Book the political crooks

It really is shameful. Blood boils and I fret and fume as I see Arnab Goswami of Times Now arguing that imposition of President's rule by Guv..Bhardwaj is improper! Boy! We have come to such a pass! Such depths of despair! And in such moments I look for Anna Hazare. Anna sahib, the nation needs you once again. Where are we heading as a nation? We have lost all ethical, moral and constitutional values. We have become thick skinned and are devoid of shame and character. We are seeking constitutional alibis for crooks!
The Supreme Court has exposed the nexus between the speaker and the Chief Minister in Karnataka. Goswami sahib, let us go back to the time of the no confidence motion on 11th October last year. Let us relive the times of early October when 19 MLAs, including 13 of BJP and six independents, withdrew support to the Yeddurappa Government, the Chief Minister sacked four rebel Ministers and decided to prove the majority of his Government in Assembly on October 11.
In a two-pronged strategy to save his Government, Yeddurappa threatened to take disciplinary action against the rebel MLAs while dangling the carrot of ministerial berths to some. And politicians still have the audacity of taking high moral ground of crying foul if someone attempts to bring the house in order. And this cuts through all party lines. None is holier than thou!
Now let us come to what happened just before the floor test. Eleven rebel BJP MLAs and five Independent ones were disqualified by the Speaker on the eve of the voting on a no-trust motion against chief minister Yeddurappa's government. The MLAs were disqualified as it was apprehended that they would support the no-trust motion against the government during the voting. Was this not a brutal throttling of Democracy? Was it not subverting justice? Was it now sacrificing values and principles only to stay in power?
The whole exercise of disqualification has now been shown as illegal , unethical and unconstitutional and the disqualification quashed.. In this case, putting the Supreme Courts ruling in retrospect, where does the legality of the floor test stand? If the disqualification was not done, the government would have fallen! Does it not mean that the current government of Yedurappa is based on illegality? What moral and ethical right does it have to even continue today? In my opinion , this Government fell on the 11th of October. Now, Mr. Advani and his cohorts are championing democracy! What a shame! Those who slaughtered it in the first place and now crying for democratic process!
Money has immense power. And we see it in action once again as we are told that all those who had rebelled have once again given support to Yedurappa! The CM had claimed in October that RS 20-30 crores were given to these MLA’s to revolt. Well, if the same MLA’s are now supporting the CM, then certainly, they have received more than what they had allegedly received earlier! Anna Saheb….this is where you are needed immediately! It is time that the nation takes cognizance of the rapidly deteriorating political values. Let there be a fast across the states, the nation. Let the people of India vow that corruption, criminals and subverters of democracy will not be tolerated any more. Let the people of Karnataka demand the resignation of the CM and the speaker and make this a precedence for all the parties. After all, how long can the civil society are held ransom by these corrupt and remorseless politicians? Mr.Hegde, this is just the time for you to make Digvijay Singh eat his own hat and show that you are not only an honest but also an effective Lok Ayukt!