Victory of democracy

With the resignation of BS Yeddyurappa before facing the floor test, one thing has become clear that the truth has won. It is natural that the scenes of absolute jubilation spread across where the MLAs from both parties were seated in the Karnataka Assembly as Yeddyurappa announced he will tender his resignation at the Raj Bhawan. Above all this, the judiciary and the democracy played its role to save the constitutional values of the country. Had judiciary refused to hear Congress and JD(S) against the Governor’s invitation to BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa to form govt. with 15 days of time for floor test, the democracy would not have won the day. SC order cut short the 15 day period very drastically and directed just a day after hearing for a floor test. The office of the governor also must learn a lesson from this floor test that Supreme Court is there in the country so its arbitrary and partisan order cannot have its way. BS Yeddyurappa was given the invitation to form the govt. by the governor of Karnataka with 15 days time to prove the majority on the floor of the assembly on the basis of its being the largest political party with 104 MLAs. BJP had got only 104 MLAs 8 short of the halfway mark in the assembly of 224. On the other side, Congress and JD(S) struck a post-poll alliance as they got 78 and 38 assembly seats respectively. They struck an alliance to form the govt. But the Governor Vajubhai Vala did not give them the invitation. Congress moved to the Supreme Court at midnight and urged to put stay on Yeddyurappa’s oath-taking ceremony. Though SC did not put stay on his oath-taking ceremony of but asked him to present the letter of the invitation given to him to form the govt. and face floor test a day after at 4 PM. Congress swung into action very fast. On the one hand, it moved SC at midnight and took all its MLAs to a resort and from there to Hyderabad to protect from any bid of horse trading and poaching by the BJP to cobble up a majority. Congress and JD(S) succeeded in keeping its flocks together despite a lot of temptations and allurements allegedly by BJP. Under post-poll alliance between Congress and JD(S) in Karnataka, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has been elected leader of the coalition to form the govt. All this was done in the name of secularism. One thing has also shown the Nataka in Karnataka that Congress has become aggressive under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. Its aggressive nature was reflected in the Rajya Sabha election of Ahmed Patel, Secretary of UPA Chairperson and former Congress President Sonia Gandhi. BJP president Amit Shah had tried his best to get him defeated but the rock like unity was shown by the Congress MLAs who were kept at a resort in Karnataka. Nataka in Karnataka clearly shows that howsoever powerful a person may be, he/she cannot subvert democracy against the will of the people in the state.