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UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - ramana - 02-08-2007

Pioneer reports, 8 feb.,2007
QUOTECong in no hurry to expel Natwar

Yogesh Vajpeyi | New Delhi

The Congress on Wednesday expressed its umbrage at former External Minister Natwar Singh's latest attack on party president Sonia Gandhi but appeared in no hurry to expel the suspended leader for his continued defiance.

"We are not willing to oblige him," was the cryptic comment of party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi, when he was asked how long the leadership would tolerate the rebellious Congress leader who had been suspended from the party a year ago.

Addressing a seminar on 'India's Iraq Policy' at Lucknow in the presence of UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and other Samajwadi Party leaders, Natwar Singh had alleged that action against him was " a conspiracy of the US in which Congress and the media were also involved." 

Without naming Sonia, he also had a dig at her foreign origin, saying, "This country has its own tradition exemplified in its music, drama, knowledge, and religion. But this facet could only be understood by one who was born here," he said.

Stung by the remarks, Congress spokesman Singhvi as well as Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on Wednesday launched a vitriolic attack on Natwar Singh. Singhvi opened the party's regular press briefing with a scathing attack on Natwar Singh for his remarks about the Congress president and his accusation that the Prime Minister had dropped him under the US pressure.

"In the backdrop of his tirade against the party and its foreign policy, it is for Natwar Singh to explain to the people why he is still in the Congress," Singhvi said.

Anand Sharma reacted in a similar vein when he rubbished Natwar Singh's latest remarks in a separate interaction with media persons.

"Natwar Singh is a rank opportunist. He has never been a political leader. Whatever offices he occupied, it was because of Congress party, its president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh," he said.

Ironically, though the outraged Congress leaders used words like "rank opportunist" and "light weight" against Natwar Singh, they were not ready to commit on the party's future course of action.

"The matter is under consideration of the party's central disciplinary committee that will take appropriate action at appropriate time," was their common refrain.

Sources said that the party is in no hurry to expel Natwar Singh as this would enable him to retain his Rajya Sabha seat as an unattached member. Instead, it would like him to leave the party on his own.

"If he is full of so much venom against the party and its leaders, why doesn't he quit," asked an AICC functionary, indicating that the party was waiting for Natwar's next step, which, it hopes, would be joining the Samajwadi Party.

Asked to comment on Natwar's charge that the Prime Minister has compromised with India's foreign policy, Minister of State for External Affairs said there was "no departure or deviation. Any suggestion that India has compromised with its foreign policy is not correct".

Observing that the Volcker report into the Iraqi oil payoffs was discussed in both Houses of Parliament and the matter was before the court, he said the suspended leader should go to the court instead of sharing platform with the SP.

Both Singhvi and Sharma refuted the suggestion that that party was embarrassed by Singh's utterances. According to them it was Natwar Singh who was exposing and embarrassing himself as he had no political conviction or loyalty to the party.

On Natwar Singh's charge that Manmohan Singh and Gandhi had not uttered a word on the hanging of Saddam Hussein, who had always supported India in times of difficulty, Sharma said India did make a statement that was consistent with its foreign policy. "We disapprove of the charge," he said.

Asked whether the former Minister's remarks would have any electoral impart in the three States going to polls, Sharma said, "Natwar Singh has never been a political leader. He is a light weight and irrelevant."



They are waiting for the UP elections to be over as expellinghim before that would create a bad situation for them. Recall Natwar Singh was welcomed by a large section of his community last year. Shows he has support atleast there. NS strategy is to make them expel him to sway the public and retain the RS seat. So he is not so unsavvy after all!

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-08-2007

Actual reason for not expelling
1) Punjab CM Arminder Singh is his brother-in-law, Congress is trying to sideline him.
2) Expelling him now, will make Congress anti-Sadaam
3) Natwar holds Congress and Gandhi family scerets. Gandhi family are scared of him.
4) They will never expel him, only they can do Rajesh Pilot on him.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - ramana - 02-08-2007

I thought Romesh Bhandari was his b-i-l! So Capt ji is also in his family.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-08-2007

Amrinder Singh's brother-in-law Foreign minister Natwar Singh who is married to Captain Amrinder's eldest sister. Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann's wife is sister of wife of Captain Amrinder Singh.

