Not a Twenty20 we asked for!!

The political situation in Karnataka is not something any of us asked for or voted for! The famous Twenty20 power sharing arrangement between the JD(S) and BJP has done a lot of damage to the State.

If we were still ruled by Kings/Dynasties, we could not have taken the responsibility for a bad king at the helm of things. We could not have done anything and stopped the son of a king from taking over. A Prince would get power by birth and would be born powerful. However, that is not the case now. If Deve Gowda is as powerful as he is today, we are responsible. We voted for his party and gave him the number of seats he has today to control everything that happens. Deve Gowda was no where in the picture when Kumaraswamy and Yediyurappa agreed on the power sharing. In fact he had distanced himself from Kumaraswamy and stopped short of calling Kumaraswamy a stranger. But, today when the time has come to handover the power to the BJP, Deve Gowda is the single most powerful man in Karnataka.

We, the people of Karnataka, should collectively stand up and take responsibility for making Deve Gowda so powerful. Forget being honest, forget working for the development of the state, forget everything, Deve Gowda and his sons are people who are not keeping up a word, a commitment given in front of the people of the State.

This reminds me of the street cricket match I used to play on our streets. This is exactly like the situation of a team batting first, picking up a fight thereafter and not letting the other team bat!! Remember, as kids we always liked batting more than bowling! Let us wait to see if Kumaraswamy will let Yediyurappa bat in this match!!! Again the question here is not whether Yediyurappa is capable or if he would be a better CM, it is just about honoring a commitment.