The return of SM Krishna
Over the last couple of days this is probably the news that most Bangaloreans have been eagerly tracking. The return of SM Krishna to active politics. When SM Krishna ceased to be the Chief Minister of Karnataka after his party failed to garner the required majority, a lot of people thought that Bangalore would lose as a result of he not continuing as the Chief Minister. A lot of them today would say it indeed has been like that.
So should & will SM Krishna return as the CM?
SM Krishna has achieved a kind of a mass popularity in Bangalore especially for his interest towards the affairs of the city. During his tenure as CM of Karnataka, he gave special importance to the development & improvement of the city. From forming the Bangalore Agenda Task Force to meeting the ever growing needs of the IT/ITES/Biotech industries to getting McKinsey & Co to do a study on ways to streamline the economy & get more jobs for its citizens. The CM then was in the news for all the right reasons. The citizens also began to see some visible changes around them. The media said he was treating governance of Karnataka like running a company.
However there are doubts & questions. First the question – Is it right for someone who has been the Governor of one state to become the Chief Minister of another? Then the doubt – Will the high command actually allow SM Krishna to take the CM’s chair when there are plenty of other contenders for the post?
And then the bigger doubt – will SM Krishna with all his education/tennis playing ability/self designed clothes appeal to the farmers? It must be recollected that when Krishna’s party couldn’t garner the required majority in the assembly elections & return for a second term, a view went around that the reason for Krishna’s fall was that he was too IT & Bangalore city obsessed & had ignored the needs of the farmers & the smaller cities & towns in Karnataka.
From a political party’s perspective these doubts will definitely play a part in deciding who gets the CM’s chair. However from the Bangalorean’s perspective the answer is pretty much out there on everyone’s lips. A well educated, with the times & forward looking kind of Chief Minister is what we need. Add to that some prior experience in the role & we all know who fits the bill perfectly. SM Krishna. Somebody had aptly expanded his initials. Simply Marvelous!
Actually he should be made the mayor :)
Lokesh, Lokesh!
Can’t tell you how much I wish he comes back as CM, buddy! Blr will regain some of its lost splendour, I guarantee you. My vote’s for him, 100%.
Yours in *prayer*,
Ravi
However from the Bangalorean’s perspective the answer is pretty much out there on everyone’s lips
Sorry Boss, Not on my lips and may be on my hips, Well as someone said he should be an mayor 4 bangalore n not CM for karnataka.
As per me he is a corporate criminal, Never fits to be a CM of the state.
Who the hell told Karnataka is only Bangalore ?
SM Krishna will be great. I pray that congress has the common sense to get him back than the useless Mr. Dharam Singh. I personally prefer SM Krishna to the so called “sons of the soil” who prefer to do more NATAKA than actually do some work.
Hi Lokesh
I cannot agree more with the post of “anonymous”. I do hope SM Krishna becomes the CM once again.
I am sure this time around he will also pay more attention to the non Bangalore sector. Good luck to him.
Best
Lubna
If Congress has any ambition of returning back to power in Karnataka, It has to be with the return of S M Krishna into the Party, who can give some hope to Bangalore as well energise the party. The present lot are Like Rhino and Elephant(Kharge & Dharam). I bet these guys will fail what ever they say.
Krishna could not be blamed,for being bangalore centratic the same was the case with Naidu in Hyderabad. They need to balance it the right way. If he comes back, he will do the balance act hence forth, having learnt a lesson. In any case after his failure what did bangalore gain with the dirty Gowda drama!
The Writing is clear, if there is no Krishna, then it is BJP in Karnataka.
If Congress has any ambition of returning back to power in Karnataka, It has to be with the return of S M Krishna into the Party, who can give some hope to Bangalore as well energise the party. The present lot are Like Rhino and Elephant(Kharge & Dharam). I bet these guys will fail what ever they say.
Krishna could not be blamed,for being bangalore centratic the same was the case with Naidu in Hyderabad. They need to balance it the right way. If he comes back, he will do the balance act hence forth, having learnt a lesson. In any case after his failure what did bangalore gain with the dirty Gowda drama!
The Writing is clear, if there is no Krishna, then it is BJP in Karnataka.
If Congress has any ambition of returning back to power in Karnataka, It has to be with the return of S M Krishna into the Party, who can give some hope to Bangalore as well energise the party. The present lot are Like Rhino and Elephant(Kharge & Dharam). I bet these guys will fail what ever they say.
Krishna could not be blamed,for being bangalore centratic the same was the case with Naidu in Hyderabad. They need to balance it the right way. If he comes back, he will do the balance act hence forth, having learnt a lesson. In any case after his failure what did bangalore gain with the dirty Gowda drama!
The Writing is clear, if there is no Krishna, then it is BJP in Karnataka.
There is no reason why the Governor of one state cannot become the chief minister of another state, unless there is a constitutional bar.
For the Congress high command, it wants to get back to power in Karnataka come what may in the ensuing assembly polls. Obviously former CM and present Governor of Maharashtra SM Krishna is the best bet to lead the party, though it does not want to project anyone as the chief ministerial candidate in the campaigning. Neither the Cong high command likes to antagonise heavyweights like Mallikharjuna Kharge, PCC chief, nor former CM Dharam Singh and other bigwigs in the party.
Perhaps, the Cong high command may like to see SM Krishna leading the party to victory in polls- minus CM post because of powerful personalities within the state. It may perhaps assign him, in the event of his being drafted for Karnataka , a bigger role something like a union minister, or an equivalent post with control over Karanataka party affairs, after the polls. Cong high command also would find it convenient to move him to a higher role, in the event of forming another coalition with JD(S). Krishna and Deve Gowda hail from the same vokkaliga community, though they don’t see eye to eye on many issues.
Incumbency, pro-urban policies and continuous droughts for three years – resulting in untold hardship to farming community both in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh – saw both SM Krishna of Cong and Chandrababu Naidu of TDP in AP rejected by the electorate. Winning and losing are part and parcel of life and in every field, politics is no exception.
SM Krishna, sauve and educated and with a clearcut vision, easily looks like a cut above the rest of contemporary leaders in Karnataka. Cong prospects maybe bright if he is chosen to lead the party in the ensuing polls to the Vidhan Soudha in Karnataka. All said and done, the voter is the best judge and the final arbiter.