Late Maharaj Yadveindra Singh was the father in law of Natwar Singh and father of Punjab CM Amrinder Singh. Maharaj Yadveindra Singh was the Ambassador to Italy 1965-1966 and received decoration: GC of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy (1966).

QUOTESimranjit Singh Mann is the leader of the Sikh's peaceful struggle in Punjab to achieve an independent homeland, Khalistan. He has fought tirelessly for social justice for ethnic and religious minorities. In this pursuit Mr. Mann has been arrested or detained some 30 times but he has never been convicted.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-11-2007

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Anilesh S Mahajan
[ 11 Feb, 2007 0017hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

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LUDHIANA: 'Balle-balle' has metamorphosed into 'bar-bar' in Punjab these days. And, doing some rip-roaring business during the campaigning for Punjab polls are bar dancers brought in by netas to liven up their loudspeaker-stage-'bhashan' routine.

In fact, the bevy of women, with loud make-up and 'jhatkas' in place, have come from places as disparate as Mumbai, Bangalore, Nagpur and Nepal.

There are also those streaming in from Uttarakhand, Delhi, Kolkata and Himachal Pradesh.

Geeta, one such dancer from Mumbai, doesn't mind the lusty crowd though. "There are a lot of (bar) girls from Mumbai and Bangalore in Punjab these days," she said, her make-up crinkling as she smiled. "There is good money."

Geeta's manager, who calls himself Rajan Bhai, said he got the "orders" for her dance performance much in advance. "We have a few orders for UP polls also," he said.

"But in Punjab the number (of performances) is more. In six days we have earned more than Rs 1 lakh. We could not expect this in one whole month back home." Candidates who have "ordered" Geeta pay for her travel by car and also bear her boarding and lodging expenses.

Ashok Kumar Sharma of Payal Orchestra, one of the men who gets such shows here, said the girls charge anywhere between Rs 500 and 5,000.

"It depends on the audience," he said. "In times when it is difficult to get an audience even for the Prime Minister, these girls come in handy. 
Their role is very important. They bind the audience. It is so common now that you will see such girls even in nukkad rallies, just two to three of them regaling audiences for an hour or more."

Rinku Kumar, who refused to reveal where he comes from, said most of the girls are here on a contract for 10-to-15 days.

"The girls from Delhi, Mumbai and Banglore are the most highly paid, Rs 2,500 for one hour," he said. Another organiser said smaller cities and rural areas are more profitable.

"There the audiences reciprocate and shower more money," he said, adding, "Places like Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana and a few parts in Gurdaspur and Amristar have turned out to be ripe markets."

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-11-2007

Same happened, when even paid crowd refused to show up during Sonia rally. Only liquor, drugs and bar girls were shining. Next time they should ask Pakies to fill ground for rally.

QUOTEBiggest poll-related haul of illegal liquor in Ludhiana 
Pioneer News Service | Ludhiana
Under the special drive to check illegal sale and supply of liquor in the last phase of election campaign, a team of the district excise officials on Saturday recovered a big haul of liquor from village Boparai Khurd under Raikot Assembly constituency in Ludhiana District.

The raid followed a telephonic message sent by the Observer, Raikot constituency Satya Varat Sahu that liquor was being unloaded from a truck in the house of one Ajit Singh of the village and that action should be taken as per law.

For the purpose, the team comprising the Excise and Taxation Officer Ludhiana-II Jaswinder Singh, the Excise Inspectors Darshan Singh, Ajay Kumar and other staff members was deputed to conduct the raid.

The Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner (DETC) Jarnail Singh told The Pioneer that they recovered a big unauthorised stock of liquor meant for distribution during the elections to lure voters.Â 
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But the accused has so far not disclosed the name of the political party or the candidate at whose behest the liquor was to be distributed. "But the illegal stock was definitely meant for distribution during the election," he confirmed.

As per details, the raiding team recovered 61 cases and 8 bottles of country liquor, one case each of Peter Scot and McDowell brands and 2 bottles of Officers Choice brand.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-12-2007

BJP leader stoned to death

February 11, 2007
Dehradun: A local BJP leader was stoned to death during last-minute campaigning for the Uttarakhand assembly elections in Bageshwar district, the police said today.

