Purandeshwari the relative of Chandrababu who is a BJP MP is all set to become the speaker they say. But when questioned, the seasoned leader who is the daughter of senior TR was a central Minister.
There is also news that she could be deputy speaker also in the women quota. N Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar are political veterans and want the Speaker’s post as an ‘insurance’.
Over the past couple of years, there have been multiple cases of mutiny within ruling parties that have led to splits and even toppled governments.
In such cases, the anti-defection law comes into play, and this law gives a very powerful position to the Speaker of the House. “Chairman or the Speaker of the House have absolute power in deciding the cases pertaining to disqualification of members on the ground of defection,” the law states.
In fact, Nitish Kumar has in the past accused the BJP of trying to break his party. The kingmakers, therefore, do not want to wake up to a mutiny and want the Speaker’s post as a shield against any such tactic.
More than Nitish, Babu might get the chance of inducting Purandeshwari as she is from the BJP for the top post. It is a matter of time.
She was already in smiles and left with folded hands to the media.
