Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

apoorv · Post by **apoorv** » 05 Jun 2013 13:52

^^^ Thanks Ajay Ji. Any idea who held the Maharashtra seat before by-poll?

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 05 Jun 2013 13:59

kmkraoind wrote: Furious Sonia

Those who accompanied Congress president Sonia Gandhi to Chhattisgarh after the Naxal attack on a Congress convoy were stunned by the depth of her fury. Sonia is known as a composed, polite person. But in Raipur, she lost her cool with everyone, from chief minister Raman Singh to the chief secretary Sunil Kumar and other senior officials to her own party workers. “You are lying,” she is believed to have shouted at Sunil Kumar at one point. And as Raman Singh fumbled with weak explanations for the security lapse that led to the killings, she told him angrily that the Centre had the power to dismiss him “in one minute”, according to someone familiar with the discussions.

She didn’t calm down even at the Congress headquarters in Raipur, where she met surviving state leaders in small groups. Those waiting outside could hear her raised voice through the closed door as she gave vent to her agitation and distress. Perhaps, the killings were a sharp reminder of past tragedies in her life and cut too close to the bone for her to handle with equanimity.

This woman's behavior is utterly intolerable.

AjayKK · Post by **AjayKK** » 05 Jun 2013 14:07

Both the winners in Yavatmal and Handia are immediate relatives of the deceased MLAs.

Nandini Parvekar's husband Nilesh held the seat for the Congress.
Prashant Kumar Singh's father Mahesh Singh was the sitting SP MLA.

muraliravi · Post by **muraliravi** » 05 Jun 2013 15:56

Pranav wrote:
kmkraoind wrote: Furious Sonia

Those who accompanied Congress president Sonia Gandhi to Chhattisgarh after the Naxal attack on a Congress convoy were stunned by the depth of her fury. Sonia is known as a composed, polite person. But in Raipur, she lost her cool with everyone, from chief minister Raman Singh to the chief secretary Sunil Kumar and other senior officials to her own party workers. “You are lying,” she is believed to have shouted at Sunil Kumar at one point. And as Raman Singh fumbled with weak explanations for the security lapse that led to the killings, she told him angrily that the Centre had the power to dismiss him “in one minute”, according to someone familiar with the discussions.

She didn’t calm down even at the Congress headquarters in Raipur, where she met surviving state leaders in small groups. Those waiting outside could hear her raised voice through the closed door as she gave vent to her agitation and distress. Perhaps, the killings were a sharp reminder of past tragedies in her life and cut too close to the bone for her to handle with equanimity.

This woman's behavior is utterly intolerable.

What is worse is the fact that it is this woman's ej stooge who arranged the killings. Raman Singh should go further and release tapes between jogi and maino.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 05 Jun 2013 16:47

kmkraoind wrote:Melting Pot, Fingers point at Ajit Jogi ~ arati r jerath

Posting in full. It seems Indics are angry at Congress' EJ camp.

The political war in Chhattisgarh after the recent Naxal attack has taken a strange turn. A Congress-versus-BJP battle has become a Congress-versus-Congress internecine feud. The party has turned on itself following reports that the National Investigation Agency’s preliminary inquiries point to a Congress hand in the Naxal ambush that led to the death of 27 persons, including top state leaders.

The NIA’s needle of suspicion seems to be pointing at the faction led by former chief minister Ajit Jogi who, along with son Amit, was mysteriously absent when the convoy was ambushed by Naxals on 25 May.

The revelations have sent tempers soaring and Congress workers are now venting their wrath on Jogi loyalists in different parts of the state. They’ve hunted them down, locked them into rooms, beaten them mercilessly with shoes and iron rods, leaving several badly injured.

The fight followed Jogi loyalist and one of the two survivors of the attack, Congress MLA Kawasi Lakhma, to the corridors of the swanky Gurgaon hospital in which V C Shukla is being treated for the four gunshot wounds he sustained. Lakhma turned up to inquire about his condition and there, right outside the ICU where Shukla was lying, a Congress group led by union minister Charan Das Mahant, now the new state chief, waylaid him and beat him with shoes. There was complete pandemonium in what is supposed to be a silent zone, but the hospital staff did not dare intervene as the two Congress factions tried to settle scores. Later, a bleeding Lakhma was handed over to the police, who were instructed to dump him somewhere near Karnal.

