03-25-2006, 09:33 PM
Some interesting comments by HT users
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Abraham Lincoln once said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time." I wish Sonia Gandhi was a more educated lady and had read this warning from a great man.
- Vinay Agarwalla (March 25, 2006)
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Emulate Sonia's example: Jyotiradiyta Scindia
<b>Yes, one person is definately going to emulate Sonia Gandhi. And that's Dawood Ibrahim as he is now getting trapped. So he will be surrendering and we will call it 'sacrifice' for the country.
- Prashant, Delhi, India (March 25, 2006) </b> <!--emo&
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Sonia effect: Vatsyayan quits RS
Sonia's resignation as chairperson of NAC is just diversionary tactics. Apparently, she has been holding several more "offices of profit".
An Internet document (http://www.rumela.com/women/sonia_gandhi.htm ) gives the information that, from 1998 onwards, Sonia has been holding the following positions - Chairperson of (i) Rajiv Gandhi Foundation; (ii) Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust; (iii) Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund; (iv) Nehru Trust for Cambridge University; (v) Kamala Nehru Memorial Society and Hospital; (vi) Nehru Memorial Museum and Library; (vii) Indian Council for Child Welfare Trust; (viii) Swaraj Bhawan Trust; and Patron, Round Square (International Group of Schools), United Kingdom.
Obviously, these positions are much more remunerative than chairperson of NAC. Therefore, Sonia gave up the NAC position to make the people believe she has made a great sacrifice.
- Cogito_ergo..., New Delhi, India (March 25, 2006)
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The resignation of Sonia Gandhi is no doubt a virtue derived out of compulsion. But who forced that compulsion out of a trivial and ambiguous issue? Who in this country would think/agree that it is wrong to head NAC while being an MP (what ever be the technicalities)?
It is strange that the opposition had chosen such a trivial issue to create a huge uproar. By resigning, it is now as if she exposed the triviality of the issues being raised by opposition and even meeting the President asking to intervene! As for Sonia, she has nothing to lose and everything to gain - the common man who does not know what NAC is will now know (good marketing for NAC).
It has to be seen though, whether the Congress will be smart enough to be able to make use of this for real political gain or not. As for the opposition, making an issue of NAC as "office of profit" and demanding Sonia's resignation on this issue is perhaps the most foolish act so far.
- Pradeep K, Bangalore, India (March 25, 2006)
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Abraham Lincoln once said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time." I wish Sonia Gandhi was a more educated lady and had read this warning from a great man.
- Vinay Agarwalla (March 25, 2006)
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Emulate Sonia's example: Jyotiradiyta Scindia
<b>Yes, one person is definately going to emulate Sonia Gandhi. And that's Dawood Ibrahim as he is now getting trapped. So he will be surrendering and we will call it 'sacrifice' for the country.
- Prashant, Delhi, India (March 25, 2006) </b> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> _______________________________________
Sonia effect: Vatsyayan quits RS
Sonia's resignation as chairperson of NAC is just diversionary tactics. Apparently, she has been holding several more "offices of profit".
An Internet document (http://www.rumela.com/women/sonia_gandhi.htm ) gives the information that, from 1998 onwards, Sonia has been holding the following positions - Chairperson of (i) Rajiv Gandhi Foundation; (ii) Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust; (iii) Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund; (iv) Nehru Trust for Cambridge University; (v) Kamala Nehru Memorial Society and Hospital; (vi) Nehru Memorial Museum and Library; (vii) Indian Council for Child Welfare Trust; (viii) Swaraj Bhawan Trust; and Patron, Round Square (International Group of Schools), United Kingdom.
Obviously, these positions are much more remunerative than chairperson of NAC. Therefore, Sonia gave up the NAC position to make the people believe she has made a great sacrifice.
- Cogito_ergo..., New Delhi, India (March 25, 2006)
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The resignation of Sonia Gandhi is no doubt a virtue derived out of compulsion. But who forced that compulsion out of a trivial and ambiguous issue? Who in this country would think/agree that it is wrong to head NAC while being an MP (what ever be the technicalities)?
It is strange that the opposition had chosen such a trivial issue to create a huge uproar. By resigning, it is now as if she exposed the triviality of the issues being raised by opposition and even meeting the President asking to intervene! As for Sonia, she has nothing to lose and everything to gain - the common man who does not know what NAC is will now know (good marketing for NAC).
It has to be seen though, whether the Congress will be smart enough to be able to make use of this for real political gain or not. As for the opposition, making an issue of NAC as "office of profit" and demanding Sonia's resignation on this issue is perhaps the most foolish act so far.
- Pradeep K, Bangalore, India (March 25, 2006)
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