Rajendra Singh Bhoriyal, BJP chairman of Tusreda village, was attacked in Aulani area of the district yesterday and died due to excessive bleeding, they said.

They said his body was recovered from a field nearby and has been sent for post-mortem.

State BJP spokesman Devendra Bhasin condemned the incident and demanded the immediate arrest of the assailants. The police said a hunt is on for the attackers.

Campaigning for the February 21 elections came to a close last evening.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-13-2007

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/12punpoll3.htm

QUOTEIntelligence inputs show it will be tough for Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to retain the state, while the opposition are still keeping their fingers crossed.

A senior Intelligence Bureau officer told rediff.com that Singh is fighting a losing battle and the state is as good as lost.

But the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal are still guarded, thanks largely to Singh's masterstroke of tying up with a religious sect called the Sacha Sauda.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-13-2007

QUOTEAkalis have a clear edge 
Yogesh Vajpeyi | Jalandhar
Punjab Assembly Election 2007
Badal clouds Congress mood in State
After one of the bitterest electioneering in Punjab, the overcast skies seem to have blurred victory lines. Amidst fear of low turnout in Tuesday's polls, the fate of the two contenders of power, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is likely to be decided by only one factor. Who can get his supporters to the polling booths better?

Amidst claims and counterclaims by the rivals, punters give a slight edge to the Badal-led SAD-BJP combine in the 115 Assembly segments.

Akali Dal supporters see in their president Parkash Singh Badal's name - which translates into cloud in Hindi - fortuitous tidings for their party.

And it could well be that the 'badal' factor gives the ruling Congress a tough fight. While the rains would have an impact on the turnout, former Chief Minister Badal, who at 80 is taking his fourth shot at being the Chief Minister, is proving to be a formidable opponent.

But Amarinder Singh is not the one to give up without a fight. "The clouds and rain (these days) are good for the farmers. As for the other Badal (Akali leader), he will vanish in the wind," the Chief Minister told a TV channel.

Captain Amarinder is banking on his development plank - good roads, investment in the infrastructure and industrial sector of over Rs 1 trillion and other development works.

Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proving no crowd-puller and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's rallies being washed out, the Punjab Chief Minister spearheaded an aggressive campaign for the Congress.Â <!--emo& Big Grin

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But the Congress campaign appeared a little disorganised than that of the opposition alliance, where Badal and his son Sukhbir led from the front. The galaxy of BJP leaders with star power and former Haryana Chief Minister toiled to push up its prospects.

On the ground, it was one of the most acrimonious campaigns, with the rivals using words like thief, coward, cheat, pimp against each other. The accusations were hurled at public meetings and splashed through big advertisements in the media.

There was a strong element of personal hostility in the campaign as Badal and Amarinder criss-crossed the State in their helicopters over the last few days to woo voters.

Sukhbir Badal, who planned the entire Akali campaign this time, was quite abrasive about the Akali campaign. "Amarinder Singh has sold the interests of the State. We must throw out his corrupt Government," was his constant refrain.

The electoral fight in the three main regions - Majha (comprising Amritsar and adjoining districts north of river Beas), Doaba (Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur and adjoining districts in the fertile land falling between Sutlej and Beas rivers) and Malwa (Bathinda and adjoining districts known as a cotton belt) - is likely to go to the wire with no side particularly confident of winning hands down.

The Akalis, however, have been claiming a landslide victory for their alliance .The party surely stands to gain from the Congress in the Majha and Doaba regions while the Congress is expected to win more seats in the cotton belt of Malwa.

Though there was no clear-cut Akali wave, party leaders feel the undercurrent is enough to see them through Feb 13.

The Akalis had won over 40 seats in 2002 when there was a popular wave against them. Both sides are now claiming that they will win nearly 70 of the 117 seats.

In Doaba Congress will lose, last time they won with thin margin, now people are pretty upset, especially small scale industry and farmers.
Lets see when Arminder Singh will switch again.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-13-2007

QUOTESacha Sauda's support to Cong may tilt scales in Malwa 
Pioneer News Service | Chandigarh
The decision of the Dera Sacha Sauda (Sirsa), a religious sect, to support the Congress in the Punjab election may prove costly for the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), particularly in Malwa region, which has about 65 seats, out of the total 117 seats of the Punjab Assembly.