Furious Sonia

Those who accompanied Congress president Sonia Gandhi to Chhattisgarh after the Naxal attack on a Congress convoy were stunned by the depth of her fury. Sonia is known as a composed, polite person. But in Raipur, she lost her cool with everyone, from chief minister Raman Singh to the chief secretary Sunil Kumar and other senior officials to her own party workers. “You are lying,” she is believed to have shouted at Sunil Kumar at one point. And as Raman Singh fumbled with weak explanations for the security lapse that led to the killings, she told him angrily that the Centre had the power to dismiss him “in one minute”, according to someone familiar with the discussions.

She didn’t calm down even at the Congress headquarters in Raipur, where she met surviving state leaders in small groups. Those waiting outside could hear her raised voice through the closed door as she gave vent to her agitation and distress. Perhaps, the killings were a sharp reminder of past tragedies in her life and cut too close to the bone for her to handle with equanimity.

‘Thankless’ media

There were many red faces in the official delegation that went with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Japan when a Hyderabad-based television channel telecast footage of senior babus having a night-out in Tokyo with the media contingent. As is tradition, the external publicity division of the ministry of external affairs arranged a dinner cruise for the media, to which officials accompanying the PM were also invited.

It would have gone down as just another XP dinner, except that the hosts had also arranged for live entertainment in the form of a Bollywood dance performance. The dancer, an Indian girl born and brought up in Japan, was full of oomph and her dance was provocative. At one point, she almost had a wardrobe malfunction too, after which the entertainment programme was called off.

When the delegation returned to the hotel, panicky aides informed them that footage of the evening had been telecast in Hyderabad, with the TV camera focusing closely on the dancer and the officials watching her. There was a huge furore that night. PMO officials breathed fire at the ministry of external affairs, which in turn came down heavily on the media group. The representative of the TV channel was taken to task and XP officials vowed to stop all hospitality for accompanying media persons on future trips.

The threat was put into action almost immediately. When the delegation landed at Bangkok on the way back from Tokyo, media persons were left to fend for themselves, without the cocktails and dinner usually showered on them.

So the CON MAINO CLAN kills her own party people for sympathy and attack BJP/Raman Singh. The ITALIAN scum has become too comfy in India.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 05 Jun 2013 18:49

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/sc-sa ... 130605.htm

SC says NO, but govt still wants sub quota for Muslims
June 05, 2013 18:10 IST

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and assembly polls in five states this year, the government on Wednesday said efforts are being made for the expeditious implementation of the 4.5 percent minority sub quota, a decision that was rejected by the apex court earlier.

Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan has earlier stated that the Supreme Court had not questioned the merit of the minority sub quota decision and its objection was merely on technical grounds.

Khan on Wednesday said that the government is trying to get an early hearing on the issue so that the matter is resolved soon.

"We stand committed to what we had promised in our party manifesto about reservation to backwards among Muslims. We are confident that 4.5 sub quota for backward Muslims will see the light of the day. We are trying that the case comes up for an early hearing in the Supreme Court. Talks are on with the attorney general. We are hopeful that it will happen soon," Khan said.

He felt that there was no ground for rejecting the minority sub quota as "it is not a new thing that we have added."

"Backward Muslims are already getting reservations under BC reservation category of 27 percent as per the Mandal Commission’s recommendations. We are just creating a sub quota within the OBC group as backward minorities were not able to get their share," Khan said.

The Supreme Court has admitted the Centre's petition against that verdict, but ha

The MAINO CLAN wants to every thing to communalize, divide , and destroy India at any cost before the 2014 election.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 05 Jun 2013 18:59

Look at the way Modi treats this Niku Dhimmi.

http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4429063.cms

suryag · Post by **suryag** » 05 Jun 2013 19:00

To square it off NIA will add a couple of bjp names too to the list

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 06 Jun 2013 00:01

PAID MEDIA interview to give a chance to Ajit Jogi to respond. Wait until camapaign time in Chattisgarh and see how Modi will turn this against Maino clan.

The BJP Is Scared, Hence The Rumour Mill

Social media and informal channels have it that you are behind this incident.

My problem is that my political life is an open book, which is why I’ve had negative publicity in the last few years. One of the organisations of those ruling the state is known for spreading rumours. The incident has brought a strange scare to the BJP-led state government; they have no clue how to deal with the Congress storm in the state. That is why social media and other rumour experts are being called in.

But who do you think is responsible for the incident?

