Oh for a bit of common sense

We, Indians, have an amazing propensity to complicate simple things.........

Take the case of Government formation in the State Assemblies. The Governor (why we should have a Governor which is a legacy of the colonial era and has no place in today's world is still a mystery, but that is for another day) is supposed to invite the person who has the backing of the majority of the house to form a Government. Simple, one would have thought. But no. Take the case of Meghalaya. No one got a majority. Congress was the single largest part with 25 members in an Assembly of 60. The opposition led by NCP stitched a post election coalition that clearly had the majority support. You would have thought the Governor S S Sidhu had an easy task. But no. In flew Margarat Alva, Congress Party functionary and hey presto, the Governor invited Mr.Lapang of Congress (I) to form a Government, hurriedly sworn him in and gave him 10 days to prove his majority. This was a clear case of blatantly allowing Congress to indulge in horse trading to cobble up a majority. That Lapang couldn't and was forced to resign on the 10th day making the Governor Sidhu looking absolutely ridiculous is another story. But, the fact remains that for 10 days a totally unconstitutional government was ruling and knowing our politicians, who has no scruples, they would have passed hundreds of orders favouring their cronies worth hundreds of crores of State's exchequer during these 10 days.

This is not an isloated case and it is not confined to Congress. Every single party has been guilty of doing this.

My question is. Why can't we have the most obvious and simple solution to this problem? We can amend the Constitution so that the Governor can convene the State Assembly, appoint the oldest member as the pro-term speaker, swear in the members and have the rival claimants test their support in the floor of the house.

This is logical, simple and can never fail.

But then logic, common sense and our self serving politicians are poles apart.

What a tragedy!!