01-09-2009, 04:04 AM
Mera Congress Mahan..
The depths Indian democracy has fallen to
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Literacy is apparently not one of the gifts possessed by the newly-elected MLA from Mahuwa (Dausa). This has not, however, prevented Ashok Gehlot from naming her as minister of state for khadi and gramodyog.
It has been reported that much hilarity ensued when the new ministers were taking their oaths of office, normally a fairly solemn ceremony. The poor lady could not read the oaths of office and confidentiality when given the paper with the prescribed words, and the governor then generously decided that the oath could be taken as read. <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b>Let us put aside all the politically correct blathering and recognise the appointment of Golma Devi for exactly what it is -- a symbol of the depths that Indian democracy is plumbing today. Does anyone believe, seriously, for even a single minute, that an illiterate person is qualified to make head or tail of the innumerable files that every minister must read?</b>
But Ashok Gehlot knew what he was doing when he named Golma Devi as one of his ministers, he was obeying the compulsions of caste politics. <b>The Congress played the caste card to the hilt during the Vasundhara Raje era, pitting the Jats against the Gujjars and the Gujjars against the Meenas. When that was still not enough to propel the Congress to a simple majority in the Vidhan Sabha, Gehlot was forced to turn to independent MLAs.</b>
The Meena leader Kirodi Lal, the MLA from Todabhim (Karauli), was once one of Vasundhara Raje's ministers, but then became one of the BJP rebels. He now leads a group of five independent MLAs that hold the balance of power. Kirodi Lal apparently refused the offer of a ministry for himself, but demanded a seat at the table for his wife, Golma Devi.
The fact that Kirodi Lal refused office indicates that he is unwilling to be associated too closely with the Gehlot administration, especially with Lok Sabha elections around the corner. After the oath ceremony, the beaming husband told the media that with Golma Devi in office he himself would take over household duties; the dutiful wife duly attested that her husband could make excellent gajar mattar, daal-baati. Ashok Gehlot must be hoping that Kirodi Mal's culinary talents do not extend to cooking up trouble!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The depths Indian democracy has fallen to
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Literacy is apparently not one of the gifts possessed by the newly-elected MLA from Mahuwa (Dausa). This has not, however, prevented Ashok Gehlot from naming her as minister of state for khadi and gramodyog.
It has been reported that much hilarity ensued when the new ministers were taking their oaths of office, normally a fairly solemn ceremony. The poor lady could not read the oaths of office and confidentiality when given the paper with the prescribed words, and the governor then generously decided that the oath could be taken as read. <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b>Let us put aside all the politically correct blathering and recognise the appointment of Golma Devi for exactly what it is -- a symbol of the depths that Indian democracy is plumbing today. Does anyone believe, seriously, for even a single minute, that an illiterate person is qualified to make head or tail of the innumerable files that every minister must read?</b>
But Ashok Gehlot knew what he was doing when he named Golma Devi as one of his ministers, he was obeying the compulsions of caste politics. <b>The Congress played the caste card to the hilt during the Vasundhara Raje era, pitting the Jats against the Gujjars and the Gujjars against the Meenas. When that was still not enough to propel the Congress to a simple majority in the Vidhan Sabha, Gehlot was forced to turn to independent MLAs.</b>
The Meena leader Kirodi Lal, the MLA from Todabhim (Karauli), was once one of Vasundhara Raje's ministers, but then became one of the BJP rebels. He now leads a group of five independent MLAs that hold the balance of power. Kirodi Lal apparently refused the offer of a ministry for himself, but demanded a seat at the table for his wife, Golma Devi.
The fact that Kirodi Lal refused office indicates that he is unwilling to be associated too closely with the Gehlot administration, especially with Lok Sabha elections around the corner. After the oath ceremony, the beaming husband told the media that with Golma Devi in office he himself would take over household duties; the dutiful wife duly attested that her husband could make excellent gajar mattar, daal-baati. Ashok Gehlot must be hoping that Kirodi Mal's culinary talents do not extend to cooking up trouble!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->