My perception or view hardly matters. Things would be clear after the NIA report. It’s the most credible agency. The chief minister has tried to divert attention by ordering a judicial probe. But we know the history of judicial inquiries. Not a single witness account has been recorded so far in the July 2012 killings of 17 tribals in Sarkeguda.

A lot of questions are being asked why the route of the parivartan yatra was changed at the last minute or how local MLA Kawasi Lakhma managed to escape.

The route of the parivartan yatra was not changed; rather, the state government did not give the route clearance. There were some 4,000 security personnel for the CM’s vikas yatra; our yatra had only 16. As for Lakhma surviving, there were more than 100 people in the convoy and 90 of them survived; should we question how these many survived?

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 06 Jun 2013 00:16

An old article but relevant for the next elections

Mainstream, Vol XLVII, No 31, July 18, 2009

2009 Lok Sabha Elections in Haryana: An Analysis
Authors: Kushal Pal, Ranbir Singh

Congress won 41.46 %
INLD + BJP won 27.74 %
BSP won 15.73 %
HJC won 9.89 %

In 2014, BJP would be in a coalition with HJC.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 06 Jun 2013 01:20

RajeshA wrote:An old article but relevant for the next elections

Mainstream, Vol XLVII, No 31, July 18, 2009

2009 Lok Sabha Elections in Haryana: An Analysis
Authors: Kushal Pal, Ranbir Singh

Congress won 41.46 %
INLD + BJP won 27.74 %
BSP won 15.73 %
HJC won 9.89 %

In 2014, BJP would be in a coalition with HJC.

I think both BJP and HJC compete for the same block of votes i.e. urban. So, i can't understand how BJP can go with HJC?.

muraliravi · Post by **muraliravi** » 06 Jun 2013 02:10

Sushupti wrote:
RajeshA wrote:An old article but relevant for the next elections

Mainstream, Vol XLVII, No 31, July 18, 2009

2009 Lok Sabha Elections in Haryana: An Analysis
Authors: Kushal Pal, Ranbir Singh

Congress won 41.46 %
INLD + BJP won 27.74 %
BSP won 15.73 %
HJC won 9.89 %

In 2014, BJP would be in a coalition with HJC.
I think both BJP and HJC compete for the same block of votes i.e. urban. So, i can't understand how BJP can go with HJC?.

My understanding is that Haryana is usually split along Jat and Non-Jat lines. So going with Chautala hardly helps BJP because the non-jat vote gets divided while the jat vote also divides, but of late they have been backing congress. So my guess is that BJP wanted to get out of this conundrum and just be a party that represents all non-jats of haryana, while cong and chautala can fight for the jat vote. The fact that a non-jat can become the cm of haryana can entice the non-jats who are 75-80% of the state to move towards bjp-hjc alliance.

Kakkaji · Post by **Kakkaji** » 06 Jun 2013 04:50

muraliravi wrote:The fact that a non-jat can become the cm of haryana can entice the non-jats who are 75-80% of the state to move towards bjp-hjc alliance.

Bhajan Lal, a longtime CM of Haryana, was a non-Jat.

Non-Jat vote is divided between Congress, BJP, and other parties. Allying with Chautala is more sensible for BJP as it will bring the Jat vote into BJP/ NDA kitty.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 06 Jun 2013 14:59

Published on Jun 06, 2013
By Amitabh Srivastava
Bypoll victory brings Lalu to centre-stage, marginalises Nitish

The defeat of Nitish Kumar's candidate--- his Human Resource Minister L.P. Shahi-has larger meaning beyond Lalu Prasad's victory. This was the first election-since the two parties joined hands in 1997-when BJP and JD-U workers did not work hand in hand.
Shahi admitted as much when he expressed that there was lack of enthusiasm among NDA workers at the grassroots-a claim that BJP minister Giriraj Singh rubbished in Patna. Though BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi had also campaigned for the JD-U candidate in Maharajganj, the BJP vote bank has clearly rejected the JD-U candidate.

BJP committed vote bank coupled with the saffron cadres have been unwilling to back Nitish Kumar since the beginning of the year when Bihar chief minister intensified his insistence on a secular PM candidate for the NDA in 2014, inferring that he was against the BJP fielding Narendra Modi.

Besides, Nitish Kumar's aggressive pampering of the extremely backward caste and the Mahadalits has unnerved the upper caste sections, who joined hands with the Yadavs in Maharajganj to script a new political chemistry in Bihar's caste equations.

