Trust Vote

14-Aug-2008

Dear Mr. Somnath Chatterjee,

I do not vote for CPM or for Left front or for any communist party and I didn't like Mr Karat's decision to withdraw support from UPA govt. But I did support his decision to expel you from the party. Your refusal to step down from speaker's post is a gross indiscipline. The reason you became speaker of the house because congress wanted someone from CPM to hold that post. But you thought Somnath Chatterjee is bigger than the party. Perhaps by now you have realized the terrible mistake you did defying party ruling. One thing we all should learn what loyalty is from congress leaders. Will Dr. Manmohan Singh or Mr Abhishek Manu Singhvi ever dump Mrs Sonia Gandhi or Mr Rahul Gandhi? They will never. You are the third high profile communist leader who has been sacked by the party after late Mr. Nripen Chakraborti, ex CM of Tripura and late Mr. Jatin Chakraborti, RSP leader. I am not very sure why you wanted to continue as speaker during trust vote. You couldn't stop MPs being purchased by all political parties, you were helpless when hardcore criminals were bailed out from jail to participate in the vote, and you couldn't do anything when Mr Shibu Soren publicly bargained with congress for post of Jharkand CM and berth in the ministry. May be Mr Karat will show some leniency and revoke your expulsion from the party someday.