Rediff.com |  Feedback  
You are here: » Rediff Home » Discussion Boards » Permalink
  
View : Single Message | Complete Thread | Read complete Discussion
Constitutional trap
by Nagesh Bhagwat on Mar 19, 2008 09:14 AM   Permalink | Hide replies

Sonia actually has the left in a constitutional trap. Both the heads of the Lok sabha and rajya sabha are left candidates. Will they dissolve their own houses?

Your guess is as good as mine

    Forward  |  Report abuse
  RE:Constitutional trap
by All Right on Mar 19, 2008 09:21 AM   Permalink
Nagesh. Lok sabha and Rajya sabha heads are from left since when? Yesterday?
If not, then they have always had this dilemma of dissolving own house everytime they wielded the threat to government on the nuke issue.
Where does Sonia come into the picture now?

   Forward   |   Report abuse
  RE:Constitutional trap
by Visitor on Mar 19, 2008 10:02 AM   Permalink
Since when have the heads of LokSabha & Rajya sabha ( Speaker & vice president) been given the authority to dissolve their own houses ??

   Forward   |   Report abuse
  RE:Constitutional trap
by All Right on Mar 19, 2008 12:04 PM   Permalink
If Left withdraws support, that's what the speakers of the respective houses will have to do, dissolve their own houses, ain't it?

   Forward   |   Report abuse
  RE:Constitutional trap
by peter pan on Mar 20, 2008 05:59 AM   Permalink
The speaker does not normally vote in the house unless it is a tie and is supposed to stay impartial.

   Forward   |   Report abuse
  RE:Constitutional trap
by All Right on Mar 20, 2008 01:04 PM   Permalink
Even assuming speaker is not required to vote, and the voting determines that the government does not enjoy majority. Who officially dissolves the house then?

   Forward   |   Report abuse
The above message is part of the Discussion Board:
Congress has Left in debt trap