New IPL (or) T-271

We witnessed a new game by IPL during the last one week in India. No, No, this IPL is Indian Parliamentary League. An organisation flush with more money than the other IPL, the Indian Premier League. And, the game played by them - T271, was much more pulsating than the other T-20 Cricket ! My God, what nerve-wrecking turns and twists, and till the last minute, no one could guess who will be the winner.

The odds swung from opposition to the Government dramatically in the last two days; with the target of 271 fixed, the government and UPA worked on the required run rate quite well and reached their goal post in time. And, won ! Dhoni and Co. should learn a thing or two from these political managers how to pace their innings, exploit the weaknesses of the opponents and win games ! If there is a world championship for Members of Parliaments in all democracies, our MPs will win that trophy hands down, I am sure.

The No-Confidence Motion was supposed to be on the Government's move to go ahead with the Civil Nuclear Energy Agreement between India and America. But, the discussions and all the tamasha for the last two days hardly had anything to do with the Agreement. As one Member of Parliament even claiming openly that he does not know anything about the Nuclear Agreement as he is coming straight from the jail ! And, many others showing clear signs of confusion and lack of knowledge. It was atrocious.


BJP initiated the nuclear deal when it was in power, but today opposed it. But, they didn't want to go the whole hog, as they didn't want Mayawati and Left to benefit. Chandrababu Naidu, the US pet when he was in power, is now talking about US hegemony. The only consistent people are Left and Manmohan Singh - however wrong their convictions might be.

MPs were switching camps, talk of crores of money changing hands, dramatic display of the bribe money in the parliament itself by the MPs, allotment of Ministries, sanction of projects - all to get the support of votes of MPs ...


I thought, we have reached the limits of parliamentary democracy. And, I am convinced once again that this is not a good governance model for a big country like India. The governance methods of indigenous people - equality, consensus, small decentralised consultation, etc. should be the best method. The political party-based, representative democratic system has failed us totally.