Panaji: Senior NCP leader and former Speaker
P A Sangma, who was once in the lead in raising the issue of
Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, is now critical that Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh is not from Lok Sabha.
"I am a strong believer of the Parliamentary system of
governance, but in the last several years, I have been a very
disappointed man...For years Lok Sabha has failed to produce a
prime minister.
"In 1996 elections, we had to borrow a chief minister
from the state of Karnataka (H D Deve Gowda) for the prime
ministerial post...In 2004, we failed to have a prime minister
from Lok Sabha. In 2009 again, the Lok Sabha failed to find
a prime minister which forced the country to choose premier
(Manmohan Singh) from the Rajya Sabha," he said.
"I firmly believe that in Parliamentary system, a country
must elect its prime minister from the Lower House," Sangma
said, addressing a state-level convention of the party last
evening.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 20:55