05-22-2009, 05:45 PM
<b>Swamy cries foul over Chidambaramâs victory</b>
NT Bureau | Fri, 22 May, 2009,02:52 PM
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Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has termed the electoral victory of P Chidambaram in Sivaganga constituency as sham and a disgrace to democracy. Swamy said this while addressing the media yesterday.
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Raising doubts over Chidambaramâs victory, he said that in spite of the Congress candidate lagging in every round of the vote count, he was announced to have won by the Returning Officer.
âThe officer issued the certificate within two minutes the results were announced. Never before a Returning Officer had issued the certificate with such urgency,â he said.
The Janata Party leader also sought a suo motu inquiry into credibility of EVMs used in the recent elections. He suspected that the victory of Congress Party in about 75 constituency was achieved through fraudulent means.
Dwelling on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, he said Tamils should get equal rights in the island nation and India should take steps to ensure the same. âPrabhakaran is over. LTTE is finished. But the need of the hour is addressing the main issue of ensuring Tamilsâ right to equality, and Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa should honour the promise he had made in this regard,â he added.
Since India had âcontributedâ to Sri Lankaâs successful war against the LTTE by supplying defence equipment such as radar, and sending medical teams, it should make sure Tamils were treated with equal rights and the necessary Constitutional amendments must be put in place to ensure this, he said.
Citing reports quoting D R Karthikeyan, head of the CBI team that probed into Rajiv Gandhiâs assassination, as saying that attempts were made by many political leaders to âmanipulate and derailâ investigation, he sought a probe into the charge.
On reports of Prabhakaran being alive as claimed by his supporters, Swamy said that Rajapaksa had informed External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee about Prabhakaranâs death. âA government will not lie on such matters as its credibility will be at stake in the future,â he said.
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NT Bureau | Fri, 22 May, 2009,02:52 PM
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Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has termed the electoral victory of P Chidambaram in Sivaganga constituency as sham and a disgrace to democracy. Swamy said this while addressing the media yesterday.
.
Raising doubts over Chidambaramâs victory, he said that in spite of the Congress candidate lagging in every round of the vote count, he was announced to have won by the Returning Officer.
âThe officer issued the certificate within two minutes the results were announced. Never before a Returning Officer had issued the certificate with such urgency,â he said.
The Janata Party leader also sought a suo motu inquiry into credibility of EVMs used in the recent elections. He suspected that the victory of Congress Party in about 75 constituency was achieved through fraudulent means.
Dwelling on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, he said Tamils should get equal rights in the island nation and India should take steps to ensure the same. âPrabhakaran is over. LTTE is finished. But the need of the hour is addressing the main issue of ensuring Tamilsâ right to equality, and Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa should honour the promise he had made in this regard,â he added.
Since India had âcontributedâ to Sri Lankaâs successful war against the LTTE by supplying defence equipment such as radar, and sending medical teams, it should make sure Tamils were treated with equal rights and the necessary Constitutional amendments must be put in place to ensure this, he said.
Citing reports quoting D R Karthikeyan, head of the CBI team that probed into Rajiv Gandhiâs assassination, as saying that attempts were made by many political leaders to âmanipulate and derailâ investigation, he sought a probe into the charge.
On reports of Prabhakaran being alive as claimed by his supporters, Swamy said that Rajapaksa had informed External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee about Prabhakaranâs death. âA government will not lie on such matters as its credibility will be at stake in the future,â he said.
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