon as the House meets ? Is there an election for the Speaker or does the Deputy Speaker take over from the outgoing speaker ? What happens if he BJP moves a no-trust motion against the speaker for some of his recent observations not friendly to the BJP? Does that have a priority or does the confidence motion?
RE:The Trust Vote !
by Money tvs on Jul 17, 2008 06:30 PM Permalink
A speaker will not be so irresponsible to resign before a trust vote. But we can't say anything with certainty with Somnath. He is so irresponsible
RE:The Trust Vote !
by Manish Banerjee on Jul 17, 2008 07:01 PM Permalink
Mr. Somnath Chatterjee is trying to eat his cake & have it too.He has never been an active member of the CPI(M).He was one of those aristrcrats Jyoti Basu coopted in the party as as he never felt comfortable typical fire spewing Bengalee communists. Jyoi Basu made him Chairman of WBIDC. Chatterjee merrily started signing useless Memorandum of Understandings, which were not worth the paper on which they were signed on. He aquired the sobriquete of MOU Dada. In the bargain WBIDC had to foot all his bills.Jyoti Basu forced him down the CPM's throat & sent him to Parliament.Had it not been for CPM , nobody would have heard of him exept for some lawyears of Calcutta High Court, where he inheirited his fathers' practice. He is now cynically flaunting high moral ground as he is reluctant to surrender privileges of Speaker.
RE:The Trust Vote !
by MADAN GOPAL KAPOOR on Jul 17, 2008 06:41 PM Permalink
In reference to your question, in the unlikely event of the Speaker resigning immediately before the commencement of the proceedings, a protem speaker would be appointed, who conventionally is the senior most sitting MP in the Lok Sabha.
For any 'no-confidence motion' prior notice is required. Since, per your query there is no prior notice, such 'No Confidence Motion' won't and can't take priority over the 'Confidence' Motion moved and notified prior thereto.
It seems all this small parties are dreaming about a general election and an alliance government. So may be they can get some ministerial post or something. If it happens, it will be the greatest disaster for India in next few years. Alliance governments are always aimless, senseless and multi policy governments. Only thing will all party will eat there shares on our(normal peoples) account. Wee can only pray for India..
