Bharat Rakshak

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One low hanging fruit would be get 20,000 MW worth of power plants regular supply of coal so that they can start supplying power. He has referred to this in multiple meetings. Distribution and collecting bills is more challenging than producing power as it is B2C. National Transmission Grid. 'Easy'...

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Any feedback on how BJP doing in seats so far ? Unofficial of course ? My only feedback in fourth phase is from Silchar, where BJP seems to be doing well. With 75%+ voting, BJP should be safely home. Out of the 8 seats in Assam where polling has been held, I can confidently give BJP at least 3. Ata...

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nageshks might find this interesting! Guess it is not yet posted! Sweeping Mood for poriborton That is on Upper Assam. Some excerpts many Assamese-speaking Muslims in Upper (eastern) Assam say they will support the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Even Congress insiders concede that the BJP, despit...

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Firstpost ‏@firstpostin 1h DMK ready to support Congress. Though Cong unfaithful, will forgive them for a secular govt, says Karunanidhi. Dar gaya! Scared! MK is just maximising his vote appeal to Muslims. He has been smart enough to say that he will support IF required... He has not said things li...

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Folks, Of the seats the BJP has got in TN, the BJP has got Thanjavur. I am not aware of any BJP strength in Thanjavur. Is there something I am missing here? Has the BJP got any special reason to try its luck Thanjavur? Can anyone background the constituency, anyway - its demographic profile, voters...

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Fanne,

For Patna Saheb, if you are looking at a Kayasth, why not RSP? Last time too it was indicated, but Shotgun's (tantrums?) got the ticket.

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nageshks wrote:
Uday Singh of Purnia is a Rajput.

Putul Devi too? Widow of Digvijay Singh..

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Kejriwal has been compared to V P Singh. IMHO, Kejriwal is not even V P Singh. He is the new Madhu Limaye - the oddball who knew nothing of the politics of governance, but had oodles of the politics of opposition. Raj Narain may be a better example. Socialist too, but as destructive! Speaks English...

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Ashok Saar, :-) Not sufficiently gyaani for that. But this much can be said - BJP with MDMK, and Kongu MK will have a fighting chance in Kanyakumari, Virudhunagar, Coimbatore. Am not sure about Ramanathapuram (2009 performance a function of Thirunavukkarasar's personal clout in parts of that constit...

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How does that tie with the overall objective of Congress-Mukt Bharat? As far as TN is concerned, it is likely to do its best for a Congress Mukht Bharat. If BJP-MDMK-PMK ally along with a Kongu party, DMK gets DMDK, ADMK already with the Communists, Congress will not get its deposit back in any sea...

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Another perceptive post! An assessment of the AAP game, options in front of Cong and BJP. Definitely worth reading!

Calling AAP’s bluff

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muraliravi wrote: Nagesh ji,

Thank you for the details. Lets hope they make the 3 seats. My whole grouse is that Namo was batting for communities like Shias who may vote for him (25% chance),...

One more point there - Gujjars and Bakherwals in Jammu can also be Muslims....

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Is census data out yet? Census 2001 seems to be inaccessible as well so I am not sure if some one can be clear on census data. For example, Muslims population in 2001 could be 5% to 11% to may be more and BJP isn't aware of population demographics changes at all if numbers aren't out. Not exactly f...

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Chindwara (Kamal Nath) will be the tough one. Only when Kamal Nath got arrogant and fielded his wife in a by-election, he lost. On his own he has won it 9 times in a row, since 1980. Re Scindia's seat, when BJP (or its side of the family) decided it could win Gwalior and Guna. :-) Not sure if the ne...

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Supratik wrote:In MP LS 28 out of 29 is doable (except perhaps Bhopal proper) as the Muslim vote is only 6-7%.

Now, you being sarcastic! Because BJP since its formation has lost Bhopal only once - in 1984. From 89 onwards it has been winning that seat in every election - 7 times in a row!

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The author is a BS-artist in my opinion. He mixes some facts with mostly fantasy and arrives at a conclusion that serves his socialism-based thesis of "Workers Unite". Certainly! But then filter them out, there are some interesting observations - both on KSA and pakistan. Not much new for...

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Did not see this posted here so far!

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.as ... 2013_pg3_5

The Country is Withering Away by Dr Saulat Nagi from Daily Times

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BTW, everyone love the word 'shehzade' :) and get goosebump when NM speaks that word in his own inimitable style. Indeed. In a way this has become the "Miyan Musharraf" of 2002. In that campaign when he addressed a small gathering of Tamils in his constituency starting off with Vanakkam, ...

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The BJP already has 2% in TN, saar (well, 1.91%). Is the Modi wave not going to net another 2-3%? They had 6% in Chennai South and 4% in Chennai North in 2009. Is 10% too much to expect in Chennai this time? Am with you, nearly, on both! Being a marginal party there, we have a difference between ac...