This announcement by the political affairs wing of Dera has set panic in the SAD and its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), forcing BJP's national general secretary and in-charge of Punjab Arun Jaitley to rush to Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa along with Navjot Sidhu, BJP's candidate from Amritsar parliamentary constituency. They reportedly approached Baba Gurmeet Singh with a request that he change his decision but he had already left for Kota in Rajasthan.

Dera Sacha Sauda's followers who number more than 25 lakh are stated to have over 14 lakh votes. A major chunk of voters reside in the Malwa belt. The constituencies which come under the Malwa belt, include the districts of Bhatinda, Mansa, Barnala, Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Ferozpore, Ludhiana and Ropar. In these places candidates belonging to the SAD-BJP alliance would be affected as they may not find ways to counter the margins. In many of the constituencies Sacha Sauda has votes ranging from 15,000 to 25,000.

In an Assembly election, where elections are fought fiercely and closely, the dreams of many of the SAD-BJP alliance candidates would be shattered. Congress candidates exude confidence and their body language indicates how much they would benefit. By this we can say that Malwa results this time are going the Congress way, severally affecting the chances of SAD candidates.

Malwa region had always remained the backbone of the SAD. But since the 2002 Assembly elections the voters have started drifting away from the SAD. In the 2002 elections of the total 65 seats in the Malwa region, Congress candidates won
30 seats, while SAD could retained 35. Thus it was for the first time the SAD leadership got a big jolt from the Amarinder Singh-led Congress. In the 1997 Assembly elections, the SAD had got 58 out of the 65 seats in the Malwa belt, when the SAD total strength in the Punjab Assembly was 87 seats.

Political observers feel that the Congress was going to win at least 50 seats. The reason for the shift in the Panthic-farming community votes was mainly due to is two issues: Firstly, Amarinder Singh got the Punjab River Water Termination Act 2004 passed, annulling all previous river water agreements with Punjab. With this historical decision Amarinder Singh saved the six lakh families in the Malwa belt from being ruined and also saved 16 lakh acres of fertile land from becoming a desert. Secondly: with the sowing of Bt. Cotton the output increased to 27 lakh cotton bales from just seven lakh bales during the Badal regime which ended in 2002.

Before approaching Saucha Suda Dera, Badal even approached Satgur Jagjit Singh Chief Namdharis, Bhaini Sahib. Similarly, the followers of Radhaswami Sect and Nirankari Sect, who have a large following among both Hindus as well as Sikhs, generally vote en block in favour of the Congress.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-13-2007

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/13punpoll.htm

Rains hit voter turnout in Punjab polls

QUOTEIn the first two hours, only five per cent of the total 1.66 crore voters have exercised their franchise, the spokesman added.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-13-2007

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They are so good.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-13-2007

Nearly 67 per cent votes cast in Punjab electionsQUOTEStill there are voters standing in long queues and waiting for their turn to exercise their franchise. The poll percentage is expected to cross 70 per cent mark this time as against over 65 per cent in the 2002 assembly elections.

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Casting of votes was also concluded for the prestigious Amritsar Parliamentary by-polls where cricketer-turned-politician and BJP candidate Navjot Singh Sidhu is pitted against his Congress rival and Punjab Finance Minister Surinder Singla.

Latest reports showed that 60 per cent votes had been polled in Amrtisar, 70 in Gurdaspur, 65 in Nawanshehr, 68 in Kapurthala, 62 in Jalandhar, 61 in Hoshiarpur, 59 in Ludhiana, 67 in Ropar, 65 in SAS Nagar, 62 in Patiala, 65 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 75 in Sangrur, 63 in Ferozepur, 73 in Moga, 75 in Muktsar, 75 in Faridkot, 74 in Bathinda, 70 in Mansa, 65 in Tarn Taran, 70 in Gurdaspur and 80 in Barnala. In the Dirba and Faridkot constituencies, 90 per cent and 85 per cent polling was reported.
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UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-13-2007

Congress has a slender edge in this cliffhanger
Sanjay Kumar, Rajeeva Karandikar & Yogendra Yadav -HT-CNN-IBN Exit Poll

Same pollester gang who did previous evaluation on
1) Favorite polictical leader - they announced MMS as winner but data reflected something else
2) Whole India is in favor of OBC reservation - Sampling size was hilarious.
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QUOTEOur exit poll, based on interviews with 5217 respondents outside 115 polling booths in 40 assembly constituencies spread across the state, shows that both the contenders for power are placed evenly in terms of votesQUOTEOne important reason for this is that, unlike last time, the BJP has proved to be a useful ally for the Akalis in these two regions with substantial Hindu population.

