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karunanidhi is trying to play martyr imagining that either people don't remember or that there is no google for tamil nadu..

the 1971 govt was dismissed also for the sarkaria commission report that nailed the veeranam water pipes corruption. it is a piddly little scam compared to what they did in the last time in power...but veeranam corruption is regarded as the starting point of corruption in TN.
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Jamwal ji,

Too good. tweeted it acknowledging your id :-)
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Chidambaram in Sanyas Mode: Gossip Guru
Finance Minister has already said in Tehelka’s ThinkFest, “I believe in being in politics gracefully and exiting politics gracefully.” Has that exit time come? Otherwise what was it that was bothering PC so much that he met Sonia Gandhi a few days ago and told her frankly, “Please change my Lok Sabha seat because I will not win from Shivganga this time. I want to contest the next elections from Puducherry. If that is not possible, let me sit in the Rajya Sabha and if even that is not possible, it is all right. I have seen enough in my political career.” This came as a shock to Sonia and she merely smiled at Chidambaram.
No coalition with DMK, anti-incumbency against Congress nationally, Congress unpopular due to Sri Lanka policy, TNPCC Chief uncooperative with Chidambaram, .... One can understand why he is packing his bags!

Wasn't he in line to be the next PM?
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Amit Shah not in Ahmedabad during Ishrat encounter
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team probing the alleged Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case found that Narendra Modi aide Amit Shah, who was then Gujarat’s junior home minister, was not present in Ahmedabad when the killings occurred there on June 15, 2004.

“There were two facts that worked in Amit Shah’s favour: he was not present in Ahmedabad when the fake encounter was orchestrated in the city. Secondly, the probe team also found that Shah had made only a single telephone call, before the fake encounter took place, to one of the seven Ahmedabad police officials chargesheeted in the case by the CBI,” said a CBI source.

The agency had quizzed Shah once in October to verify its suspicions about his role. “When asked, Shah clarified to us that the call made by him was a routine one,” said the source. “We conducted a thorough examination to verify his role, but didn’t find anything tangible and so decided against naming him in the finalised probe report,” the source added.
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Chidambaram is not a saint,but according to Hindu narratives,politics in Kaliyuga is not for saints.

Shri P.Chidambaram from his mothers side belongs to the richest nagarathar family of TN.He is superbly sophisticated and articulate.He took his cut but he was an Indian nationalist from the Congress stable who are shrewd bussinesmen and was one of the faces of Indian nationalism in TN.

He has taken much muck for supporting GOI position on lanka,LTTE etc.Its easy for North Indians to dismiss PC.Tamizh language has an ancient classical tradition and while it is true that tamils were object of social engineering by British,the tamizh linguistic tradition is very old and Shri PC has been an important instrument in liberalisation of economy etc.

We are not living in Rama Rajya of Treta Yuga.Modern capitalism produces its own hierarchies of wealth and knowledge and PC has played a role in strengthening Indian economy,polity etc
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Tewari questions Punjab government's logic of power starved Punjab selling power to Pakistan
Union Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari has questioned the Punjab government's move to sell power to Pakistan when the state was still massively power deficit.

"It is strange that the Akali-BJP government in Punjab is trying to illuminate Lahore while Punjab continues to remain enveloped in darkness due to massive power shortage," he remarked.

Reacting to the reports that the Punjab government was planning to sign a power selling agreement with the West Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, Tewari wondered as where from would Punjab get the power to export it to Pakistan since the state during the peak demand was still short of about 6,000mw.

"Even when all the power plants get fully operational, Punjab will still be short of about 4,000mw," he revealed, while questioning the logic of exporting power under such circumstances.

"Just because the state government has inaugurated two units in two thermal plants at Rajpura and Talwandi Sabo generating 1,300mw more does not mean the state is power sufficient leave aside being power surplus so that it can export it," he observed, while adding, Punjab has a long way to go before it could even be self sufficient in power production.

The minister wondered as how could Punjab think of selling power to someone else when the industry during the peak demand was subjected to four days power cuts in a week. He pointed out, even in the agriculture sector the state was not able to supply the promised eight hour power. Besides, he added, there was no end to the unscheduled power cuts in Punjab during last year.
Giving details, Tewari, who represents Ludhiana parliamentary constituency said, the total availability of power in Punjab from all sources, state as well as the central pool was not more than 8,000mw and this was far too less than the peak demand of 14,000mw. He said, it can be anybody's guess as how a power deficit state can even think of exporting power. "Nothing can be far from the truth than someone claiming that Punjab was power surplus," he remarked.

