“The Fragrance of Constitutional Morality: A Selective Olfactory Guide”, My Ind Maker, May 09, 2026
“Ah, can you smell that? Whenever a political pickle pops up these days, the air is suddenly thick with the pungent, heavy fragrance of “Constitutional Morality”. It’s a vintage scent, usually kept in cold storage by the Congress party and their media megaphones until it becomes convenient to spritz it all over the room. Since popular memory is apparently as fleeting as a 24-hour news cycle, let’s take a lovely scenic tour through the archives to see how this “morality” smelled when the shoes were on the other feet.
Let me bring a few blasts from the past.
The Jharkhand Thriller (2005)
In the 2005 Jharkhand Election, this was the result in an 81-seat Assembly:
NDA: BJP 30 + JD(U) 6 = 36; With letters of support from AJSU 2 + JP 1 + IND 2 = 5
Had a clear majority of 41 to form the government.
UPA: INC 9, JMM 17, RJD 7, NCP 1= 34
Others: UGDP 2, AIFB 2, CPI(ML) 1, Ind 1, = 6
But then, Governor Syed Sibtey Razi (ex-Congress leader), on orders of Mafiosi, stunned everyone by inviting and swearing in JMM’s Shibu Soren as CM, and Stephen Marandi as his Deputy. Stephen was a JMM rebel who had just defeated Shibu’s son Hemant Soren. Morality, eh……”
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