Seeking to wrest the seat, JD-U leaders privately admitted that a positive result would have boosted Nitish Kumar's confidence to take the BJP head on ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls over Narendra Modi. His disastrous showing in Maharajganj-coupled with Congress falling fortunes across the country-- has now put a huge question mark over Nitish Kumar. Will he dare to break away with BJP now?

Nitish counts his losses

Lalu's revival looms large. Lalu Prasad has won his first by-election after September 2009. If Lalu gets strong, the Muslims may pick him over Nitish Kumar. This will puncture Nitish Kumar's plan of becoming the biggest beneficiary of Muslim votes over his opposition to Narendra Modi.

That Nitish Kumar's hawkish secular posturing against Narendra Modi has weaned away BJP core votes from him. Though BJP leaders campaigned for JD-U in Maharajganj, the BJP core voters-the Upper Caste, trader class and the caste-neutral middle class-- did not vote for Nitish candidate.

This has ominous portends for Nitish Kumar, as JD-U politicians depends heavily on BJP cadres during elections.

Without BJP's active support, Nitish Kumar's aggressive pampering of extremely backward caste and Mahadalits, has not left him with an invincible vote bank in Bihar.

Congress, which is bending over backwards to wean away Nitish Kumar from NDA fold, may see better prospects in Lalu Prasad now.

Emboldened BJP: Riding high on Modi wave, BJP, which now sees Nitish weaker than before, may make a declaration in favour of Narendra Modi. They may dare Nitish to break away. Nitish would lose BJP votes if he breaks away on Narendra Modi and his credibility if he does not.

Published on Jun 06, 2013
By-polls: Nitish’s alliance-breaking defeat in Bihar spoils BJP’s celebration in Gujarat: Northern Voices Online

The problem with the Bihar CM is that his party had got a big jolt on the eve of Narendra Modi being made the chairman of the Campaign Committee of the BJP. In that way it has in all practical purpose declared Modi and not Lal Krishna Advani as the prime ministerial candidate. Nitish had made this a prestige issue.

The truth is that organizationally JD(U) is a very weak party in Bihar. It has only leaders and image of Nitish Kumar and hardly any cadres. It was BJP which was providing it this machinery in almost all the constituencies of the state.

The defeat has made some JD (U) leaders realize that the party can not ignore the BJP, on whose strength Nitish Kumar could reach this stage. In 1996 when JD(U)’s earlier version Samata Party did join the NDA it had only six Assembly seats in the then undivided Bihar which had 324-member House. It was the BJP which then provided logistic, strategic and material support to Nitish’s outfit. The saffron party’s cadres would man the booths as well. As BJP wanted a backward alternative of Lalu Yadav it gave more than due to Nitish. It deliberately contested less number of seats and none else but Advani personally declared Nitish as the chief ministerial candidate of the NDA.

Now that Nitish chose to go it alone––or join hands with the Congress––the BJP rank and file are feeling cheated.

There is going to be a lot of churning in NDA in Bihar. JD(U) needs to find a new leader, otherwise Nitish would sink everybody else. OTOH, ...

Published on Jun 06, 2013
Maharajganj bypoll loss won’t affect ties with BJP: Nitish: Hindustan Times

“The alliance will not be affected (by the defeat). The people in the alliance worked hard in the election,” he said. This was Kumar’s first reaction to his party candidate's defeat at the hands of Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

In any case, NiKu is between a rock and a hard place.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 06 Jun 2013 15:50

That is the whole deal. Put Niku in a corner and then declare Modi's assent. He has to put his tail between legs and behave like a BJP's B team instead of his mughalish secularism.

Sanku · Post by **Sanku** » 06 Jun 2013 15:56

It appears that the made up fight between JD(U) and BJP is over

No pressure from NDA partners to keep away Modi for LS polls, says BJP

Responding to a question, Naqvi said there is no pressure from any alliance partner to keep away Modi during the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections."There is absolutely no pressure on us from the coalition partners,"

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 06 Jun 2013 16:19

What is quite obvious is that Nitish Kumar's personal charisma has run its course in Bihar. The margin of defeat in Maharajganj is portent for things to come, unless Nitish makes a complete U-Turn.

Maharajganj has to sink in. Without the BJP cadre JD(U) is nothing. BJP needed a JD(U), so that BJP could go after the UC votes while JD(U) could hunt for Mahadalit and EBC votes, and perhaps even some Muslim votes. This was necessary in the caste ridden Bihar.

