karnataka fiasco who is responsible??

I am writing this article after long gap. This may be attributed to the busy schedule at DMS.  This is a new excuse as I can’t complain of what to write. This is because many a things happened during past one month that include cricket series between Indian and Australia, Commonwealth games and historic decision by Allahabad High Court on ownership of land on which Babri Masjid once stood. But there was one more very important incident which was not in the headlines as much as the other ones. Political Fiasco in Karnataka is a result of long overdue change in laws for appointment of governor and election of Assembly speakers. Indians have seen similar kind of situation in the past in Goa, Jharkhand and Bihar. Much has been said about the incident and constitutional and legal complications involving them. We have seen more such incidents in last six years than these years’ share. I will not say that this all is due to proactiveness of governors only as speakers are also politically more active than what they should be. But they always have been. And in present scenario its only the governor’s who have increased political activities as evident by the action of Hansraaj Bhardwaj when he asked Karnataka speaker of maintaining status quo in the state assembly which nowhere lies in his authority. And by saying this I am not at all justifying action of speaker to disqualify MLAs. But as I am more concerned about governors, I will talk more about them. Then, Hansraaj Bhardwaj can’t be blamed for his action as he always have been a congress loyal and it is unfair to expect him to turn neutral  at this point in his life. It is the agency who appoints them who is at fault. But in the Indian setup you are not supposed to criticize so called honorable president even when it can be seen that she doesn’t match the expectation people had from president’s office because of previous incumbent’s stature and activities. Coming back to the point, it is not only the president but also or only union govt. which have a say in appointment of governors. And they have not been fair in the appointment. One of the darkest actions was to call back 4-5 governors with change in guard at the central level in 2004. Also the person they have been appointing to the prestigious post don’t have clean image. One example is Mr. Tiwari. But the Govt. is only following traditional policy of rewarding your old loyalists with a place at Raj Bhawan. Then, who is responsible for generating so many of state Govt./Speaker and Governor clashes. No doubt malpractices of Govt./Speaker are responsible but attitude of governor to still be loyal to centre Govt. or the party they once belong to is the bigger culprit. They have to recall that constitutionally they are neutral head of the state rather than agent of central Govt. to the state. Also central Govt. can be wiser while appointment. Instead of rewarding old political stalwarts who are controversial, they should go for uncontroversial and loved person. They may be bureaucrats, defense person or some other person. Successful stint of Dr. Kalam at the highest office is the best example what clean people who are loved by public can do. What I am sure is that we don’t lack this kind of people at least.