[quote name='Mudy' date='13 May 2011 - 08:07 PM' timestamp='1305296984' post='111573']
[url="http://www.rediff.com/news/report/tn-assembly-people-have-given-me-rest-says-a-vanquished-karunanidhi/20110513.htm"] People have given me rest, says a vanquished Karunanidhi[/url]
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Yeah right, rest from corruption <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
My opinion is the verdict is more of anti-DMK vote than pro-AIADMK. Too much DMK family owned business dominate TN, apart from the 2G scam.
Mamta's Win is more pro-TC vote, so thats victory for TC, but in TN, its more Anti-DMK, AIADMK is not saint either, just that they are out of goverment for long. <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />
Quote:BJP today made a clean sweep of three assembly seats in Karnataka and retained a Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh while Congress drew a blank in the eight bypolls spread across five states. Compounding Congress' woes in the bypolls was the defeat of its veteran leader and former Nagaland chief minister S C Jamir from Aaonglenden assembly seat and its failure to counter expelled leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in Kadapa Lok seat and his mother Vijaya Lakshmi in Pullivendula assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.
In Karnataka, ruling BJP wrested two of the three seats from Janatal Dal (S) and Congress and retained the Bastar seat in the Maoist-hit area of Chhattisgarh.
[quote name='rhytha' date='13 May 2011 - 11:24 PM' timestamp='1305308772' post='111575']
Yeah right, rest from corruption <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
My opinion is the verdict is more of anti-DMK vote than pro-AIADMK. Too much DMK family owned business dominate TN, apart from the 2G scam.
Mamta's Win is more pro-TC vote, so thats victory for TC, but in TN, its more Anti-DMK, AIADMK is not saint either, just that they are out of goverment for long. <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />
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I totally agree with you on the first one, however, I hold different view on the West Bengal Poll results:
In West Bengal, during the last 34 years of their strangle hold of the State, they have converted the total Secular Governmental Machinery into an ineffective one by introducing the most undemocratic norm of making it mandatory to have ââ¬Ëcadre cardââ¬â¢ of CPM or its allies in LDF, for obtaining civic services like power connection, gas connection, water connection or building permits, etc. and even to file an F.I.R. in any police station one has to be a cadre of the Left Front.
In its over enthusiasm in implementing their belated economic development plan of the state, they invited several corporates to set up heavy industries and acquired forcefully the agricultural land for such projects in Singur and Nandigaram and quelled the farmers agitation for fair market price for their lands so acquired, with brutal police force. In this act they outsmarted the A.P. government in supporting several mega ports, power projects and SEZs ââ¬â by forcefully acquiring lands from farmers and fisher folk, without paying the fair market price and suppressing all forms of protests with police oppression as well U.P. governmentââ¬â¢s forceful land acquisition without paying fair market price to the farmers, for Jaypee group's Yamuna Express Highway project and also the brutal oppression of farmers agitation.
According to the Report of Mr. Partho Sarathi Ray dated, April 24, 2011 (http://sanhati.com/excerpted/3491/) ââ¬ÅThe total number of landless peasants has more than doubled from 33 lakhs in 1971 to 78 lakhs in 2001! According to the West Bengal human development report, 4 lakh of the peasants who had received titles (pattas) for redistributed land had lost their land by 2004. What has been rampant in the countryside of Bengal over the last twenty years and more, is the phenomenon of reversal of land reforms, as poor peasants unable to bear the high input costs for agriculture and facing un-remunerative returns have increasingly sold off their land to rural big and middle peasants, who have made the greatest gains during the Left Front rule. And this rich peasantry, which has grown fat during Left Front rule, forms the main support base of the CPI (M) in the rural areas and has a stranglehold over the rural economy. In village after village, it is this class which owns the shops for seeds and fertilizers, pump sets for irrigation, cold storages, PDS shops, in short everything that is needed for making a living out of agriculture; this has gone completely out of the reach of the poor peasantry.ââ¬Â
I am very happy that finally people of West Bengal kicked out Commies. Now they have to do more, they have to keep eye on Mamta. Mamta is commie light, baratan beating street benji, only experience in her resume. I have very little hope on Mamta, but I have hope in people of West Bengal or human needs to grow and expand and vision for better future for their own kids. That need can make leaders or kick out those who come in between such dream. People of WB should grab this opportunity and make better life for themselves and educate their own world wide diaspora, who are fatally brainwashed with commie ideology, they have to watch them also.
This election is first step. I think rapid capitalism in rest of India is another reason, WB kicked out commies. They don't want to be left behind.
Quote:Modi to attend Jayalalithaa's swearing-in ceremony
May 16, 2011 7:27:51 AM
PTI | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the swearing-in ceremony of the AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa tomorrow in Chennai, an official statement said here today.
Modi was invited by the AIADMK chief following which he would be visiting Chennai on May 16, the statement said.
63-year-old Jayalalithaa will take oath as Chief Minister on Monday at the University of Madras Centenary Building in Chennai.
The AIADMK chief swept back to power with a landslide victory in Tamil Nadu in recently concluded assembly elections.
On Mamta, her administration skills can be gauged by her performance in the Railway Ministry, it was'nt good, just medium. But she will revamp the skewed bureaucracy, first which itself will take 5 yrs. So i am not hoping for anything big, just a average.
