A scrutiny of cross-voting indicates hardly 5% of those elected to the Lok Sabha defied their party whips. 95% stayed with their respective parties. So may not be correct to paint all with the same brush.
But what is of concern is the hypocrisy of the Left and BJP.
- When a Congress MP defects to the BJP and cross votes - it is moral. - When 6 SP MPs cross-voted by defecting to the BSP, it is moral. - When Mayawati threatens to split SP vertically, it is moral. - When Jaswant Singh goes to Mulayam Singh with a proposal to topple the Government it is moral. - When Jaswant Singh goes to Mulayam Singh with a proposal to make him PM in exchange for votes for BJP's Presidential candidate - it is moral - Poaching JDS and Lok Dal from the UPA to UNPA is moral - NDA offering CM of Jharkhand to JMM is moral - - When Yediruppa buys 12 (6 independents, 3 JDS and 3 Congress) MLAs and makes 9 Ministers, it is moral.
Only when UPA responds in kind, it is immoral. It is this selectvity that smacks of hypocrisy
