Governors are increasingly getting ‘active’ – the latest in the league being the Karnataka governor Mr H R Bharadwaj, who told Mr B S Yeddyurappa to prove his strength once again on the floor of the assembly. The high court, meantime, has to deal with the petition of the suspended MLAs. The die is cast: it maybe curtains down for B S Y in the Kar’natakam’. Unless, of course, the Gali brothers can work some magic with their moneybags. The Congress party reacted that the vote of confidence after the disqualification of the opposing MLAs is a mockery of democracy. It demanded that the B S Y government should be dismissed.
However, the governor has given another chance to B S Y to prove his strength: like I said earlier, I don’t speculate about affairs other than Andhra politics; let’s wait and see. For its part the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is asking for the recall of the governor. Legal opinion is divided on whether the governor has the right to ask for a ‘re-vote’ of confidence.
As the drama unfolds in the neighboring state, the cabinet reshuffle in Andhra is getting delayed. Although ex Minister J C Diwakar Reddy said that the two are not related, it is clear that the high command wants to deal with one issue at a time. If B S Y is dethroned in Karnataka, the Congress will have an upper hand over the the Gali – Y S Jaganmohan Reddy axis. That gives the party in Andhra Pradesh an edge in dealing with dissidents.
Big B turns 68
At the age of 68, when most Indians sit at home and read the papers and watch day TV, Big B is making waves once again on the small screen – on Kaun Banega Karorpati (KBC), the celebrated game show which was at the heart of the Oscar-winning Slum dog millionaire. May he live long and enchant his viewers for many more years. As always, Bottomline is late in wishing him a happy birthday. I think I will watch KBC this season. And belated happy birthday, Big B (who should be called Busy Bee).
‘Unemployment’ economists get the Nobel
Three economists who theorized on unemployment have got the Nobel Prize for economics this year: one of them (Dale Mortenson) interestingly theorized about the unemployment related to people who are ‘between jobs’ (a euphemism for people who just lost his or her job and is looking for a new job.) I have been between jobs for two years now, although I do have a day job – it pays me a pittance; what I want is a ‘big job’. Well, anyway, it is quite a coincidence that I am in the thick of applying for jobs, when ‘unemployment’ gets the economics Nobel!
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