[quote name='Mudy' date='15 May 2011 - 09:58 PM' timestamp='1305476429' post='111588']
I am very happy that finally people of West Bengal kicked out Commies. Now they have to do more, they have to keep eye on Mamta. Mamta is commie light, baratan beating street benji, only experience in her resume. I have very little hope on Mamta, but I have hope in people of West Bengal or human needs to grow and expand and vision for better future for their own kids. That need can make leaders or kick out those who come in between such dream. People of WB should grab this opportunity and make better life for themselves and educate their own world wide diaspora, who are fatally brainwashed with commie ideology, they have to watch them also.
This election is first step. I think rapid capitalism in rest of India is another reason, WB kicked out commies. They don't want to be left behind.
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You are Right,
The major challenge for all concerned is to de-brain wash the Police and State Administration, which has been reduced to Left Cadre driven entity, through the last 34 years.
Another major task for Mamatha is to convince that she is industry friendly, while continue to be farmer friendly, which I believe she has proven during the last five years.
West Bengal, like rest of India required 'Sustainable Development, with Eco-Responsibility and 100% inclusive growth', which has been lacking in the whole of India; either we are too infrastructure development oriented, trampling the interests of the farmers and the other stake-holders, or too farmer driven ones denying the industrialization to the extent we needed to become independent, economically.
The most common refrain against the Congress is that its central leadership continues to adopt a top-down approach in decision-making, often ignoring local sentiments. Puducherry presents the latest example. "The party high command decided to abruptly remove chief minister N Rangaswamy despite a majority of Congressmen supporting him. He was sidelined completely and the people's anger about that action was reflected in the election", says V Bhalan, general secretary of the rebel All India NR Congress that Rangaswamy floated just before the poll to take on the Congress.
In all of South, the embarrassment was most acute in Puducherry, where NR Congress routed the parent party and won 15 of the 30 seats and got an independent to support it for a clear majority. The result also showed Congress had learnt no lessons from the 1990s when GK Moopanar floated the Tamil Maanila Congress and aligned with the DMK for a landslide victory, embarrassing the Congress. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news...445509.cms
We are between the devil and the deep blue sea. The devil, the Left Front, with its murderous cadres has been ousted.
The deep blue sea, Mamata, with her insatiable appetite for popularity is in. Mamata has no vision to take West Bengal out of its economic stagnation. She has a one-point program of protecting peasants from "land grab". What she does not realize is that without taking land for industry and cities, West Bengal will see economic stagnation and ever increasing number of destitute peasants. This is because West Bengal with an expected population of 104 million people in 2041 will have a population density of 1200 persons per square km at that time (India's population density at that time will be 400 persons/sq km). The effective agricultural land-man ratio already grim will go from very bad to catastrophic. Her status quo policy while very good for retaining popularity for now will lead to ever increasing destitutes, ever increasing farmer suicides and ever increasing slums and jhoopries in the cities. Moreover the anti-big industry policy will make the fiscal situation of WB Govt go from very bad to catastrophic.
12-26-2011, 04:33 AM (This post was last modified: 12-26-2011, 04:25 PM by Capt M Kumar.)
It's surprising as to how EC is not only naming Team Anna but also putting some sort issue of propriety on it. I think EC is stretching it's power in free democratic country as ours. They better concentrate in conduct of free and fair elections. With voter apathy in states like UP at it's peak, EC has failed in it's duty to excite the voters. It's shame that MLAs with even < 10% votes can win in UP. My comments on the news http://www.dailypioneer.com/pioneer-news...aishi.html
It's surprising as to how EC is not only naming Team Anna but also putting some sort issue of propriety on it. I think EC is stretching it's power in free democratic country as ours. They better concentrate in conduct of free and fair elections. With voter apathy in states like UP at it's peak, EC has failed in it's duty to excite the voters. It's shame that MLAs with even < 10% votes can win in UP. My comments on the news http://www.dailypioneer.com/pioneer-news...aishi.html
Songs like 'now panga na le chamara de nal' (don't get into a fight with chamars) and Ravidassan di chandi (Ravidasis are doing great) are the hum this poll season. It's not that popular Jatt (Jat Sikh) songs aren't around, it's just that Doaba - where Punjab's 29% Dalit community swells to 35% - is witnessing a social churn with dalits asserting themselves socially, culturally and politically. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india...638271.cms
[quote name='Capt M Kumar' date='25 December 2011 - 11:12 PM' timestamp='1324854268' post='114091']
It's surprising as to how EC is not only naming Team Anna but also putting some sort issue of propriety on it. I think EC is stretching it's power in free democratic country as ours. They better concentrate in conduct of free and fair elections. With voter apathy in states like UP at it's peak, EC has failed in it's duty to excite the voters. It's shame that MLAs with even < 10% votes can win in UP. My comments on the news http://www.dailypioneer.com/pioneer-news...aishi.html
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Although the topic is a month old it is just as valid today. My opinion is EC may have little to do with voter's turnout. The majority of voters don't turn to vote as they do not believe strongly enough that their individual vote can affect change of some sort. Most candidates in the running are dubious with chequered history so one does not have a worthy choice. It is sadly a choice between the devil and the deep sea.
[quote name='Capt M Kumar' date='26 January 2012 - 06:41 PM' timestamp='1327582983' post='114317']
Songs like 'now panga na le chamara de nal' (don't get into a fight with chamars) and Ravidassan di chandi (Ravidasis are doing great) are the hum this poll season. It's not that popular Jatt (Jat Sikh) songs aren't around, it's just that Doaba - where Punjab's 29% Dalit community swells to 35% - is witnessing a social churn with dalits asserting themselves socially, culturally and politically. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india...638271.cms
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They vote in blocks and all depends on how leader get paid by political party.
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