Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 31 Jul 2013 09:57

beauty of INCs B-team and C-team strategy is -
all these regional players have their strong caste , ethnic or religious vote banks who will vote regardless of any national issue, performance or any factor - they will blindly vote to "make their community/religion strong". so its hard for a national leader to come and disrupt their vote banks and steal seats.

in telengana also in keeping with the souths history of giving huge mandates, the telengana party will win massively and hand over those MPs into INC kitty.

notice how all the CBI cases used to threaten the B-team when support was needed to survive in parliament is now under the rug...all faithfool sickular munnas onlee now.

what democracy is there in india? there is only sham elections in which the octupus controls all the options.

we live inside the Matrix.

only way NDA has a chance is if Modi can disrupt the OBC/SC support for BSP, SP and Nikumma in the gangetic valley, Naidu delivers seats and Patnaik abandons ship and deftly moves over to the NDA leaving Mamatadi wailing and howling for her perennial bailout pkg to follow suit. one good thing about B-team is they have NO ideology or personal loyalty equations - its all opportunity and survival based politics. show enough strength and enticement and they will abandon the line and change sides.

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 31 Jul 2013 10:10

SwamyG wrote:BJP woos DMDK and PMK for 2014 polls
Do not know what is happening here. Is this an attempt to force JJ to make early calls or side with BJP? Or does this mean amma is out of picture?

Not a bad idea. Possibly win 15+ .. DMK is most definitely going to get wiped out in the elections... There is also lot of hatred against Amma recently especially due to TASMAC, Power cuts etx. Had PMK not involved itself in the recent riots, This partnership along with some other caste groups could have potential won more seats than JJ

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 31 Jul 2013 15:35

Sonia's new threat to allies " Support UPA or I'll split your state.". Even mamtadi and JJ would be hard put to resist such an invitation....

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 31 Jul 2013 22:16

Singha wrote:beauty of INCs B-team and C-team strategy is -
all these regional players have their strong caste , ethnic or religious vote banks who will vote regardless of any national issue, performance or any factor - they will blindly vote to "make their community/religion strong". so its hard for a national leader to come and disrupt their vote banks and steal seats.

in telengana also in keeping with the souths history of giving huge mandates, the telengana party will win massively and hand over those MPs into INC kitty.

notice how all the CBI cases used to threaten the B-team when support was needed to survive in parliament is now under the rug...all faithfool sickular munnas onlee now.

what democracy is there in india? there is only sham elections in which the octupus controls all the options.

we live inside the Matrix.

only way NDA has a chance is if Modi can disrupt the OBC/SC support for BSP, SP and Nikumma in the gangetic valley, Naidu delivers seats and Patnaik abandons ship and deftly moves over to the NDA leaving Mamatadi wailing and howling for her perennial bailout pkg to follow suit. one good thing about B-team is they have NO ideology or personal loyalty equations - its all opportunity and survival based politics. show enough strength and enticement and they will abandon the line and change sides.

Remember since even Mahabharat (the Ahirs raiding Arjuna's convoy after fall of Dwaraka to the looters after Partition) its the cowering outliers who come and demolish the regime after a big defeat.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 01 Aug 2013 01:05

Lt Gen SK Sinha on Bihar's woes.

Pataliputra lost

During the late Mughal era Bihar was part of Bengal suba and remained so for most of British rule. As an appendage of Bengal for a couple of centuries, Bihar remained a backward region. It was only in 1911 that it became a separate province.

When I was a student in Patna in the 1930s and early 1940s, Biharis constituted a minority among the intelligentsia. It was Bengalis who dominated — as professors, school teachers, government officers, lawyers, doctors and even clerks.

The situation was different in Uttar Pradesh. Inheritor of the cultural heritage of the Lucknow nawabs and pure Urdu, it had an air of superiority. I once represented Patna University at an All-India Inter-University Debate in Allahabad in 1941. When my turn came to speak, I was hooted and called a “Bihari buddhu” (fool). I promptly replied, “Bihari Buddha, not Bihari buddhu”. Perhaps that’s what got me the prize!