The minister said, the state government appears to have been swept away by the over-enthusiasm over the inauguration of two units of Rajpura and Talwandi Sabo. "But let me remind the state government that it does not have any direct control over the power generated from these units as these are owned by private power companies who have no commitment to supply power to Punjab," he pointed out, while remarking, this is a classic case of someone trying to sell someone else's horse.
Is the above true? Why is that RajeshAji,jhujhar etc who are ever ready to criticise Congress silent? What is their take on this dhimmitde by Akalis-BJP?
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I simply read DMK's divorce with INC as everyone is reading that INC is getting out and will be no more for next term. Good and bad folks are deserting it in hordes. So it proves once more that Fool of 2013 award should go to Nitish Kumar.
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Kejriwal is better than dumbo, waitress, maunibaba or scamsters. I hope he contests all 545 Lok Sabha seats and cuts deeply into Congress base as Muslim, Dalits are fed up with completely corrupt parties getting their votes by default. For the rise of Modi, we need dis-integration of west controlled Congress and a section of Dilli Bilii BJPs.
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svenkat, PC is also the one who either led the saffron terror charge or stood by and let all that rubbish happen
dont know how nationalist that makes him.
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Is the power to be sold from punjab quota, ir it is to be dold from the national grid. Lets be clear, before we comment. Moreover, is this minister so credible that he needs to be responded to.
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PC and nationalism. Whom we are kidding ourselves. Economy was always in the mouths of wolves. Historically in the last two decades, the defense budget was under stress during his great dream budgets. I want to quickly forget his dreams.
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svenkat wrote: Is the above true? Why is that RajeshAji,jhujhar etc who are ever ready to criticise Congress silent? What is their take on this dhimmitde by Akalis-BJP?
Here is an article that clarifies what is being planned.

http://punenvis.nic.in/index4.aspx?sssl ... id=1&mid=4

Relevant parts of the article include
Ever since the Indian delegation led by Union Power Ministry Joint Secretary Reeta Acharya made the offer to allow Pakistan to import 500 MW of power from India in June this year, the Punjab Government has gone ahead and established a power trading company. The company will handle surplus power which Punjab expects to begin producing by 2014.

Once all three power plants at Goindwal, Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura become operational next year, Punjab will have an additional 3,920 MW of power at its disposal. Around 1.630 MW is likely to be generated this year. Much of this will be surplus during the winter months and offloading power could be a headache for the state power utility.
This indicates three things
1) This is a Central plan, led by the MMS government.
2) The claim is that it is surplus power.
3) Offloading the additional power could be a headache.

Continuing.
Punjab, which is bound to purchase the power produced by all the three private thermal plants coming up in the state, would have had to find ways and means to offload the same during the lean months. Under the present arrangement with the three companies, Punjab will get power between Rs 3.50 to Rs 3.70 per unit. In Pakistan Punjab, the power rate is Rs 10 (Indian) per unit.
So much for Punjab not buying the power produced by these three plants. Looks like Manish Tiwari is indulging in some FUD.
The Pakistan Government has been asked to construct a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system to isolate the Pakistan grid from the Indian grid to ensure that tripping in Pakistan does not affect the Indian system. This entails a cost of Rs 600 crore to justify which Pakistan may ask for more power.

Sources said while the Centre will lay a transmission line from Amritsar to Attari, Pakistan will do so from Wagah to Lahore. This could take a year.
So - Pakistan has to build a HDVC to isolate the Pakistani grid,and it could take an year. Good luck to them! If they actually build anything without blowing it up, we can worry about it all, no?
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Lokpal live: Does AAP really want to prosecute corrupt? Asks Bedi
Reiterating her stand on the re-drafted Lokpal bill, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi tweeted this morning that the bill was certainly not a 'joke' and those behind discrediting it perhaps just wanted to keep the issue alive and not let those guilty of corruption, be prosecuted.
So Farzilal want's to stall the bill and protect the corrupt.
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BJP poaches Nitish aide - Former home secretary begins new innings
The former bureaucrat, however, didn’t mince words when asked the reasons for not accepting the Bihar government offer. “I didn’t want to stand with someone (read Nitish Kumar), who, I believe, is going soft on terrorism and Naxalites. The CM’s new-found love for the Congress, particularly after he parted ways with the BJP, also baffled me because the Congress has become an epitome of corruption,” Singh said.

