Further to the Part I posted
earlier, there was news that the Government of Kerala has created the fifth
Cabinet Rank outside the ministry: the person currently holding the Advocate
General’s position has been granted the Cabinet Minister status. And the
Government order makes it very clear that the rank is only for the person and holding
the position now and not for the position
per se, making it just another political
appointment, the cost of which will be borne by the Government exchequer.
In a way, the decision to make it
applicable only to the person and not the post is good because it won’t be automatically available
to the next incumbent unless the Government decides so. But, that it is
exclusively for the person currently holding the post and not for the position makes it a political appointment and hence is a threat to democratic principles. This is an example of a glaring
shortcoming of the kind of democracy we
have today: once in power, the political party in power can do anything they
want and can take the voters for a ride.
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