Entertainment has just begun
With the D-day of May 8 clearly in sight, it is an irony that the battle lines aren't very clear yet. For those who have been following politics, the double U turn of Vaiko within a fortnight wouldn't have been a big surprise. After all, if there was any surprise element in the move, it was when Vaiko announced about 10 days ago that he would stick with DPA.
At the risk of sounding biased, this writer feels that this move is good for the state in one way. If you look at the electoral history of Tamil Nadu, the people of the state has always favoured a single party rule. The good thing about that is that it provides a stable government leaving us to look towards other states for real time entertainment such as rotation chief-ministership etc. But the down side of this is that, the verdict always remain one-sided i.e., the ruling party had always enjoyed a brutal majority since 1989. One of the direct impact of this is that the conduct of the State Assembly becomes a butt of jokes, which is not in the larger interest of the state. Unfortunately, Speakers of TN Assembly - right from Tamizh Kudimagan to more recent Kalimuthu, have always behaved as party sychopants and due to the tiny opposition on the floor - have relied more on marshals rather than allow any purposeful discussion to take place.
Due to the realignment of forces (what a sweet & diplomatic term, you see!) and also due the absence of any wave at the time of writing, there are chances that which ever 'kazhagam' forms the government, they will be greeted with a good strength in the opposition.
Sixty days is a long time in politics. Anything might happen in this period. We can look forward to few more rounds of entertainment. First, when the main political parties allot the seats to their partners. Next, when the respective parties name their candidates. For now, sit back & relax folks. The show has just begun.
At the risk of sounding biased, this writer feels that this move is good for the state in one way. If you look at the electoral history of Tamil Nadu, the people of the state has always favoured a single party rule. The good thing about that is that it provides a stable government leaving us to look towards other states for real time entertainment such as rotation chief-ministership etc. But the down side of this is that, the verdict always remain one-sided i.e., the ruling party had always enjoyed a brutal majority since 1989. One of the direct impact of this is that the conduct of the State Assembly becomes a butt of jokes, which is not in the larger interest of the state. Unfortunately, Speakers of TN Assembly - right from Tamizh Kudimagan to more recent Kalimuthu, have always behaved as party sychopants and due to the tiny opposition on the floor - have relied more on marshals rather than allow any purposeful discussion to take place.
Due to the realignment of forces (what a sweet & diplomatic term, you see!) and also due the absence of any wave at the time of writing, there are chances that which ever 'kazhagam' forms the government, they will be greeted with a good strength in the opposition.
Sixty days is a long time in politics. Anything might happen in this period. We can look forward to few more rounds of entertainment. First, when the main political parties allot the seats to their partners. Next, when the respective parties name their candidates. For now, sit back & relax folks. The show has just begun.
posted by Indian Voter at 7:50:00 PM
4 Comments:
long time no updates ?
anyway u r back at the rite time.
welcome back
welcome back IV :)
I think the battle lines are more or less firm now. Talking of speakers, DMK's PTR Pazhanivelrajan was a gem among them....he conducted the affairs quite well. He is not in active politics anymore.
Saravan - Thanks.. I am back.. hopefully I would write without a break until the elections.
Dubukku - Thanks very much.
Kaps - Welcome here. Battle lines are getting firmer now. However, I wouldn't rule out any last minute surprises. I feel that PTR was much much better than his predecessors. He was much different from his DMK bretheren, but still wouldn't call him a gem or for that matter a neutral person. However, that is just my humble opinion.
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