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'Coalition politics eroding PM's, chief ministers' authority'
Monday June 18, 2012 10:58:31 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore:
"Compulsions of coalition politics are eroding the authority of
prime minister and chief ministers across the country and
undermining parliamentary democracy," a former chief justice of
India said Monday.
"Increasing political expediency of coalitions has violated
fundamental assumptions and basic rules of parliamentary
democracy. As a result, coalition politics has diluted the
Westminster model of parliamentary democracy and eroded the
authority of the prime minister and chief ministers," former chief
justice M.N. Venkatachalaiah told lawmakers here.
Delivering the keynote address at the diamond jubilee celebrations
of the Karnataka assembly, Venkatachalaiah regretted that even a
small political party with a handful of legislators could help
another party to achieve a fragile majority and bargain for
representation in the government.
"Insuch a scenario, a prime minister or a chief minister will have
no control over the behaviour of a member in his cabinet due to
compulsions of coalition politics. Virtually, there will be as
many chief ministers as there are political parties in the
coalition government," the eminent jurist said.
Noting that a coalition government could not be an excuse for
diluting the authority of the prime minister or a chief minister,
Venkatachalaiah asserted that democracy provided the most
favourable climate for development.
"Democracyand growth are compatible. With two exceptions, the
world's richest countries have the most democratic regimes.
Further, 42 of the 48 high human development countries are
democracies. Democratic governance is the single largest input in
the fight against poverty. An inclusive democracy is the most
significant factor in human development and better suited for
managing conflicts and catastrophes," he observed.
Coincidingthe celebrations with the first session of the state
assembly held June 18, 1952, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
government felicitated five lawmakers of the assembly's first term
- U.M. Madappa, Mulka Govinda Reddy, T.G. Thimme Gowda, Amba Das
and Vasanth Rao L. Patil.
Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Leader of Opposition
Siddaramaiah led the house in honouring the first-term legislators
on the occasion.
Governor H. R. Bhardwaj presided over the function, while former
chief ministers M. Veerappa Moily, H.D. Kumaraswamy, N. Dharam
Singh and B.S. Yeddyurappa participated in the two-hour long
function.
Former prime minister and chief minister H.D. Deve Gowda and
External Affairs Minister and former chief minister S.M. Krishna,
however, could not be present.
A colourful and informative souvenir chronicling the six decades
of the state legislative assembly was released to commemorate the
diamond jubilee celebrations.
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