Two Can Play this Game!
by All Right on Jul 23, 2008 09:19 AM Permalink | Hide replies

So who to believe what the price is? CPI says Rs 25 crores. BJP even claimed Rs 100 crores. Yet in the drama enacted by

BJP, only Rs 1 crore was displayed.

- So when a Congress MP defects to BJP - knickerwallahs say no bribes.

- When a SP MP defects to BSP, the Commies say no bribe. When Siddique defected to BSP, again no bribe.

- When JDS and Lok Dal defects to UNPA, both commies and knickerwallahs rub their hands in glee and say no bribes.

Only when a BJP MP defects to Congress party, then BJP & CPM join together to crow "Bribes, bribes"

Commies and Knickerwallahs should know that two can play any game.

At the time of Left withdrawal, the UPA-SP combine had 276 seats. Once the cross-voting pattern comes out, it will be

seen that there was equal defection from the UPA to the opposition. In fact, the UPA lost 1 vote.

Surely when the opposition plays dirty, you do not expect a ruling party not to protect its own interests, even responding in the same kind.

Fancy the BJP trying to take the moral high grounds. Just two weeks ago, their government induced 6 opposition MLAs to

defect. They were made to quit their seats and all made Ministers. Before that the BJP was short of 5 seats to a simple

majority. They bought all 6 independents, made 5 of them ministers.

The BJP should realize the old adage - People in Glass Houses should not throw stones

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RE:Two Can Play this Game!
by ramabhadranS on Jul 23, 2008 09:30 AM Permalink
Mr All Right, I read almost all the comments of everybody in this Rediff Forum on the trust vote for the past one week. Remember, even if BJP (even Communists)were in power, they would have also paid money to buy MPs.It is indian politics.Nobody is honest.Since the opposition lost, they cry foul.Had they won?

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RE:Two Can Play this Game!
by jaydeep singh on Jul 23, 2008 09:35 AM Permalink
ok ..but at least BJP had the guts to bring that to floor ..fact that horse rading was rampant before also doent make it legitimate.

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RE:Two Can Play this Game!
by All Right on Jul 23, 2008 09:48 AM Permalink
Accepted. No one is justifying corruption or bribery. Only BJP trying to take the moral high ground - party with difference blah, blah, blah

Since this is common, why the drama of displaying lads of money in full glare of international media?

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RE:Two Can Play this Game!
by vikranbir nagra on Jul 23, 2008 09:43 AM Permalink
I wonder if it was guts or another political drama.. If they have evidence they should have moved to court directly.. that would have still made news, but they wanted it to be melodramatic..

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RE:Two Can Play this Game!
by grir reeg on Jul 23, 2008 09:29 AM Permalink
It was the ruling coalition that offered the bribes unfortunately for you

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