Watch out for a repeat of 1999 nail biting finish!
This session has all the trappings of a nail-biting finish witnessed in April 1999 when the then Vajpayee govt lost by a single vote. Who can swing the trust vote?
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: As the Manmohan Singh government seeks a trust vote on July 22, the political drama in the run up to the two-day special session of Parliament has all the trappings of a nail-biting finish witnessed in April 1999 when the then Vajpayee government lost by a single vote.
With number crunching and political pundits indicating a precariously-placed UPA taking on equally-uncertain opposition, it is now anybody's guess what would be the fate of the government on the D-day.
The pulls and pressures of the ruling coalition and the opposition to woo every available single vote for their respective side will be played out till the ballot is cast on the floor of the Parliament on Tuesday.
The UPA would only have to keep its fingers crossed, even as it prays that there would be no parliamentarian like Giridhar Gamang or Saifuddin Soz to pull down this government.
With number crunching and political pundits indicating a precariously-placed UPA taking on equally-uncertain opposition, it is now anybody's guess what would be the fate of the government on the D-day.
The pulls and pressures of the ruling coalition and the opposition to woo every available single vote for their respective side will be played out till the ballot is cast on the floor of the Parliament on Tuesday.
The UPA would only have to keep its fingers crossed, even as it prays that there would be no parliamentarian like Giridhar Gamang or Saifuddin Soz to pull down this government.
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Gamang was chief minister of Orissa, but had not yet resigned his Lok Sabha seat and cast his vote that hit the last nail in the Vajpayee government's coffin.
The Vajpayee government that had come to power in 1998 was in crisis when AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa withdrew her support on certain issues. However, Vajpayee was successful in quickly obtaining the support of her bete noire M Karunanidhi's DMK.
But that assistance from Karunanidhi did not prove enough for Vajpayee. His government lost the trust vote by 269 to 270. Soz, now a minister at the Centre, was then a member of the National Conference and had defied his party's whip and voted against the government.
Cut to present day, both the ruling UPA and opposition NDA are doing some tight rope walking in attempting to garner the support of the fence-sitters.
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