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“The BJP is the only party, at present, that can replace the Congress as far as forming a government at the Centre is concerned. The Congress government has become synonymous with corruption, hence I decided to join the BJP,” he said.

He also said the Congress government had lost connect with the people. “Had it not been the case, Congress leaders would have spoken first on issues like Lokpal, which concerns one and all, but they (read Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi) chose to issue statements on the Supreme Court judgment on Section 377, which concerns only a section of society,” he said.
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nageshks wrote:
svenkat wrote: Is the above true? Why is that RajeshAji,jhujhar etc who are ever ready to criticise Congress silent? What is their take on this dhimmitde by Akalis-BJP?
Here is an article that clarifies what is being planned.

http://punenvis.nic.in/index4.aspx?sssl ... id=1&mid=4

Relevant parts of the article include
Ever since the Indian delegation led by Union Power Ministry Joint Secretary Reeta Acharya made the offer to allow Pakistan to import 500 MW of power from India in June this year, the Punjab Government has gone ahead and established a power trading company. The company will handle surplus power which Punjab expects to begin producing by 2014.

Once all three power plants at Goindwal, Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura become operational next year, Punjab will have an additional 3,920 MW of power at its disposal. Around 1.630 MW is likely to be generated this year. Much of this will be surplus during the winter months and offloading power could be a headache for the state power utility.
This indicates three things
1) This is a Central plan, led by the MMS government.
2) The claim is that it is surplus power.
3) Offloading the additional power could be a headache.

Continuing.
Punjab, which is bound to purchase the power produced by all the three private thermal plants coming up in the state, would have had to find ways and means to offload the same during the lean months. Under the present arrangement with the three companies, Punjab will get power between Rs 3.50 to Rs 3.70 per unit. In Pakistan Punjab, the power rate is Rs 10 (Indian) per unit.
So much for Punjab not buying the power produced by these three plants. Looks like Manish Tiwari is indulging in some FUD.
The Pakistan Government has been asked to construct a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system to isolate the Pakistan grid from the Indian grid to ensure that tripping in Pakistan does not affect the Indian system. This entails a cost of Rs 600 crore to justify which Pakistan may ask for more power.

Sources said while the Centre will lay a transmission line from Amritsar to Attari, Pakistan will do so from Wagah to Lahore. This could take a year.
So - Pakistan has to build a HDVC to isolate the Pakistani grid,and it could take an year. Good luck to them! If they actually build anything without blowing it up, we can worry about it all, no?

Just like the pakis tried to finagle the iranians into building their (the paki's) part of the now failed gas pipeline, they will surely succeed in fooling India into building their (the paki's) part of the HVDC line.

They will never isolate or even island the HVDC line because they will purposely overdraw from day one itself... in a malsi bid to deservingly cheat the Hindu banias
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Lokpal Bill weak: Kejriwal; Go on fast, taunts Hazare
Observing that nobody except Congress will be benefited by the passage of the Bill while Rahul Gandhi will get the credit for it, Kejriwal also said it was insufficient to even send a "mouse" to jail, forget a minister.

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"I have read the provisions of the bill properly. If you (Kejriwal) think the bill has any shortcomings, fast for it," Hazare, whose fast for passage of Jan Lokpal Bill entered sixth day today, said while talking to reporters in Ralegan Siddhi village.
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ABP News ‏@abpnewstv 25m

Rahul Gandhi's name as Congress PM candidate could be announced in AICC meeting which is to be held in Delhi on January 17, 2014: Sources
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If this news is true then passage of Lokpal bill is 100% certain.
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Guess svenkat meant that our honourable nagarathar toes the Delhi line with respect to Tamizh/Eelam interests. However, it has nothing to do with his nationalism per se but rather the fact that he is a nobody in TN today and needs to draw power from Delhi for him and his son to do business in TN. Even last time, Dr. Artiste bailed him out from loosing in his constituency. The Delhi connects helps him to make money from corrupt dealings on a national scale like 108 deals in Rajasthan.
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Lokpal will be passed. It will probably be toothless as well if the most corrupt party in the world is behind it.
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Perfect is the enemy of good .. wrote Voltaire.

Aristotle, Confucius and other classical philosophers propounded the principle of the golden mean which counsels against extremism in general. (Lifted directly from wiki)
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Hazrat Khujliwal (Honesty be upon him) want's neither strong nor weak Lokpal .. he just wants an election issue.