With Modi's coming onto the scene, BJP can now go for both, the whole spectrum. So JD(U) as such is not really needed.

BJP can alone campaign for all Hindu votes, non-Yadav and caste-neutral Yadavs. They have the cadre.

Nitish Kumar is really a nothing without the BJP cadre behind him. He allowed himself to be deluded by power and Congress wooing. Basically JD(U) leaders should now come together and send Nitish Kumar into Sannyas. He leaned too far out of the window and has been hit by another truck going in the other direction - by Maharajganj.

Nitish is no Yeddyruppa. Yeddy had a lot of the cadre. Nitish has little.

muraliravi · Post by **muraliravi** » 06 Jun 2013 18:00

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bjp-i ... 4/1125199/

Congress did not contest the election on party symbol, but made independents contest. So essentially Haryana under hooda has become a congress fort.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 07 Jun 2013 01:45

Bypoll: How Nitish Kumar’s Modi rant boomeranged on him

The persona of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had no role to play in the final outcome of Maharajganj bypoll in Bihar. He neither did go to the state nor did he utter a word on the election and nor was there any presence of Gujaratis in the constituency.

The NDA voters, particularly from the backward castes, did not come out to vote. Observers say this had to do with Nitish’s strident opposition to Modi, an OBC. The voters felt the former was trying to obstruct an OBC’s rise to the prime ministerial position. A substantive section of upper caste voters, including those from NDA candidate PK Shahi’s caste, were annoyed with Nitish’s anti-Modi barbs and wanted to ring that warning bell.

Neither Nitish nor the JD(U) are expected to make any knee jerk reaction to that but a number of leaders confirmed that the next natural step of the BJP or Modi to campaign in Bihar would lead to taking the existing strain to the breaking point, unless of course, the JD(U) reviews its position in the light of Maharajganj verdict.

Take what BJP general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudi said in Patna: “Modi is required by the JD(U) as much the BJP if the NDA seeks to improve prospects in the general elections. That’s the message of Maharjganj. Modi and any other NDA chief minister should campaign in any state if their services are required to tilt the scale in favour of the NDA candidates in the general elections.”

JD(U) MP and the face of backward Muslims in the party, Ali Anwar, told Firstpost, “Whether or not Modi is made chairman of the campaign committee for 2014 parliamentary polls is an internal matter of the BJP. There is an understanding in both the parties that he would not be required for campaigning in Bihar but if he or the BJP will insist on his coming to Bihar to campaign then problems would naturally arise. It is a different matter what he speaks in public rallies but for us it’s also a matter of principle as also of a fact that many in the society feel uncomfortable by his presence.”

BEGGARS can't be choosers

Giriraj Singh, a vocal Bihar BJP leader and a minister in the state government has a quick rebuttal to that. He blamed Nitish’s consistent anti-Modi barbs for the Maharajganj debacle. “I have maintained that this is no RJD victory but it is the defeat of the NDA. We, particularly the chief minister, need to introspect about the reasons why it happened. He heads the NDA in the state.

Modi has arrived in Bihar in twin avtars, as an OBC and as a strong development oriented leader without even physically showing up there.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 07 Jun 2013 01:45

Bypoll: How Nitish Kumar’s Modi rant boomeranged on him

The persona of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had no role to play in the final outcome of Maharajganj bypoll in Bihar. He neither did go to the state nor did he utter a word on the election and nor was there any presence of Gujaratis in the constituency.

The NDA voters, particularly from the backward castes, did not come out to vote. Observers say this had to do with Nitish’s strident opposition to Modi, an OBC. The voters felt the former was trying to obstruct an OBC’s rise to the prime ministerial position. A substantive section of upper caste voters, including those from NDA candidate PK Shahi’s caste, were annoyed with Nitish’s anti-Modi barbs and wanted to ring that warning bell.

Neither Nitish nor the JD(U) are expected to make any knee jerk reaction to that but a number of leaders confirmed that the next natural step of the BJP or Modi to campaign in Bihar would lead to taking the existing strain to the breaking point, unless of course, the JD(U) reviews its position in the light of Maharajganj verdict.

Take what BJP general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudi said in Patna: “Modi is required by the JD(U) as much the BJP if the NDA seeks to improve prospects in the general elections. That’s the message of Maharjganj. Modi and any other NDA chief minister should campaign in any state if their services are required to tilt the scale in favour of the NDA candidates in the general elections.”