[bFor centuries under the Mauryas, and later the Guptas, Bihar led the country in every sphere of human endeavour. The whole of India for the first time became one political entity. Bihar was the centre of culture, knowledge and civilisation and impacted all Asia.[/b]

During the medieval period, Sher Shah Suri from Bihar was a pioneer of secularism and good governance in the country. Mughal Emperor Akbar followed in his footsteps. Later, Veer Kuer Singh was the most successful military leader of the 1857 war and was the only one to repeatedly defeat British troops in battle. Bihar provided the platform for the Mahatma to launch the Freedom Movement.

Jayaprakash Narayan, also from Bihar, was the hero of the 1942 Quit India Movement and, in 1977, the saviour of Indian democracy. Dr Rajendra Prasad was the most loyal follower of the Mahatma, who held him in high regard for his legal acumen. He became the first President of India and had an unmatched 11 years in office. In 1956, the US expert Appleby, invited by Nehru, reported that Bihar was the best administered state. It was an irony that feudal Bihar remained backward.

From the mid-60s, Bihar started rapidly going down the slippery slope of rampant corruption and rank casteism. It reached its nadir under Lalu Prasad Yadav. Bihar became a basket case. This dismal situation started improving when Nitish Kumar took over as chief minister.

The growth rate of Gujarat and Bihar are often compared. Bihar started from a lower level and Gujarat from a higher base. Like Narendra Modi, Nitish Kumar was viewed as a possible Prime Minister. Nitish Kumar persistently denied he had any such ambition but his actions spoke differently.

He was happy to be in the National Democratic Alliance and enjoyed the fruits of office as Cabinet minister in the Union government while his colleagues in the coalition, Ram Vilas Paswan and Omar Abdullah, resigned in the wake of the 2002 Gujarat riots.

As his reputation as an efficient Chief Minister grew, he started trying to overtake Modi and played the “secular” card. Posters showing him holding hands with Modi, displayed by his alliance partner, the BJP, during an all-India meet of BJP leaders in Patna irked him so much that he called off the dinner he was to host for them.

He managed to get a Pakistani parliamentary delegation to visit Bihar and give him a certificate of good governance. Despite 26/11, he chose to go on a goodwill visit to Pakistan.
His intentions were obvious. He started talking of Bihari pride like Modi boasted of Gujarati pride. He demanded “backward state” status for Bihar and offered political support to the Congress or any party that obliged. This meant that Bihar was up for grabs to the highest bidder! This was hardly in keeping with Bihari pride.

In 1985, a memorandum had been submitted, signed by one lakh citizens of Patna, to restore the city’s ancient name of Pataliputra and erect a Civilisation Gate in Patna, bigger than India Gate in Delhi and the Gateway of India in Mumbai.

The Civilisation Gate is meant to depict civilisation spreading from Bihar to all parts of the world. Pataliputra, in its heyday, was a leading city of the world and the capital of India for nearly 10 centuries. Other measures, like giving a facelift to the city’s riverfront, were also recommended to promote Bihari self-pride.

The then Congress government in the state wholeheartedly supported the proposal. Rajiv Gandhi was sympathetic but changed his mind when Muslim and Leftist historians objected, saying this would promote Hindu fundamentalism!

When Kumar raised the issue of Bihari self-pride, the Pataliputra proposal was revived. But he was reluctant to rename the city lest he lose the minority votes. Even naming Patna Junction as Pataliputra Junction was not acceptable to him. He chose a new railway station, far away from the geographical limits of ancient Pataliputra, to bear that hallowed name. This is murdering history.

He did, however, agree to the Civilisation Gate and the riverfront project. But when self-promotion replaced Bihari self-pride, this project lost priority and little action has been taken in the last three years.

On the other hand, Narendra Modi and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati executed the Sabarmati and Gomti riverfront projects in their respective states with great flourish.

The arrogance that comes with power, the rivalry with Modi and the appeasement of minorities have propelled Kumar on a downward course. His humiliating defeat in the Maharajganj byelection and the increasingly poor response to his much-hyped Seva Yatras are not good signs.

The terrorist attack at Bodh Gaya exposed the criminal negligence of his administration.

Emulating his new-found friends, he is now urging that the issue not be politicised and is covering up his administration’s inexcusable failure.

The tragedy of 23 schoolchildren dying after eating poisoned food in Chapra, and Nitish Kumar’s handling of that tragedy, has been atrocious.

Not only did he not visit the ailing children in a Patna hospital, he did not even issue a statement of sympathy. The minister who made the irresponsible charge of political conspiracy should have been sacked. The officials found negligent should have been fired.

