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.

Sir, its time for you to introspect. What is going wrong and what will be your legacy, specially as some one who came from very ordinary background, captured the imagination of people to become the Prime Minister and promised major changes in India.