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Two questions for our Tamil Nadu folks. 1 What is the natural base of the BJP in TN? Who should the BJP target? 2 Can the BJP, riding the NaMo wave, hit about 10-15% of the popular vote in Chennai proper? Or maybe in other major towns like Madurai, Coimbatore, Salem, etc? My bit: 1. State level 4-5...

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Hari Seldon wrote:Hari Seldon
Any news from NM's Bihar trip today?

Program for the day:
Dinner in plane, lunch in chopper, Modi moving like a cyclone, today in Bihar villages

Some pictures are also coming up. First visit completed.

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nageshks wrote: The BJP, if it accomplishes what I have suggested, can still win about 8 seats in Assam, and ensure the victory of its Bodo ally in Kokrajhar, and Barpeta.

+1
1. Appropriation of AGP vote bank
2. Consolidation of Bengali Hindu vote base
3. Alliance with Bodos

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GRP men wanted to see ‘bomb licence’ from HT Posted earlier by VikramS Some nuggets: this crucial first FIR left a loophole that might make it difficult to pin Imtiaz down in court, said Sanjay Kumar, a lawyer at the Patna HC. Though it is understood that the man was carrying bombs, it is nowhere m...

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Desperate Nitish's secular bunkum and Hitler punch - Prasannarajan in India Today. Punchline: What we hear from Nitish Kumar is the sales pitch of political harlotry. India is not seduced. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nitish-kumar-narendra-modi-is-hitler-mulayam-singh-third-front/1/320935.html

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Press conference of RSP today. He comes up with some information on the security arrangements. Apparently Bihar Police agreed to many SOP items that eventually were not fulfilled. A good PC, can watch in full, but Rakshaks can jump to 17th minute of the Youtube link to access the info he is sharing....

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A blogpost. First part contains many info that BRFites will know. Scroll down to see cut and paste of some articles from HT. Article Headlines: Patna Blasts Planned two months back Youth of Capital can't believe it happened Patna elders feel unsafe terrorised after the blasts http://ioretradingindia...

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The KRRS members of north Karnataka have been very well integrated into the BJP. Don't see why those of south Karnataka cannot be integrated. In any case, there are plenty of socialists in the BJP, even now. Nagesh avare, Great writeup on KR. Thanks a lot for taking the time, crystallise your thoug...

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diggy won 2nd time in 1999 (years after demolition). He had massively lost LS election just a year ago, and would loose LS election again within an year. That shows how popular congress was. MP is a very psephologically sensitive state. Vote share gap was in particular very narrow in those two year...

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Not sure if posted already.

Appu Soman questioning the Rafale

http://centreright.in/2013/03/rip-rafal ... UCM51eZgzQ

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Pakistan's bomb fatigue has set in by Imran Khan of Al Jazeera Pakistan had been relatively quiet over the last three months. I say "relatively" since we just witnessed the most devastating floods in the country's history - a tragedy of a different kind. That led many to wonder whether th...

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The Battle for Afghanistan - Militancy and Conflict in Kandahar By Anand Gopal from New America Foundation

This study attempts to understand the Taliban of Kandahar by looking at the factors that spurred their rise and the networks and structures through which they operate.

Check it out!

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Cant find this one too already posted - check this out - Bob Blackwill on Obama's visit - Robert Blackwill on Obama's Trip to India Some excerpts - I'd like to divide my comments into three different baskets regarding the visit. The first are public events and their impact on the Indian people; seco...

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Cant see this posted here... A Tattered Special Relationship Unlike the other V, when Tunku says 'we' he means US! In conclusion he says - In all this, Indian-Americans serve as a bridge for the relationship that needs to be built between India and the U.S. However, they are not enough. Other Americ...

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France and Britain think the unthinkable on defence

A take on the British defence cuts, and the idea of a link up with France...

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Another view. A blog post, but worth checking out.... The US-Pak gap Analysis apart, there are this kind of statements as well - certainly reductive, but pithy! At the risk of sounding reductive, I would summarise the present situation thus: Pakistan, and much of the Muslim world, are largely rural ...

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One more from WaPo Scout in Mumbai attacks was DEA informant, authorities say In that piece Another federal official said Headley was a DEA informant in "the early 2000s." "I couldn't say it continued into 2005, but he was definitely an informant post-9/11," the official said. Ka...

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A UK that is a) more inward looking, b) fixes its problems and c) stops punching above its weight will be a different UK? The theme in this forum (on many boards) has been that the decline was arrested / postponed due to some factors (Thatcherism, North Sea Oil, Financial bubble etc). But now issues...

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LWJ Report on the arrest Some (small) data points there?

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Khwaja’s murder points to home truths from The Dawn

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SSS piece in ATOL Showdown looms in North Waziristan There are some data nuggets tucked away - worth reading in full! Khawaja and former US Central Intelligence Agency director James Woolsey worked unsuccessfully after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US to prevent the invasion of Afghanistan ...

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