The icon of inclusive development seems to be transformed from a sushasak to a kushasak.

The writer, a retired lieutenant-general, was Vice-Chief of Army Staff and has served as governor of Assam and J&K.

That date mid 60s is the cause of the slide in a lot of states.

Virupaksha · Post by **Virupaksha** » 01 Aug 2013 01:37

ramana wrote:Lt Gen SK Sinha on Bihar's woes.

That date mid 60s is the cause of the slide in a lot of states.

Kamraj plan through which Nehru sidelined his detractors. When morality is used ruthlessly to play heinous politics, morality as an ideal dies a thousand deaths.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-pur ... s/925322/0

"Mr Prime Minister", replied good old K.B., "it's a masterstroke. All those our prime minister wanted to get rid of are thanking him profusely for having done precisely that."

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 01 Aug 2013 02:18

Virupaksha wrote:
ramana wrote:Lt Gen SK Sinha on Bihar's woes.

That date mid 60s is the cause of the slide in a lot of states.
Kamraj plan through which Nehru sidelined his detractors. When morality is used ruthlessly to play heinous politics, morality as an ideal dies a thousand deaths.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-pur ... s/925322/0

"Mr Prime Minister", replied good old K.B., "it's a masterstroke. All those our prime minister wanted to get rid of are thanking him profusely for having done precisely that."

The Kamaraj Plan was a reverse coup. Nehru, who should have been kicked out for the 1962 debacle, instead eased out all his potential challengers. And that fool IFSofficer KB Lall is wrong. It was India that lost and suffered.

And dynasty acolytes even now peddle the myth of morality and Nehru in same sentence. Claiming to be the first democrat he ushered in dynasty rule. Go by his actions and not his rhetoric. If it was not for Gandhi's insistence Nehru would not have been the PM at all. If he was true democrat he should have said the CWC members want Patel as PM and I respect that and been content to be the second PM. So he is an appointed PM who outlived his contemporaries and eased out his potential successors and paved the way for his dynasty.

BTW there was no need to bring a vote of no confidence between 1947 and 1962 so its nto question of daring as the hagiographer Guha insists.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 01 Aug 2013 04:59

Looks like Sri ajit singh is determined not ot leave the jet-etihad deal as his only legacy... he's now dabbling in things that'll make that deal look small onlee...

Harit Pradesh may become reality before Lok Sabha polls, says RLD chief Ajit Singh

Of course, nothing to do with the polls at all... only the people's welfare sits at the (f)heart of the UPA's functioning...

"For Harit Pradesh, united efforts and consistent struggle is required. We however hope that Harit Pradesh will become a reality before (2014) Lok Sabha elections," Union Minister and RLD national chief Ajit Singh said here.

Speaking at the two-day working committee meeting of his party, Singh called upon people to get ready for an agitation for Harit Pradesh, noting that Telangana is the outcome of continuous struggle of the people.

He also criticised the functioning of Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh.

"While previous (BSP) government was working on PPP that is private-public participation, present government is working on CCC that is cash, caste and criminal basis," Singh alleged.

He further alleged that the law and order situation of the state is miserable and due to this, the industrial growth is not picking up pace.

"With the absence of industries, youth are not getting employment," the Union minister added.

On a more serious note, the deoband influence in any harit pradesh thingie will swamp jat vote bases perhaps I fear...

niran · Post by **niran** » 01 Aug 2013 09:06

if holloi polloi who are the real voters ever wanted divided UP then
ajit singh would have won at least 26 seats not 9 seats in his jut land
behenji would have trounced all and not trounced herself so as to run away to dilli as a Rajya Sabha member
kangrez would have at least 26 seats in purvanchal alone
and Raja bundela would not have lost his surety moony in Bundelkhand.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 01 Aug 2013 13:16

news from Oudh caliphate:

UP CM maintains Durga's suspension was in interest of communal harmony
Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party now wants the Gautam Budh Nagar DM suspended for saying Durga didn't order any demolition.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 01 Aug 2013 13:46

Niran ji, the real voters seem to not divide UP so what is the future then of vote bank patterns and its effect on Dilli ki raajniti.

