02-13-2006, 11:12 AM
From Deccan.com, 12 Feb., 2006
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By Harish Gupta
Serious efforts are being made to get rid of the Manmohan Singh government. While the Left is keen to escalate pressure on the government, <b>the Samajwadi Party is busy forging new alliances. It has roped in the TDÂ and is wooing others. The idea is to tell the Congress that if you have 146 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the Third Front partners have 154.
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Simultaneously, the RSS journal Organiser is floating a new theory, gladdening Samajwadi hearts. Organiser advocates a new relationship with Mulayam Singh Yadav, and also criticises L.K. Advani for breaking ties with INLD chief O.P. Chautala and others. <b>Many in the RSS and the BJP feel that a Karnataka-type arrangement should be executed in Delhi as well, even if that means BJP conceding its claim to the Prime Ministerâs post and agreeing to play second fiddle.</b>
And though the Left will not be a part of the<b> proposed Third Front, Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Karunanidhi (DMK), Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP), TDP, TRS, NC, JMM, AGP, etc., will join it. Mulayam Singh is ready to concede the post of Prime Minister to H.D. Deve Gowda, or someone acceptable to the BJP leadership. Second-rung leaders of the BJP are elated over the prospect of a bloodless coup in the Budget Session itself. </b>They are also accusing Advani of breaking ties with the DMK, INLD and AGP. The nitty-gritties of these twin formations are being worked out. The recess period during the Parliament session will be crucial for this.
What astrologers say
Almost all astrologers have predicted the fall of the Manmohan Singh government before September this year. They are, however, divided over the post-fall predictions, with one section saying that Sonia Gandhi will continue to rule with a new PM, and others predicting a mid-term poll or new anti-Congress government. While the political affiliations of some astrologers are too well-known, it is rather strange that astrologers of all hues are unanimous about Manmohanâs exit.
Chawlaâs Jaitley friend
BJP leader Arun Jaitley declared that he would file a chargesheet against election commissioner Navin Chawla for his acts of omission and commission. Chief election commissioner B.B. Tandon has stated that he would enquire into the charges only after receiving the charge-sheet. But how many know that Chawla, a Sonia Gandhi loyalist, took the help of the same Arun Jaitley in curtailing the tenure of his posting at Pondicherry?
Chawla, like any other bureaucrat, was supposed to serve outside Delhi for three years. But he was not too keen to go and was stalling the move. Finally, he was sent. But he roped in Arun Jaitley who took up his cause with another Sonia baiter, Advani. So Chawlaâs tenure was for just seven months and he was on leave most of the time. The story does not end here.
<b>After that he got a good posting and the husband-wife team went to thank Jaitley. And who sanctioned Chawlaâs trust? B.B. Tandon himself who was secretary, personnel at the time. The same Tandon is now CEC. How can Tandon have an enquiry against Chawla? And what is the charge? Chawla does not seem to have done anything wrong after becoming election commissioner.
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Harish Gupta is Director, News and Current Affairs, Janmat TV
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Efforts are on to topple Manmohan
By Harish Gupta
Serious efforts are being made to get rid of the Manmohan Singh government. While the Left is keen to escalate pressure on the government, <b>the Samajwadi Party is busy forging new alliances. It has roped in the TDÂ and is wooing others. The idea is to tell the Congress that if you have 146 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the Third Front partners have 154.
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Simultaneously, the RSS journal Organiser is floating a new theory, gladdening Samajwadi hearts. Organiser advocates a new relationship with Mulayam Singh Yadav, and also criticises L.K. Advani for breaking ties with INLD chief O.P. Chautala and others. <b>Many in the RSS and the BJP feel that a Karnataka-type arrangement should be executed in Delhi as well, even if that means BJP conceding its claim to the Prime Ministerâs post and agreeing to play second fiddle.</b>
And though the Left will not be a part of the<b> proposed Third Front, Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Karunanidhi (DMK), Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP), TDP, TRS, NC, JMM, AGP, etc., will join it. Mulayam Singh is ready to concede the post of Prime Minister to H.D. Deve Gowda, or someone acceptable to the BJP leadership. Second-rung leaders of the BJP are elated over the prospect of a bloodless coup in the Budget Session itself. </b>They are also accusing Advani of breaking ties with the DMK, INLD and AGP. The nitty-gritties of these twin formations are being worked out. The recess period during the Parliament session will be crucial for this.
What astrologers say
Almost all astrologers have predicted the fall of the Manmohan Singh government before September this year. They are, however, divided over the post-fall predictions, with one section saying that Sonia Gandhi will continue to rule with a new PM, and others predicting a mid-term poll or new anti-Congress government. While the political affiliations of some astrologers are too well-known, it is rather strange that astrologers of all hues are unanimous about Manmohanâs exit.
Chawlaâs Jaitley friend
BJP leader Arun Jaitley declared that he would file a chargesheet against election commissioner Navin Chawla for his acts of omission and commission. Chief election commissioner B.B. Tandon has stated that he would enquire into the charges only after receiving the charge-sheet. But how many know that Chawla, a Sonia Gandhi loyalist, took the help of the same Arun Jaitley in curtailing the tenure of his posting at Pondicherry?
Chawla, like any other bureaucrat, was supposed to serve outside Delhi for three years. But he was not too keen to go and was stalling the move. Finally, he was sent. But he roped in Arun Jaitley who took up his cause with another Sonia baiter, Advani. So Chawlaâs tenure was for just seven months and he was on leave most of the time. The story does not end here.
<b>After that he got a good posting and the husband-wife team went to thank Jaitley. And who sanctioned Chawlaâs trust? B.B. Tandon himself who was secretary, personnel at the time. The same Tandon is now CEC. How can Tandon have an enquiry against Chawla? And what is the charge? Chawla does not seem to have done anything wrong after becoming election commissioner.
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Harish Gupta is Director, News and Current Affairs, Janmat TV
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