Let us pass the current version of the law and keep working to improve it as and when required. I too want an effective Lokpal.
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svenkat wrote:Chidambaram is not a saint,but according to Hindu narratives,politics in Kaliyuga is not for saints.

Shri P.Chidambaram from his mothers side belongs to the richest nagarathar family of TN.He is superbly sophisticated and articulate.He took his cut but he was an Indian nationalist from the Congress stable who are shrewd bussinesmen and was one of the faces of Indian nationalism in TN.

He has taken much muck for supporting GOI position on lanka,LTTE etc.Its easy for North Indians to dismiss PC.Tamizh language has an ancient classical tradition and while it is true that tamils were object of social engineering by British,the tamizh linguistic tradition is very old and Shri PC has been an important instrument in liberalisation of economy etc.

We are not living in Rama Rajya of Treta Yuga.Modern capitalism produces its own hierarchies of wealth and knowledge and PC has played a role in strengthening Indian economy,polity etc
:eek: Wait, what?
So you come in an election centric thread and
a) describe where PC's mother is from. What does it have to do with the state or GE?
b) do your thing about kaliyuga, treta yuga ityadi. Again, what does it have to do with the state or GE?
c) talk about tamizh language, its richness, history, and the social engineering of Tamils by the British. Again, what does it have to do with the state or GE?

Perhaps the pertinent questions would be, who are you and what do you want?
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And who are you archan?

Just because you do not understand TN does not mean I cannot 'defend' PC.

I have posted in the previous page how PC has bravely defended Congress against the charge it is anti-tamil? how congress politicians from TN have defended GOI positions against the tide of tamizh nationalism?

PC is articulate in both tamizh and english and he has been one of the architects of liberalisation policies.I was 'defnding' PC in the context of RajeshAjis 'glee' that PC is becoming a nobody.PC has been the face of Congress and Indian nationalism in TN was my contention.There are very few if any leaders like PC in TN?
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NaMo reliable candidate for PM's post
PATNA: Veteran journalist M J Akbar on Sunday said the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi (NaMo) was a reliable candidate which was proved during his speech here on October 27 when he called for fight against hunger by both Muslims and Hindus.

He was delivering the K N Sahaya memorial lecture on "The past and future of Hindu-Muslim relations" in the memory of the former Patna mayor, In his speech, Akbar did not take the name of Modi but repeatedly referred to his speech at Gandhi Maidan.

Akbar said there is a total shift in the political line of Narendra Modi. He did not get provoked by explosions during his rally at Gandhi Maidan and instead delivered the best lines of his entire speech. Modi said, "Poor Hindus should decide whether they have to fight against poverty or against the Muslims and poor Muslims should choose between Hindus or poverty."

"Modi's speech reflected the mood of the nation when he said that faith in Indian constitution was the real religion of the ruler. On October 27, every Indian was convinced Modi can be relied upon. Modi will lead India to remain in peace (Aap jis taraf jaa rahe hain, Hindustan aman me rahega)," Akbar said. He termed the Modi's speech as Patna movement.

Referring to the results of assembly elections in four states, Akbar said people of India are tired and angry. "Prices are rising for the last five years. Nothing is being done to control it. The government is not engaged in fighting against corruption but to save the corrupt," he said. Without taking the name of PM Manmohan Singh, Akbar said people are unhappy as the voice of their ruler was shut by someone else. One should not treat the poor and illiterate as fools, as they are politically more mature than middle class voters who want to stay in peace, he said.

Akbar claimed in the recent state assembly elections, 15 to 20% of the Muslim electorate voted for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan as they, too, were affected by rising prices and onion shortage. "Onion has no religion," Akbar said.

Former chairman of Bihar Human Rights Commission Justice S N Jha said the state should allow religion to remain an individual matter. He recalled in rural India, Chhath festival is also observed by Muslims while Hindus participate in tazia processions.
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I will be happy if Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister: Advani
AHMEDABAD: Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday said, "I will be happy if Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister," indicating that hostilities with the Gujarat CM had been put to rest.

"Work done in Gujarat under Modi has been praised not only in the country but across the world," Advani added.

The BJP patriarch and the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi were seen together at a civic body function here, days after a bitter episode when the former opposed the elevation of Modi.