niran · Post by **niran** » 01 Aug 2013 14:14

Who is Niranji? The name is similar to me handle hence will try and reply
mussalmans vote:
usually it is kangrrez or the proxy which is sapa and baasapa
but this time around there is a Nava group this group could not get employments in gelf or Mumbai but they
were employed in Gujrat yeah! One will hear about top mulls etc
but no Mooney no can eat,hence no can jeehad, this group were dalits(yes mussalmans do have caste system)
and they all earned dwo join ki roti (two square meals) without any discrimination whatsoever and they are all NaMo fan quite a large numbers they are large enough to sway 4 - 5 seats in so called purvanchal

Singh:
the real Singh have realized the trick them parties played now it is decided that NaMo shall be the leader for this battle if Baharaich this is true for the former royal families around awvash Pradesh and purvanchal
moi is tired typing from this phonues will yak yak layer this much for now

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 01 Aug 2013 16:02

niran wrote:Who is Niranji? The name is similar to me handle hence will try and reply
mussalmans vote:
usually it is kangrrez or the proxy which is sapa and baasapa
but this time around there is a Nava group this group could not get employments in gelf or Mumbai but they
were employed in Gujrat yeah! One will hear about top mulls etc
but no Mooney no can eat,hence no can jeehad, this group were dalits(yes mussalmans do have caste system)
and they all earned dwo join ki roti (two square meals) without any discrimination whatsoever and they are all NaMo fan quite a large numbers they are large enough to sway 4 - 5 seats in so called purvanchal

Singh:
the real Singh have realized the trick them parties played now it is decided that NaMo shall be the leader for this battle if Baharaich this is true for the former royal families around awvash Pradesh and purvanchal
moi is tired typing from this phonues will yak yak layer this much for now

Arree bhai, thoda laptop se details likho ji.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 01 Aug 2013 19:12

niran bhai, you are like the lady in 2 piece stuff

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 01 Aug 2013 19:16

At least from what I can collect info- there is a somewhat better apprceiation amongst all sections of people in the entire Hindi belt- UP/Bihar/WB/Rajasthan/Haryana etc.
yes this includes the muslims too.

The million dollar question is whether this will translate into big votes for NaMO.

Mind you this is for NaMo only not necessarily for BhaJaPa.

There has been a slow filtering of messages into the hinterlands away from media.
dont know how. But this is a fact.

niran · Post by **niran** » 02 Aug 2013 10:47

typing from a phone or tablet is real pain in the arse
Singh:
can be divided into Royals and non Royals, non Royals further into unemployed (usually those who fed themselves from the ever decreasing land/goonda giri in UP lingo it is Thekedari)
and a newer group laptop totting cell phone yak yaking
those who consider themselves real Royal Singh usually fought amongst themselves digging holes for their foes and fall in it themselves
then came Amar Singh he united this group and mulla mulayam and mulla makhi benefited immensely to the tune of 7 Lok Sabha seats and 26 Vidhan Sabha seats now since Amar Singh is virtually dead this group chose Raja Bhaiya as their leader, all was honky dory till Rajnath Singh(RnS) became Bhajapa President, he began using his old network to bring this group under Bhajapa to stop this Kandrez and Mulla fatherson duo conspired the Kunda CO murder and as usually happens with these plots it backfired uniting all inclusive of fence sitters
if all goes to plan around 8 Lok Sabha seats is guaranteed for NaMo
the laptop totting group is important they are as slippery as an Eel should vote for the one who will get them the way to upgrade to iPhones
and Apple laptops, mulla Makhi with his recent failures such as reservation for yadavs and Mussalmans in UPSSC terminating Durga Naagpaal
is aiding NaMo to realize NaMo's dream, if this group votes then all equation permutations will be moot.
Brahman:
they are the most snobbish and will back stab you quicker than a paki, until now they supported basapa, but this group at least for the moment have no claimants, hence no more yak yak for now.

Bania:
this group includes all people who do bizness(except thekedari of course) regardless of surnames traditionally vote for Bhajapa
and this time around it is going to be the same.
Babu:
traditionally they vote for kangrez or their proxy, but this time around there has been mahila sashtikaran(women empowerment)
kangrez have made jeena dubhar with their inflation and Durga behen suspension is beign looked upon as bayijatti(insult) to mahila
hence Bhajapa is waiting with open hands and dribbling mouths, remember male babus will have to vote according to their mahila instructions
or else... quite opposite to tradition, but "change is inevitable",no?

member_20317 · Post by **member_20317** » 02 Aug 2013 20:40

TV said that Ajit Jogi has put up a sign outside his bunglow which basically says to his chamchas - 'Anybody who wants a ticket pls do not bother me and go to Kongi hi comman chamcha in chief sent to the state'.

