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Shameful

The drama being enacted in Karnataka is shameful. Reports about MLAs being flown to Goa or elsewhere only point to the "investment" involved in the exercise of toppling a Government.

Obviously, money and muscle power work wonders in a politically volatile situation. Politicians playing the power game, however, regrettably forget that they are cheating the people who gave them the mandate.

Whichever group wins in the power game, the losers always are those who uphold democracy by voting religiously during elections.

N.K. Vijayan,
Kizhakkambalam, Kerala

Acharya Vinoba Bhave's words — "in the present age, democracy is a myth, as the power is actually in the hands of a few people. The people generally are unconcerned," [This Day That Age, Jan. 21) — are an apt description of what is happening in Karnataka today.

B.R. Kumar,
Chennai

The developments in Karnataka are welcome because the JD (S)-Congress coalition has not been on sure ground ever since the electoral victory.

Moreover, the signals the JD (S) has been sending to the UPA of late have indicated that it is rethinking its position in the alliance.

N. Sivaraman,
Maraimalainagar, T.N.

As the Left supported the Congress at the Centre, the JD (S) joined with the Congress in Karnataka to keep the BJP out.

Now, thanks to a group of JD (S) MLAs, the BJP may come to power in the State.

Kannan K.,
Bangalore

That a coalition government will on most occasions be short-lived is clear from the fast-changing scenario in Karnataka.

Power-hungry politicians, ever on the lookout for an opportunity, will not hesitate to bring down any government.

H. Narayanan,
Bangalore

The editorial, `Tragicomedy in Karnataka' (Jan. 20), wrongly accuses the BJP of displaying rank opportunism at the faintest smell of power.

You should instead have demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Minister Dharam Singh, who has clearly lost majority support.

Mohan Shenoy,
Bangalore

I am surprised by the statement in the editorial, "Governor T.N. Chaturvedi must be commended for keeping a cool constitutional head and playing by the book: he has asked the Chief Minister to prove the Government's majority in a floor test no later than January 27."

When the State Assembly is in session, where is the need to give time till January 27 for a vote of confidence?

V. Krishnan,
Chennai

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