Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Being Political!



Finally...
My beloved state karnataka has a new government..and yes its no coalition this time and i am so happy about it...karntaka didnt deserve this...and yes i am sure that BJP will do a fair job with it this time around after being denied power by JD(s).

And this is a true story from my native town...I want to keep it anonymous for obvious reasons...

I dont know where the system came from but suddenly my town was meant to be headed by a
reserved category guy. Its a rule implemented bu election commision so that all sections of society get to represent the province. Its a kind of rotation policy among towns. Last year's MLA would have surely won it again but only for his general status. He belonged to congress. But since he was denied a ticket this time around. He contested as an independent from a neighboring town and managed to defeat the candidate who supposedly should have had a landslide victory.

But the unexpected had to happen and the independent won.

Total number of legislative assembly seats are 224. So 112 is the number for a simple majority. BJP got 110 seats all by itself and it had to lure independents to join them. To be on the safe side they needed at least 3.

So the independent from my town was invited and he was given an irresistible offer. An offer of cabinet minister's post. And yes he's a cabinet minister now...wat a tale of vicissitude.

He did a pretty gud job with my town in the previous term and i am sure he will do well.

And yes the next annoying thing is the shutdown of HAL Airport. One has to travel for nearly 3 hrs in peak traffic to reach that place. So painful. better to take a train than endure such pain. So the new govt has the golden opportunity of building a fast track highway or a special train service. I am sure bangys will appreciate this!!

Now the crude oil prices oh my god...i am naive wrt this but i feel oil thirsty USA is the major catalyst behind this....why cant the government implement the price hike in a phased manner instead of making a big thing out of it...look at the inflation...it has hit 10% now... :



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