You cannot stop post poll alliances, by doing this you are forcing the re-election which will be substantial cost to governments and legislators and they will try to recover it after coming to power.
2 months back Kumarswamy of JD(S) told Congress is dangerous for Democracy. The same JD(S) going to align with Congress for secret deal. The corrupted mining baron of congress Vokkaliga leader, Shivakumar, worth Rs. 840 crore (Rs 8.4 billion), done horse trading & paid all expenses keeping MLA at Hilton, Meridian hotel, against whom Kumarswamy filed a case of corruption.
Now all corrupted Congess, JD(S), TMC (Mamta), RJD, CPIM, AAP (Kerjriwal) in one busket & joining hand to save the corrupted money..
Re: Thugs of Karnataka
by Chaitanya on May 22, 2018 12:42 AM
Ok, so what ?
So what if they distrusted and criticized each other before elections, and are now united against BJP ?
Is it a crime ? Simply their friendship defeated BJP's horse-trading efforts ?
I have seen the Bhakt Brigade frequently suggesting Burnol to others. May I suggest the same to you now ?
One way out is to ask the electorate about parties only, not about candidates.Then party will not have to choose the local strongman as acndidate. They can nominate the rep later.
a simple (online/secure/low cost) option should be available for the voter to recall his candidate on any post poll alliance. post poll alliances to be considered valid only if all (or atleast a large percentage) of affected candidates are cleared by their voters.
In the heyday of Ayaram-Gayaram an MP changed his allegiance three times in an hour. Bhajan Lal who opposed Indira Gandhi tooth and nail arranged a mass migration of his followers into her party without batting an eyelid. The change in the law disqualifying individual cases of defection only resulted in the retail trade in MLAs changing into wholesale purchases. The requirement that the defectors should resign their seats and contest again is reduced to a farce as the Speaker sits on the resignations indefinitely (or until next general elections are called). KCR will contest the next elections after serving the full term, without any action by the Speaker on the two defectors who are serving in his cabinet without leaving their original party or joining TRS. Change in law does not help. Change in mindset is needed. That is asking for the moon.
Re: Change in law will not help
by Chaitanya on May 22, 2018 05:07 AM
One of the many serious flaws in our system, to be urgently addressed, is the UNQUESTIONED and DISCRETIONARY POWERS of Assembly Speakers, Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairperson.
There are countless examples of the damage due to this flaw. Some recent examples are:
--LS Speaker conniving with NDA govt to create a complete washout of recent LS session, just to avoid an embarrassing No Confidence Motion.
--Assembly Speakers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana not applying ant-defection law.
All Speakers and House Chairpersons need to be reined in.
The role they are expected to play, should be codified in detail, covering all scenarios.
Their actions should be subject to review by a joint-parliamentary committee every 3 months, and the committee should have power to sack non-performing or ill-performing speakers.
The author has rightly suggested a revisit tot this law.Way back in 1980s when Haryana and to some extend all northern states were facing defections amongst legislature,it was need of the hour. At that time I had suggested that the defecting (not the one who was voting against the whip) be barred from taking any post of profit for at least a year.This would prevent malpractices by political parties. Further political parties and their legislative wings seldom discuss a new bill,which their government proposes to bring in. If this is done a then a good number of legislatures will be able to voice their views fortifying the freedom of speech.But leadership of all political parties are afraid of it,because they are family owned and legislatures are 'bonded labours'.