This came after his meeting with the queen bee and the bum bee.

Manish_Sharma · Post by **Manish_Sharma** » 04 Aug 2013 22:05

From facebook:

Someone's interesting take:
Reasons why Congress is winning for the past 65 years and why it will win in the future:
( A View Point)

Currently, on an average (over states) there are 15% Muslims, 8% Christians, 7% Others and 70% Hindus.

That is out of 100 people, there are 70 Hindus, 8 Christians, 15 Muslims and 7 Others.

Voter registration is as follows:
90% of Muslims, 90% Christians and 60% Hindus and 90% Others.
This means, that is out of 100 people, 42 Hindus, 14 Muslims, 7 Christians and 6 'Others' will Register for vote.

Now, interesting point
Out of the registered voters having voter ID or at least having interest in selecting their representative....

Have a look at the number of turnouts 50% Hindus will vote, 90% Muslims will vote, 90% Christians will vote and 90% others will vote

That is ultimately 21 Hindus will vote, 13 Muslims will vote, 6 Christians and 5 'Others' will vote during election and these people are responsible for selecting the representative and deciding the future of our Great India....

That is these, 45 people of total population. It is highly likely that out of 13 Muslims, 10 will vote for Congress, Out of 6 Christians, 5 will vote for Congress and out of 5 others, 3 will vote for congress.

That is Congress will get 18 non Hindus votes, BJP may get 1 Muslim or Christian and 1 others vote.

That is BJP may get 2 non Hindu votes. Other parties, that are third front, may get 2 Muslim or Christian and 1 vote from others.

That is, 'Others' may get 3 non Hindu votes.

Coming to Hindu votes now Out of 21 Hindus. If 5 vote for Congress, 10 vote for BJP and 6 vote for other parties.

Final result will be Congress 23 votes, BJP 12 votes, other parties will get 9 votes. This has been the trend since 1990, therefore, Congress do not bother for Hindu vote.

Congress loses in States where the Muslims do not vote for them.
If Congress scares minority from majority, which is easy in the name of secularism, their 90% work is done....and they have been doing so.. religiously..

It is highly likely that the trend will continue and may vary by few percent and the Congress will remain in Power, as minority population increases, for the next 100 years..

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 04 Aug 2013 22:12

Faking News
CBI wishes a very Happy Friendship Day to Samajwadi Party and Congress.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 05 Aug 2013 08:52

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 05 Aug 2013 09:16

JD(U) invites BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha to join party

JD(U) spokesperson Sanjay Singh said that his party's door is always open for Sinha.

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with any luck these b-listers will get a good lesson from this. either get with the program or go join the opposition.

M Joshi · Post by **M Joshi** » 05 Aug 2013 12:48

Current configuration of the Lok Sabha in a visual format

Interestingly INC dots are marked as green, when CPM is in red dots & BJP in saffron dots. Honest mistake I presume.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 06 Aug 2013 04:47

BSP may be the 2nd party after BJP to demand a rethink on article 370. It also calls for J&K division.

definitely a significant change from decades old same rhetoric.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 06 Aug 2013 05:16

Singha wrote:JD(U) invites BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha to join party

JD(U) spokesperson Sanjay Singh said that his party's door is always open for Sinha.

--
with any luck these b-listers will get a good lesson from this. either get with the program or go join the opposition.

As per Twitter, he has agreed to keep his mouth shut in exchange for Rajyasabha seat for himself and MP ticket for his wife from Patna seat.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 06 Aug 2013 05:19

From BJP?

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 06 Aug 2013 05:22

Sushupti wrote:
Singha wrote:JD(U) invites BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha to join party

JD(U) spokesperson Sanjay Singh said that his party's door is always open for Sinha.

--
with any luck these b-listers will get a good lesson from this. either get with the program or go join the opposition.
As per Twitter, he has agreed to keep his mouth shut in exchange for Rajyasabha seat for himself and MP ticket for his wife from Patna seat.