JD(U) MP and the face of backward Muslims in the party, Ali Anwar, told Firstpost, “Whether or not Modi is made chairman of the campaign committee for 2014 parliamentary polls is an internal matter of the BJP. There is an understanding in both the parties that he would not be required for campaigning in Bihar but if he or the BJP will insist on his coming to Bihar to campaign then problems would naturally arise. It is a different matter what he speaks in public rallies but for us it’s also a matter of principle as also of a fact that many in the society feel uncomfortable by his presence.”

BEGGARS can't be choosers

Giriraj Singh, a vocal Bihar BJP leader and a minister in the state government has a quick rebuttal to that. He blamed Nitish’s consistent anti-Modi barbs for the Maharajganj debacle. “I have maintained that this is no RJD victory but it is the defeat of the NDA. We, particularly the chief minister, need to introspect about the reasons why it happened. He heads the NDA in the state.

Modi has arrived in Bihar in twin avtars, as an OBC and as a strong development oriented leader without even physically showing up there.

Sagar G · Post by **Sagar G** » 07 Jun 2013 03:39

Sanku wrote:It appears that the made up fight between JD(U) and BJP is over

No pressure from NDA partners to keep away Modi for LS polls, says BJP

Responding to a question, Naqvi said there is no pressure from any alliance partner to keep away Modi during the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections."There is absolutely no pressure on us from the coalition partners,"

The BJP-JD(U) spat was definitely not made up but since the latest outcomes BJP has Nitish by balls, so can dictate terms to that uncouth moron now.

The truth is that organizationally JD(U) is a very weak party in Bihar. It has only leaders and image of Nitish Kumar and hardly any cadres. It was BJP which was providing it this machinery in almost all the constituencies of the state.

IF this is true then this is extremely foolish on part of BJP. When you can rule Bihar you are only happy playing a second fiddle and that to too a person like Nitish.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 07 Jun 2013 06:48

One loss, many implications

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 07 Jun 2013 07:43

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cong- ... t/1126200/
Cong tensions on view as Jogi snipes at Digvijaya during condolence

Two former Congress chief ministers targeted each other in an unsavoury spectacle that marred a condolence meeting Thursday evening for party leaders killed in last month's Maoist attack.

"Outsiders coming from Fatehgarh, Pratapgarh or other garh can't help Chhattisgarh Congress. Only leaders belonging to the state can help the party," former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi said in a clear reference to former Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijaya Singh.

Singh, who belongs to Raghogarh and is on a personal visit to meet the bereaved families, retorted that Chhattisgarh has always respected outsiders.

Jogi had an uncomfortable relationship with the deceased PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel, and has had public tussles with B K Hariprasad, the AICC's Chhattisgarh in-charge. Acting PCC president Charan Das Mahant and programme coordinator Bhupesh Baghel are staunch opponents of his attempts to push his son in state politics

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 07 Jun 2013 08:41

There are two stupid people - Jogi - who can not organise terror attack to bump of all possible party rivals and Nitish who is trying to live in ideotics dreams. But Nitish will pay and Jogi may not. Anyway I do not see Raman Kumar losing elections to Jogi or any INC leader.

Vikas · Post by **Vikas** » 07 Jun 2013 09:51

Just like one swallow does not make summer, One victory or defeat doesn't make or break a leader be it NaMo or NiKu or Kan-gress.
If JD-BJP break up in Bihar and it is return of the "Dragon" in Bihar, we on BRF would be the first ones berating it.
It is with luck and hard work that Bihar and India has got rid of the 2 clowns from Politics and it would be foolish to give them a chance to break in.

Added Later: How is that all chavanni chaap politicians are identified by their caste in Media except for NaMo and Gandhi Clan.

prahaar · Post by **prahaar** » 07 Jun 2013 10:22

In case Gandhi clan, being a Pandit is NOT a political strength while in case of NaMo it is a political strength.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 09 Jun 2013 02:19

Write for Information

Individuals and issues that are making and faking news

Write for Information

Not since the Freedom Movement has there been a crusade that has created a new class of patriotic activist. The Right to Information Act is essentially a freedom movement, in search of freedom from lies, cover-ups, obfuscation and bureaucratic doublespeak as well as having to listen to official party spokesmen. Now, the demand to bring political parties under its ambit has major implications if it is passed. What if it were to go beyond party finances and source of funds? Here are some of the possible RTI queries and answers that could result from such a development.