Earlier in the day, both of them were present during the meeting of Somnath Temple Trust, along with trust president Keshubhai Patel.
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Congress leaders take to street with brooms
PATNA: Stung by the spectacular performance of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in New Delhi, Congress leaders in Bihar on Sunday took to the streets with brooms and shovels in the state capital and undertook cleanliness drive on a two-km stretch from Rajapur Pul to Sadaquat Ashram in their desperate bid to connect with 'aam aadmi'.
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And in what way saying PC comes from a well respected family is wrong.Nagarathars are the traditional business community of TN(like marwaris in North India).That carries weight in politics.Congress has had such represntation from all over India.

Did you read Vairamuthus(foremost tamizh poet of the age) taunt about BJP which I have posted.Who is BJPs tamizh face? Subramaniam Swamys tamizh is laughed at.
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Latest bit on Hazrat floating on teetar. Don't know if this is for real.
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^^^ PC *was* respected in TN for coming from an affluent family, his educational background, sophistication etc. fueled by good media coverage of him. Over the last two terms of UPA he represented the current GoI position amidst growing TN sub nationalism. All that is fine.

However his support in TN has eroded big time even within TN congress due to the deeds of him and his son. The same PC needs DMK alliance & influence to win an election in his own nagarthar constituency speaks a lot about the loss of credibility. What has he done to Chettinad and a lot of Nagathars I know won't touch with a 10 feet barge pole?Ask the same Vairamuthu about PC.

BJP's Tamizh face is Pon Radhakrishnan, Nirmala Seetharaman, ela Ganesan and now Tamizharuvi Maniyan.
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who says SS is BJP's tamil face ???
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^^That would be Pon Radhakrishnan. No?
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Rally at Lakhimpur Kheri. pic.twitter.com/o1uTacuEDE

Does Varun G has such a pull in WB or is there any undercurrent in WB towards BJP?
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Whatever people are being fed my MSM is wrong and bullshit. I was in the Run for Unity in Hyderabad. The response will make you feel that NaMo is already the PM of India. It was an emotional moment for me to be part of the run.
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RoyG wrote:How does it benefit the Congress to push the lokpal through?
It will have the effect of hobbling the post 2014 dispensation. That will make sure that any govt that comes, will remain a one term wonder. This is a trap for Modi
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^^Does the proposal include placing PMO under Lokpal?
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pankajs wrote:Latest bit on Hazrat floating on teetar. Don't know if this is for real.
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Hypocrisy! @ArvindKejriwal talks of red-beacons & "no bunglows" for MLAs but likes people as SLAVES to tie his shoes

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AK-47 is so vocal about not taking security. Click this to see how small a security footprint Manohar Parrikar already sported in July 2012.

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Paul wrote:^^Does the proposal include placing PMO under Lokpal?
I think PM would be covered after he demits his office.

This lokpal bill may be important from the PoV of nationalism quotient within Congress Party. I would disregard their clamor for credit. RaGa can take the credit. What is important to see is whether they allow it to pass or do they egg SaPa on to stop it. The ball is in the Congress court.
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svenkat wrote:Is the above true? Why is that RajeshAji,jhujhar etc who are ever ready to criticise Congress silent? What is their take on this dhimmitde by Akalis-BJP?
:shock:

Should one know all the going-ons in the world, have minute details about it, have formed an opinion on everything, and must express it on a forum, expecting that there is some one on that forum who is waiting with abated breath to know one's reaction?

I have no knowledge of this development, much less any details about it.

Speaking in general, one can do the same act from two diametrically opposite interests. It can be appeasement or it can be influence. It can be dhimmitude or it can be a takeover.

Other than that I think there are many Punjabis who have a soft-spot for Pakjabis and such idiots one finds in all parties in Punjab.
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Post by RajeshA »

svenkat wrote:I was 'defnding' PC in the context of RajeshAjis 'glee' that PC is becoming a nobody.PC has been the face of Congress and Indian nationalism in TN was my contention.There are very few if any leaders like PC in TN?
Well let's just say Indian economy is in deep sh*t and PC is presiding over its fall! That is what decides whether I like him or not! Not really interested in his parentage!

Politically I'm glad that Congress would be finished in one more state - Tamil Nadu, and a different national party can spread its wings there. Moreover I'm glad that Congress is running out of faces it can put forth as PM candidates. I do concede PC was one of the more "intelligent" faces from within Congress, that they could have offered. So if he can't win from a LS seat, that take him off the board, limiting Congress's options.

For a "Congress Mukt Bharat" that is a logical development.

I understand now the reason for your comment on sale of power to Pakistan. My comment on PC should not be construed as wishing to belittle Tamizh people or even him personally.
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Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

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would be ?? it was finished long time back
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