Dear Honourable Prime
Minister of India,
Series of events after
elections in Maharashtra, specially in past 72 hours prompt me to write to you.
Sir, let me share some
data points with you. I live in Pune and have lived here since 1996. The maid
in our household commented that political parties including BJP have not only
disappointed people but made fool of themselves. My driver who has been my
companion in numerous car rides said, none of these politicians deserve to be
ministers leave alone fighting for the position of CM. You will want to note
that families of our driver and maid are well educated. My driver’s son is a Electronics Engg
graduate and works for a technology company while our maid’s son took admission
for a undergraduate program in Energy Management. This is not an exception but
often a norm in today’s Maharashtra – Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Kolhapur,
Satara, Karad, Nasik, Aurangabad and other towns and villages.
Maharashtra is not only a
prosperous State, it has a literate population right down to lowest economic strata
of the society. There is a long tradition of women literacy. Local political
leaders have behaved in the most despicable manner and made mockery of
representative democracy. It has not gone un-noticed.
Sir, while local
politicians can be criticised, the complaint is with you. Governor of a State is
the custodian of the Indian Constitution as well as some of the conventions in
Government formation post election. You must be aware of debates in the Constituent
Assembly on the office of Governor. In a State where Governors have been people
like Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, Ali Yavar Jung, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma and PC
Alexandar, current Maharashtra Governor has been a big disappointment. If
parties have to rush to Supreme Court, it's the failure of the Governor. Now, President
appoints Governors as recommended by the Union Cabinet. Should people of
Maharashtra not ask you how current Maharashtra Governor was recommended.
The mandate was for BJP
and Shiv Sena, not for BJP and NCP, not for BJP to sit in opposition and
certainly not for Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress to form a rag tag coalition. And why did BJP allow such as a drama of administering the oath of office to Mr. Fadavanis.If
BJP, Shiv Sena cant form the Government, constitutional proprietary demands
that elections be held again for people to give a fresh mandate. This ugly
engineering of numbers and naked dance witnessed in Maharashtra has made a big
dent to your reputation. Even people who are
your die hard supporters and followers are thinking.
