This is how Rediff, put it -
The Left criteria for a presidential nominee is that the person must have a political background and firm secular credentials. The future President must be able to exercise judgment to maintain balance between the Parliament, Executive and Judiciary.
I find that disrespectful of the current President. First, they declare to the press that they are not interested in a second term for President Kalam. And then they go on to add the above.
What's that supposed to mean ? Isn't President Kalam secular ? Do they think that the President has failed to maintain equilibrium between the three governing structures ? Or does it simply mean that he has not been obliging enough to the politicians.
If at all there is someone to blame for the imbalance in the activism of some of the governing structures, its Parliament. A body that simply does not have the guts and fortitude to legislate over important issues effecting the nation.
Parliament has simply degraded itself to becoming a body that passes populist harmful legislation. Simply put, Parliament simply kisses the 'A' of certain sections of the society.
The Communist party, a party that is present in a mere two states in the country has the audacity to pick issue with the country's favorite president and absolutely nothing can be done about it.
And I shudder when the name of the Lok Sabha speaker is thrown up for the post of President of India. Nothing personal but there is something not right about having a communist President. I'd rather have a President from the RSS, who cannot be accused of having extra-territorial affiliations than have a political President from one of those left parties.
I really hope good sense finally prevails and President Kalam is selected for another term in office.
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and then there it is.
I was waiting for you to pounce on the Reds the moment CPM jumped into the Prez option. When it is being said that the road to Rashtrapathi Bhavan is via Lucknow and Mayawati demands outright 15000 cr package to offer her support for anything, it doesnt seem wrong to you.
Nor does it seem wrong when you side with a group which happily agrees to be linked with the assassination of one of the World's greatest human - the Mahatma.
Isnt this double standards ? You are angry with a party that borrowed idealism from ertswhile USSR, while your own local party seems to have such huge voids.
When someone becomes head of state, he or she doesnt qualify as a Communist party member anymore. That person is above politics, atleast in theory. For that matter, this holds true for the Speaker already. So if you can agree for someone to be the speaker, doesnt it qualify the person to the top post in terms of political affiliations?
I wouldnt mind to see anybody at Rashtrapathi Bhavan as long as he or she is not made in Italy.
dude, you know me. Cant stand our reds.
I turn red seeing this Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury on TV.
And after borrowing Karl Marx's theory, they talk as if they are the guardians of the truth and defenders of the faith. What truth, what faith, god alone knows.
Anyways, if Mayawati holds the card to the election of the Prez, I dont find anything wrong in it. After all the people of UP should have a big say in it.
And about the RSS, they may at times be over patriotic but never unpatriotic.
Less said about the reds the better.
So you are calling killing of teh Mahatma as over patriotic ? Be wary of your answer 'coz it may be used against you when you run for office later in life.
Let me put it this way. In 1950s USSR and USA were major powers and our nemesis UK was siding with US always. What are our leaders supposed to do ? We were dying of hunger, not clear of our paths, such a monstrous nation which was indisciplined !! The leaders needed support of a superpower to be on the safer side. And makes a logical sense to choose USSR.. After all that was the time when Socialism was thought to be successful.. Today history may judge it otherwise.
If you believe that the punishment of caste abuse of our forefathers should not pass down as reservations to our generation, then it holds true for the Reds becoming Prez as well - yes, they made mistakes, but who didnt ?
And for Kalam, he is a national asset. I would rather see him teach in Guindy and create World Class Indian citizens than entertaining President of Malawi or Mozambique at Rashtrapathi Bhavan.
well well, whose side were the reds on during the 1963 Indo-Chinese war ?
I call it treason.
Btw, the RSS had nothing to do with the Mahatma's death.
Of all the people, I did not expect you to have fallen for the marxist misinformation campaign.
so what is RSS ? It is a facist organization in a sense, is it not ? Dont tell me that the people who ran with pickaxes and shovels to tear down a mosque are any better..
and well, just so you know, it wasnt the marxist misinformation campaign..
it is the very same RSS that "claims" the act for itself ! :)
See you seem to be using exactly the same words as the Marxist do - Fascist.
Similar to McCarthy. Just paint a person/org with the worst of the decade and watch while they defend themselves to the dumps.
We need to think outside the box.
Btw, he was a member of the Hindu Maha Sabha and not the RSS.
Not that it means anything cause he acted independently and was not carrying any institutional directive.
We should be blindly believing the socialist press which have a hidden agenda.
Stop reading The Hindu !!
Sabash, Sariyana Potti.
I will agree with 1 point in this conversation.
"And for Kalam, he is a national asset. I would rather see him teach in Guindy and create World Class Indian citizens than entertaining President of Malawi or Mozambique at Rashtrapathi Bhavan."
I agree with this 100%. Is it not better to light a candle than curse darkness.
Let me pinch in. I do not agree fully with Shiva's argument that If people like Kalam need only to teach then we have several teachers like him who are doing a good job. Kalam was not known to rural public of India or for the aspiring students of India until he became the president. This High profile job and his humble and personal character elevated his image and people started admiring and following him as a role model .
Fine this is one side of it.
To come to the real argument on whether Left is eligible enough to talk about President, the point is whether the first citizen of India is to have a 'Leftist' influence . No matter what we talk and succeed Leftist principles will never succeed in countries like India where we have a diversed society with various principles and belief's.China is very successful because for them the state is the God. Where as for us even for Election identity cards we bring religion in picture and say we cannot picturise people and politicians support for that. Left/cong/BJP made a bug cry for this OBC reservation but for tje recent Rajasthan Gujjar issue none of the political parties were able to come out and express their views. Becos every opinion they give will have a repurcussion on their votes.
There is nothing in thinking about a non political person for the top position but it does not mean people like Naraynamurthy contend for it.The pittiest thing that happens now is people saying we need a 'Dalit' or a 'Brahmin' as a President . Caste comes in front of the capability.
Though we say Kalam, the traditional branding for our President termed as 'Rubber Stamp' continues as he did not do any thing on some serious matters like 'Afzal' .
Super da nott.
I completely agree with your first para. You hit the nail on its head.
Pratibha Patil is UPA-Left nominee
ya saw that. Very unfortunate.
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