May 18, 2018. Politics, Ethics and Karnataka.

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Ethics is a good thing to preach. But it does not help all the time. Amidst Karnataka row, there are some incidents from the past that have remained untouched even now. I remember a few:
1. H.D. Deve Gowda was the 11th Prime Minister of India, he was the in office-Chief Minister of Karnataka when he was elevated. But he lost even his own constituency in the elections that followed in 1999. Have you ever tried to know the reason?
2. In Bihar, in 2000, RJD needed 20 odd MLAs to get the numbers. Congress had 22. Twenty-One of them were made ministers in Rabri Devi cabinet.The only left out member was not actually left out. He was given the office of Speaker of Vidhan Sabha. Was it just normal?
3. In Jharkhand, Madhu Koda was the leader of a party with one MLA. Koda was supported by congress for the post of CM. Eventually in a few months that Koda remained in office, he was involved in scams worth more than 4000 crores, that too in a poor province. There are innumerable Madhu Kodas that Congress has gifted to Indian Public!
4 There are several other examples when congress misused the office of Governor that have already been pointed out like the one in Gujarat in 1996, in Bihar in 2005, in Arunachal etc. Ultimately it is the Governor's discretion while inviting any party. 

Kumaraswamy is the son of same Dewe Gowda, Congress is backing him, but as per the character of all these regional parties, will congress give the guarantee of Kumaraswamy not turning into next Koda or will it assure the public that it wont repeat what it did to Kumaraswamy's father in 1997? Or that it wont pull the support out like it has done in several states?

BJP, again like every time, is the least bad choice to make. It might be that they fail to give names to the Supreme Court tomorrow. But there are times when it becomes inevitable to see things going their way and not speak because the other side is even uglier. When you are in a fight, you need to take it to their court. Ethics, is good to preach. But when your action have implications that are going to affect lives of milllions, you need to act wise.

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