Singh is 'still' King in tainted Parliament House

A drama that lasted for more than a year, has culminated. Even after left has withdrawn its support, Manmohan Singh's government escaped in the Trust Votes motion by a whisker.This climax has both positive and adverse effects on our country. Before my views on them, I wish to brief more on the drama.

This confidence motion has been in the headlines in all the media for past 2 weeks. MPs kidnapped, MPs house arrested, MPs are being bribed - these were the headlines in many newspapers and television channels. It reached the peak point when 3 BJP MPs shown the advance amount in parliament which they claim to have got from Amar Singh for voting in favor of the government. This cannot be any worse as the whole world has watched it LIVE. Whether their allegations are true or not, it is certainly a shame for both the MPs who revealed it in parliament and the congress which tried all possible ways of saving the government by mortgaging its reputation.

Manmohan Singh's address was more of a politician's address than an educated individual's. He was mostly replying to Advani's pointed attacks rather than answering them. He was digging into Advani's political history and geography rather than telling convincing reasons in favor of UPA government. As the opposition leader LK Advani rightly said, 'this is just a win on numerical grounds and not on moral grounds'.

Now, coming to the point. This win is good for completing the 'nuke deal' or the 'nuclear agreement' (as the govt says) which has been pending for so long time for needless political reasons. This win will surely be good (though temporarily) for the tumbling stock markets which was evident today when SENSEX and NIFTY broke all resistance levels set by analysts. But these good things are nullified by the fact that we may have to endure this sterile UPA government for 6 more months. As I have been saying for a long time, this minority appeasing anti-Hindu government has failed in almost all fields. They are neither able to control inflation nor terrorism. I don't think another 6 months of rule can make any drastic difference in the outcome of impending general elections. And the biggest comedy is Mayawati's statement saying both NDA and UPA don't want her to be the prime minister as if everyone is begging her to take the BIG seat.

Whatever said and done, being the first prime minister not eligible to vote in a confidence motion to save his crown, 'Singh is still King' :)

PS: I have composed this post yesterday and due to internet connectivity issues, I was not able post it. I did not want my efforts to go futile and so posted this. Though the news is very old, I feel my views are fresh...