Laat marke bagana chahiye. Oh, I used to like him as an actor. He had some screen presence. Now, no presence of buddhi onlee.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 06 Aug 2013 05:30

Sushupti wrote:
Singha wrote:JD(U) invites BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha to join party

JD(U) spokesperson Sanjay Singh said that his party's door is always open for Sinha.

--
with any luck these b-listers will get a good lesson from this. either get with the program or go join the opposition.
As per Twitter, he has agreed to keep his mouth shut in exchange for Rajyasabha seat for himself and MP ticket for his wife from Patna seat.

WTH? Can you confirm this?

Don't see why RNS or NM would agree to these terms. It opens floodgates for similar nautanki by has-beens and 'disaffecteds' everywhere.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 06 Aug 2013 05:49

Hari Seldon wrote:
Sushupti wrote:JD(U) invites BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha to join party

JD(U) spokesperson Sanjay Singh said that his party's door is always open for Sinha.

--
with any luck these b-listers will get a good lesson from this. either get with the program or go join the opposition.
As per Twitter, he has agreed to keep his mouth shut in exchange for Rajyasabha seat for himself and MP ticket for his wife from Patna seat

WTH? Can you confirm this?

Don't see why RNS or NM would agree to these terms. It opens floodgates for similar nautanki by has-beens and 'disaffecteds' everywhere.

https://twitter.com/sisir_gupta

niran · Post by **niran** » 06 Aug 2013 08:35

Hari Seldon wrote:<snip>

WTH? Can you confirm this?

Don't see why RNS or NM would agree to these terms. It opens floodgates for similar nautanki by has-beens and 'disaffecteds' everywhere.

tikits will be decided by a komeetea and finalised by NaMo and stamped by RNS
it has been decided to shift ageing bhajapa to the upper house the lower house
will contain 60 to 70 percent new faces. those who yak yak against the party line shall
be retired along with their family members, so shotgun saw it wise to be discrete,period.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 06 Aug 2013 10:00

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 06 Aug 2013 20:02

The Polticisparty guy reminds me of Golem. He is often so obsequious/servile of the 2Gs and then suddenly he is most threatening!!!

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 07 Aug 2013 03:01

A perfect storm is brewing wherin the Govt may fall by itself due to its contradictions and making enemies out of friends.

What is its strength now?

RoyG · Post by **RoyG** » 07 Aug 2013 04:55

ramana wrote:A perfect storm is brewing wherin the Govt may fall by itself due to its contradictions and making enemies out of friends.

What is its strength now?

It wont fall. SP and and other like-minded parties quarreling INC is like when brothers fight. Small skirmishes here and there won't dent the love. They want money. In the end, they will all come together as always to keep Modi out. But yes, the collective power of sec-left parties is waning. Before any corrupt superstructure entity dies it usually does something drastic hold on to power. What choice do they have? It's either flee the country, life in Tihar, or execution.

RoyG · Post by **RoyG** » 07 Aug 2013 04:55

ramana wrote:A perfect storm is brewing wherin the Govt may fall by itself due to its contradictions and making enemies out of friends.

What is its strength now?

It wont fall. SP and and other like-minded parties quarreling INC is like when brothers fight. Small skirmishes here and there won't dent the love. They want money. In the end, they will all come together as always to keep Modi out. But yes, the collective power of sec-left parties is waning. Before any corrupt superstructure entity dies it usually does something drastic hold on to power. What choice do they have? It's either flee the country, life in Tihar, or execution.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 07 Aug 2013 05:26

It is interesting now that NaMo makes congi angry and say nonsensical thngs. he makes the uber sickular folks do the unthinkable.

Nowadays the uber sickular are going all out to secure the muslim and christian and other sc/st/obc etc votes.
particularly significant is the clamour for muslim votes at the cost of developmental agenda along with unity of India.
This has favorably made a significant dent in sickular parties support base.
With every non kammumnal party going after muslims, they are ironically creating a swing in non muslims towards NaMo.

The uber sickular parties are also threatening the very unity of India by allowing the batla and other encounters invovling the muslims as fake ones.
They are creating a manufactured greivenance which will be exploited by muslim fanatics to create more jihadis.
The blame will ultimately fall on BJP/RSS combo.

IOW sickular parties have been creating frankenstein monsters amonst muslims and allow RSS to take the blame.

Fun part now is --- NaMo has created a situation by his good governanace to the country where he has followed the constitution as envisoned by the founders of modern India.
sad part is INC and its partners ably led by termiet queen have done everything unconstitutionally to undermine India.