RTI query addressed to the Congress party, 10 Janpath

What is the role of the Congress President in her interaction (or intervention) with the Centre and the Prime Minister in particular?

As head of a progressive alliance, it is necessary to be progressive and this may entail some progressive pushing and prodding if things seem to be just plodding along. The Prime Minister is far too humble and he needs someone to speak on his behalf and I often do so since we seem to be running out of official spokesmen.

RTI query addressed to the Prime Minister, c/o 10 Janpath

In light of an RTI response, it seems there are dual power centres?

India's growing population and recent problems with coal can lead to a power crisis but we can overcome that with the nuclear deal I have initiated and dual use technology. We are even ready to offer power to Pakistan and that will be another kind of dual use technology. So dual power is an idea whose time has come, despite what the media may say and write. Theek hai?

RTI query addressed to the BJP

In light of Mr Advani's recent posture and pronouncements, does the BJP have a dual power struggle?

Rajnath Singh: As party president, I can safely say there is no need to dial any other number. Narendra Modi is the tallest leader, although we are not short of leaders.

L.K.Advani: The long and short of it is that other BJP chief ministers have done better than you know who, so the question can be resolved at an appropriate party forum headed by Nitin Gadkari or a second one headed by you know who. In any case, I am unwell so I am taking what, in IPL terms, is called a Strategic Time Out.

Sushma Swaraj: The UPA must go immediately so there will be only one power centre remaining. I respect both Rajnathji and Advaniji so lets not waste our enerji on such things. Once the UPA stops its spot fixing and quits, we can decide who will be our PMji.

Arun Jaitley: This is all a creation of the media. Duality, in any event, is inherent in the Indian psyche along with the interchangeability of roles and points of view, so let's not make this into a tu tu main main kind of story. In any case, we all know that too many cooks spoil the sag, and this issue is largely a saga cooked up by the media. Narendra Modi: All I can say is that they should all watch Go, Goa, Gone. The title is self explanatory.

RTI query to Rahul Gandhi

Will you be projected as Prime Minister in the next elections?

You see boss, this is all smoke. It is all a creation of the media, they keep buzzing around this question like a swarm of bees in a beehive. They forget that a beehive has a Queen Bee who decides and we already have a prime minister who is undecided about a third term, so to bee or not to bee is not the proper question. Boss, we all know who's the boss, so the question is irrelevant.

RTI query to Arvind Kejriwal, c/o Jantar Mantar

What is the main agenda of the Aam Aadmi party?

Power and water. We want a power cut so that Sheila Dixit's reign comes to an end and the aam admi gets power for free and I also need water so that I can end all my fasts with cute little kids offering me the first sip in that made-for-TV moment and I can get on the nine o'clock news. I don't know why they have stopped covering me but it must be a conspiracy. Why else would they give more air time to Suhel Seth rather than Arvind Kejriwal?

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 09 Jun 2013 15:26

Eggs for Sheila, courtesy J

poster lady of corrupt congis.

Hope the same befalls corrupt termite queen.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 09 Jun 2013 15:51

AAP members dishonoring Indian flag.
Hope police put these behind bars with danda behind their musharrafs.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 09 Jun 2013 20:53

The UnReal Times: Govt to launch “Ho Raha Bharat Nirman ka Nirman” campaign to publicize Bharat Nirman ads

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 10 Jun 2013 17:57

AAP people are ford funded media creations with proNaxal good for nothing fellows and to expect them to respect nation flag is too much.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 11 Jun 2013 18:57

Meanwhile, the CON CM Siddaramiah screwing K'takausing SONIA MAINO CLAN formula.

As much as I was unhappy with BJP rule in K'taka, I knew CON Govt. would be a disaster. I know there are K'taka CON lovers here. But I need to speak up when institutions are destroyed by megalomaniacs and crooks.

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sidda ... 61521.html
Siddaramaiah follows UPA lead: Plans to control Karnataka police

Monkey see, monkey do. Even as the UPA government is under fire for using the Central Bureau of Investigation toward political ends, the newly formed Congress government in Karnataka is intent on imitating its disastrous example. Newly passed amendments to the Karnataka Police Act in the Vidhan Soudha allow the government to decide police postings and transfers of senior police officers including and above the rank of Superitendent of Police.

An unnamed senior bureaucrat tells Bangalore Mirror:

The existing Act had become a pain in the neck for governments which want complete control over the IPS cadre. So, the new government got into the act. In a meeting, chaired by home minister K J George and law minister T B Jayachandra and attended by officials of their respective departments on Friday, it was decided to amend the existing Act and take control of police postings.