However, the Congress is set to gain an upper hand in the agrarian belt of Malwa, the traditional bastion of the Akalis. Since the Malwa region has 65 seats in the 117 member assembly, this can offset other losses for the Congress.

Taking everything into account we expect the Congress to win between 53 and 63 seats, and finish slightly ahead of the Akali-BJP combineÂ that may win 47 to 57 seats. In political terms this projection leaves all the three possibilities open.

Congress is losing Hindu votes, no surprise here.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-13-2007

QUOTEPunjab Assembly Polls 
EC decides to file FIR against TV channel 
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14388343
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday decided to file an FIR against NDTV for allegedly violating the electoral law by telecasting outcome projections on elections in Punjab when the poll process was in progress.

The FIR would be filed against the channel for violation of the Section 126 of the Representation of People Act (RPA) which says no person shall display to the public any election manner by means of cinematograph, television or other similar apparatus.

Full coverage: Punjab Assembly Polls

Under âInsta Poll,â the channel was giving exit poll like projections as to who is in the lead between the two main contenders--Congress and Akali Dal (Badal).

\"The commission examined the issue and considered it as an infringement of the provisions of the RPA and gave a notice to the channel,\" deputy election commissioner R Bhattacharya told reporters.

He said this was not part of exit poll on which a case was already before the Supreme Court.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-14-2007

Liquor fest makes EC fume QUOTEHours before the elections, Crates of whiskey were brought out and distributed to villages in proportion to the votes the party is likely to get.

âThe thekas (liquor shops) have closed but that makes no difference to us because liquor is being supplied freely by political parties,â a voter, Lakhwinder Singh said.
When CNN-IBN went to Sialba Majra village, just outside Chandigarh, posing as Congress supporters and asked for a drink, crates of alcohol were shown hidden under bales of hay.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-14-2007

So according to the poll Sacha Sauda fatwa did have an effect.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-14-2007

QUOTESo according to the poll Sacha Sauda fatwa did have an effect.
I think liquor and Bar girls have more effect.
Sacha Sauda fatwa may effect some area, but very small.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-14-2007

Exit polls predict win for SAD-BJP combineQUOTEThe survey conducted by AC Nielson for Star News gave 60 seats to BJP-SAD (Badal) combine, 48 to Congress and 7 to other parties/independent candidates out of 115 constituencies that went to poll out of a total 117.

NDTV 24x7 came out with almost similar projections giving between 55 to 65 seats to Akali Dal-BJP combine and between 45 to 55 to the Congress.

The vote share Star News survey puts the Congress quite behind Akali Dal-BJP combine with 37 and 41 per cent respectively. Other parties/independent candidates are predicted to pull as much as 22 per cent of the voters.

About 13,000 people were questioned across 50 constituencies in the state during the survey, the Star News said

Here Sample size is much larger.

UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007 - Guest - 02-14-2007

Punjab da crorepati candidates 
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is the obvious leader. The Maharaja of Patiala has disclosed family assets of nearly Rs 100 crore. But the immoveable assets of this ex-royal is said to be much more than the value shown.

opposition Akali Dal leader and former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur who has an estimated worth of nearly Rs 80 crore. Kaur is contesting from Bholath constituency in Kapurthala district.

Ludhiana rural seatâs Congress candidate Malkiat Singh Birmi is worth Rs 11 crore in declared assets. Birmi owns a private aircraft, but ironically he doesnât own any motor vehicle, much like his party chief Sonia Gandhi <!--emo& Big Grin

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former chief minister and Akali Dal chief Prakash Singh Badal too charge him with under declaration. Badal, who has declared Rs 9 crore in assets, is said to be worth few hundred crores with his properties in Chandigarh and Haryana 

Adampur Congress candidate Kanwalijit Singh Lally has declared land worth of Rs 7 crore as his main asset.

State minister Jagjit Singh, the Congress candidate from Kartarpur, owns a lowly Rs 2 crore 

majority of them are Congressi.