By some accounts it reminds me of Mohini attam where bhasmasuras burn themselves up--- here NaMo making the sickulars turn more and more into muslim votes leading to their possible death politically.

One who makes the other insecure , controls them ----------------------> NaMO Namah.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 07 Aug 2013 05:29

Or to put it in Chanakyan terms :"The others have to be forced to make a choice!" He used stronger word for others.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 07 Aug 2013 08:15

Faking News: Self-confidence line to replace Poverty line

New Delhi. After Rahul Gandhi revealed that poverty was just a state of mind and self-confidence was needed to eradicate poverty, government has decided to do away with the poverty line and replace it with self-confidence line.

Self-confidence line would measure the confidence a person has through various stages of life over a period of 3 months before concluding whether the person is poor or not.

Rahul Gandhi showing the amount of confidence needed daily to overcome poverty

“People criticized us when we came up with poverty definitions, such as 32 rupees per day. Raj Babbar too was criticized when he explained how a person could easily survive even at 12 rupees per day. I think now we have the best possible definition of poverty,” Planning Commission’s Montek Singh Ahluwalia told Faking News.

“The other day I saw a beggar who threw away a 50-paisa coin that I gave him! What self-confidence. I also came to know that he was minting at least 50 rupees per day. People would laugh if I claimed that he was not poor, but thanks to this confidence criterion, I can safely say that he was bloody rich fellow!” he added.

“What poor people need is not money but confidence building classes that can help them sail through periods of hunger, illness, insecurity, etc. They need to forget about petty things like roti, kapda, and makaan, and instead focus their energies in discovering the confidence within them,” said a leading management guru endorsing the new definition of poverty.

“They need to straightway jump to the top level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs,” the management guru explained.

“Look at KRK, he has absolutely nothing. But look the kind of self-confidence he has! It is his confidence that makes him believe that he as bungalows, offices, businesses, and girlfriends across the globe. He’s prime example of how self-confidence can eradicate all kinds of poverty,” explained a Congress party leader.

Sources confirm that a massive scheme involving personality-building training will be launched soon. Billions of rupees have been budgeted for the scheme for which tenders will be out soon.
“It will surely remove my poverty,” said a contractor who had recently lost his contract for Mid-Day Meal scheme.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 07 Aug 2013 08:27

he must be doing a lot of anti-poverty yoga! all in a state of mind. just focus on the breath alone, you will releave the tension of poverty.. do sanyas.. crunch your stomach, and worst come you are going to die peacefully fighting for the nation in a state of mind.

the state of mind is another way to erradicate and cleans poor people of the riches.. only his variety and family will finally be in that state of mind - poverty.

i curse all gandhians to go below poverty after the elections.

nagesh · Post by **nagesh** » 07 Aug 2013 11:19

In the past, the then Maharashtra CM Vilas rao Deshmukh too had declared after a tour of the area with high farmers' suicide,that it was not poverty but stress that led them to commit suicide.He even proposed art of living sessions for them.

SaiK wrote:he must be doing a lot of anti-poverty yoga! all in a state of mind. just focus on the breath alone, you will releave the tension of poverty.. do sanyas.. crunch your stomach, and worst come you are going to die peacefully fighting for the nation in a state of mind.

the state of mind is another way to erradicate and cleans poor people of the riches.. only his variety and family will finally be in that state of mind - poverty.

i curse all gandhians to go below poverty after the elections.

nawabs · Post by **nawabs** » 08 Aug 2013 18:01

Devise method to track, report convicted lawmakers: Election Commission

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/Z6DrhJ ... ction.html

The Election Commission of India (EC) on Wednesday asked all its state units to “devise and provide a fool-proof mechanism” to track and report any cases of a conviction of a lawmaker across all courts to the responsible authorities.It was acting on a recent Supreme Court (SC) order that struck down the legal provision allowing a three-month window for appeals by convicted lawmakers.The move comes in the backdrop of political parties urging the union government to amend the Representation of the People Act (RPA) in order to overrule this judgment.

The poll watchdog asked chief secretaries and chief electoral officers to report convictions of sitting members of parliament (MPs), members of legislative assemblies (MLAs) and members of legislative councils (MLCs) to the advocate general, the directorate of prosecution or any other relevant authority.