The First Lady President

The entire media is going ga-ga over the selection of Ms Pratiba Patil-Shekhawat as the UPA nominee for the next President of India. While her selection is certain, all have started celebrating the first woman-President of India.

Shall we take a break? Shall we take a moment to ponder whether her selection is genuinely made because we wanted a Lady President? Wait a minute! i will not discuss about the complaints she had recieved and the cases that are pending against her name questioning her integrity! there are newspapers doing it in vain.

The selection of Pratibha is purely based on the results of 2009 elections. In case of a hung-Parliament, non-BJP parties want a President who can give them the first chance irrespective of who is the single largest party so that they can manoevre the horse-trading.

The story of her selection goes like this:
The Opposition has got a valid candidate who can cut across party lines to get his votes and his selection is certain if he contested.
As to stop his selection, one has to play secular card but at the same time has to play regional card.
The parties of UPA has conflicts among their candidates and all they wanted is a dummy candidate who could listen to all of them.
With elections due and hung-parliament is certain, they need a President who would call only UPA for Govt forming enabling them do horse-trading and rule us again.
What to do?
Choose a lady candidate - No one can refuse. if did, they can be labelled as male chauvnist!
Choose one from the same clan of opposition candidate. this would stop all the votes of same clan getting to him
Choose a dummy candidate - who would vouch their loyality by doing all these people wanted (when KR Narayanan can do this no doubt Pratibha would not repeat)

Days are gone when President are elected based on their qualities. The seat of President lost its value when Late Mr. VV Giri was made one (the famous rubber-stamp tag he brought to this post)

All Congress Presidents brought shame to this post.
VV Giri - a rubber stamp
FAkuddin Ali Ahmed - legalized Bangladeshi infiltrants and brought famous IMDT also signed the Emergency declaration without questioning

ZailSingh: who pridely accalimed that he would sweep the floor if Indira asks him to do so!
RV - Read out the message of Rajiv Gandhi at Moscow (over ruling the protocol)

Politics have stooped to such level that the posts have no value now. What can Pratiba do and what will she achieve is to be seen waited.