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Articles: TP Features | Politics of the Executive
- Mr. Sreenivas YL
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The reported statements of Mr. Sitapathi Rao, Advisor to the Government of Andhra Pradesh on irrigation and Mr. C.V.S.K. Sharma, Principal Secretary, Department of Irrigation that fake and forged documents are being used by the opposition parties in support of their allegations of corruption in Sripada Sagar Project, raise serious and disturbing questions over the role of executive in democracy. The anxiety of the officials to enter the domain of politics, creates an imperative of nipping such aberrations in the bud in the larger interests of democracy. The time, the context and the circumstances in which these statements have been made clearly indicate politicization of the executive, something which the Indian democracy has not witnessed hitherto. More seriously, the statements in support of the political establishment in power come at a time when the debate on the very same issue is in progress in the legislative Assembly and the government is yet to make statement in response to
the on going discussion.
Politicization of executive, if not tackled in the beginning by the people representatives belonging to both ruling and opposition parties will have serious and damaging repercussions in future. It is this apprehension which creates the urgency of discussing what looks like a minor statement from the official intensely.
Indian constitution is considered one of the best in the world maintaining fine balance among legislature, judiciary and the executive. There have been instances during these 50 odd years when the issues have become contentious between legislature and the judiciary. There have been instances where legislature and the judiciary stepped into each other’s domains, sometimes inadvertently and sometimes owing to ambiguity in the constitution. However, in all such issues occasions new meanings of the constitutional intricacies have come to light. Every time there is a clash between legislature and judiciary, the Indian democracy benefited by way of getting clarifications on issues. Therefore, the clash between judiciary and legislature given a complexity of Indian constitution is a necessary menace.
Let us consider two such events in the recent past. The Supreme Court’s intervened when Jarkhand Governor’s decided to invite the JMM leader to form the government despite the BJP leader proving his majority. The Supreme Court directed the Governor to hold the assembly in a particular way which brought the issue of the role of the governor and the role of the court with respect to the procedures in the house.
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