Hope BJP and Yeddi use this to unite in & out of assembly and make a stink out of it.

The policy shift grossly undermines the independence of the Karnataka police and violates the Supreme Court 2006 guidelines which require all postings and transfers be made through the Police Establishment Board

Worse, the Siddaramaiah government planning to wrest control of not just the authority of the PEB but also the board itself:

The political powers-that-be also want to take control of the PEB, having brought in an amendment that the PEB will comprise the state police chief and any three senior IPS officers (not senior-most) of the rank of ADGP and above. By doing so, it can manipulate the constitution of PEB by posting pliable senior officers as members. Through them, the ruling class can have control on the postings of the lower rank as well. The existing Act says only three senior-most officers should be the members of PEB.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 11 Jun 2013 19:40

In Maharastra the DGPs threatened to resign if control of transfers was taken from him. Google for K Subramanyam DGP and his current successor S Dayal.

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 11 Jun 2013 20:27

as stated in the article, this is the status quo and was started by yeddi reddy combo.

from the above article.

The amendments will inevitably be challenged in the higher courts which are likely to nix the open power grab — as they have done in the past with the previous BJP government. But the amended Act is also — in a sense — a mere formality, a legalisation of the informal khadi-khaki nexus that rules the police force.

Policemen rely on the patronage of powerful politicians, who in turn ensure they are posted to strategic positions. For instance, after the election of BS Yeddyurappa, the Reddy brothers were allowed to handpick the police officers posted to Bellary. For all its vaunted independence, the Karnataka PEB has mostly rubber-stamped the decisions of the ruling party:

Though the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act-2012 specifies that only the PEB headed by DG&IG is empowered to decide on the postings of DySPs/ACPs and its below rank, technically, the government intervenes and sets agenda for the PEB and fixes date for the meeting. It is seldom the PEB exercises its power. Recommendation of legislators and home minister are normally approved in the PEB meeting, sources said

“I call this a ‘transfer industry’. It’s a complex problem, which cannot be discussed superficially. The evil of political interference, which began more than 30 years ago due to political instability, has continued. Unless there is a stable and single-party government, it cannot be solved,” a former DGP tells Times of India. Unfortunately, as Siddaramaiah proves, a stable and single party government has no interest in changing the status quo — no more than the unwieldy coalition of unreliable allies at the Centre.

apoorv · Post by **apoorv** » 12 Jun 2013 12:25

Twitter abuzz with speculation that JD(U) will walk out of alliance in Bihar.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Jun 2013 12:32

that would be best outcome. why should BJP tolerate such a bad all-lie? this is worse than Khan-TSP allie-ance.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 12 Jun 2013 18:12

Published on Jun 12, 2013
RLD to fight LS polls with UPA; Modi will polarise voters:Ajit

"2014 election is still quite far. The Rashtriya Lok Dal will remain with the UPA in 2014 and fight the polls with the Congress-led alliance. As of now, we have no plans to go with the NDA," party chief Ajit Singh told PTI.

Singh said Modi's appointment as campaign committee chairman "will polarise the voters immensely and minorities will go with the Congress.

"Since RLD has presence in minority-dominated areas like Meerut, Baghpat and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, it will be greatly benefited from Modi's elevation as minorities will vote for us."

The RLD has five MPs in the 15th Lok Sabha.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 12 Jun 2013 18:32

Even during UP assembly elections Ajit Singh's son lost. His own jats may vote for BJP in a definitely polarized voting of Western UP. Non-BJP folks in W.UP they better pack up.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 12 Jun 2013 18:35

Muppalla wrote:Even during UP assembly elections Ajit Singh's son lost. His own jats may vote for BJP in a definitely polarized voting of Western UP. Non-BJP folks in W.UP they better pack up.

Ajit Singh's son Jayant Chaudhary is the Lok Sabha MP from Mathura.

muraliravi · Post by **muraliravi** » 12 Jun 2013 18:37

I dont want to throw a spanner in the modi euphoria. But is it just me, I am seeing every damn party from RLD to JDU to BJD to Mamta ganging up against Modi and they are all even ready to ally with congress. Is BJP just waiting for the dust to settle before it pulls out its cards in the form of yeddy alliance, MNS+SS going together, HJC and INLD together with BJP, TRS, Jaya being even more vocally supportive.