08-04-2008, 05:24 PM
Lalooji and Mulayamji have now released new CDs of their own. Congies are quite. BJP is left to roll in mud with commies + lalu/mulayam.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/04upavote.htm
received the foll in email. no URL.
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Statesman News Service
NEW DELHI, Aug. 2: It is more than ten days since people across the country watched the sight of three BJP MPs flaunting wads of Rs 1000 notes in the Lok Sabha allegedly given to them by the ruling UPA to abstain during the 22 July trust vote, but it is becoming curiouser by the day why the CNN-IBN channel which secretly filmed the ânotes for votesâ scandal is now reluctant to telecast it.
On 22 July even as the debate on the trust vote was going on, the currency notes were sneaked into the Lok Sabha in two bags by the BJP MPs. Apparently the MPs had the permission of the partyâs top leadership to bring in the âbribeâ money to âexposeâ the UPA governmentâs efforts to allegedly buy MPs over to win the crucial trust vote. The BJP was understandably banking heavily on the sting operation by CNN-IBN to nail the government. But much to its chagrin the channel is yet to telecast the tapes in spite of what the BJP terms a âpromiseâ made by it.
Even as the BJP has declared it was âcompelledâ to take a decision to boycott CNN-IBN in view of its decision against telecasting the tapes, the channelâs steadfast resistance to telecast the âstingâ operation raises many questions. Is the TV channel under some kind of political or corporate pressure not to telecast the tapes? Do the tapes contain any incriminating evidence against the ruling Congress or its new ally, the Samajwadi Party, which played a crucial role in the survival of the government during the trust vote? Is the channel afraid of facing retribution from unknown political quarters or is it under threat?
In a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, about a week after the two-day secret filming of the sting operation by a team of CNN-IBN spanning the night of 21 July and till 22 July afternoon, the BJP leader of the Opposition in the House, Mr LK Advani, wrote, âThe channel had assured the whistle-blowers (three BJP MPs) that the recorded tape would be telecast âsoonâ. However, this was not done. In any democracy, it would be the grossest impropriety if whistle-blowers are let down by the media organisation that conducted the investigation.â He added, âAlthough the channel has stated that it retains a copy of the tape and reserves the right to telecast it at a future date, the long delay between the recording of the tape and its telecast (if and when it happens) would naturally raise grave doubts as to whether the tape is authentic or doctored.â
Responding to the letter, the Speaker on 28 July said it was up to the parliamentary committee probing the matter to take a decision on the telecast of the tapes. Sources in the Parliament secretariat told The Statesman that there was no embargo on the tapesâ telecast from the committee.
Investigations by The Statesman reveal that contrary to claims by some people that the tapes are difficult to decipher, they have good picture clarity.
The contents of the tapes, if sources are to be believed, also contradict the argument forwarded by the Editor-in-Chief of CNN-IBN, Mr Rajdeep Sardesai: âInvestigation by the channel was not ready for telecast in the sense to be a cast iron story (which such stories should be), it did require some more inquiry into certain matters, which could have been done but was rendered impossible by the fact that on the afternoon of 22 July itself, the three MPs raised this issue in Parliament and then went on to make public the fact that this has been recorded by the CNN-IBN.â
Sources said those caught in the tapes and movement of vehicles along with their number plates were clearly visible.
On 11 August when the sting team of CNN-IBN faces the inquiry committee the truth behind the entire episode may be out and the contents of the controversial film might also see the light of day. Sources said the Lok Sabha secretariat which is investigating the authenticity of the tapes (in all around 6-7 digital tapes have been submitted by the channel) is leaving nothing to chance.
The main thing to watch is if the contents of the tapes match the total amount of the money which the BJP MPs alleged was offered to them by the Congress and SP, sources added.
A former official of the Lok Sabha secretariat in the know of parliamentary procedure said even if the committee managed to establish the identity of the people who gave the money to the three BJP MPs the guilty could not be prosecuted on the basis of the committee report.
The report could at best form the basis for filing cases against the guilty persons, he pointed out. But with the nearly hour-long recording in the secret sting tapes increasingly becoming a hot potato, it appears that it will be long before the public gets to see them.
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http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/04upavote.htm
received the foll in email. no URL.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sting telecast under a cloud
Statesman News Service
NEW DELHI, Aug. 2: It is more than ten days since people across the country watched the sight of three BJP MPs flaunting wads of Rs 1000 notes in the Lok Sabha allegedly given to them by the ruling UPA to abstain during the 22 July trust vote, but it is becoming curiouser by the day why the CNN-IBN channel which secretly filmed the ânotes for votesâ scandal is now reluctant to telecast it.
On 22 July even as the debate on the trust vote was going on, the currency notes were sneaked into the Lok Sabha in two bags by the BJP MPs. Apparently the MPs had the permission of the partyâs top leadership to bring in the âbribeâ money to âexposeâ the UPA governmentâs efforts to allegedly buy MPs over to win the crucial trust vote. The BJP was understandably banking heavily on the sting operation by CNN-IBN to nail the government. But much to its chagrin the channel is yet to telecast the tapes in spite of what the BJP terms a âpromiseâ made by it.
Even as the BJP has declared it was âcompelledâ to take a decision to boycott CNN-IBN in view of its decision against telecasting the tapes, the channelâs steadfast resistance to telecast the âstingâ operation raises many questions. Is the TV channel under some kind of political or corporate pressure not to telecast the tapes? Do the tapes contain any incriminating evidence against the ruling Congress or its new ally, the Samajwadi Party, which played a crucial role in the survival of the government during the trust vote? Is the channel afraid of facing retribution from unknown political quarters or is it under threat?
In a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, about a week after the two-day secret filming of the sting operation by a team of CNN-IBN spanning the night of 21 July and till 22 July afternoon, the BJP leader of the Opposition in the House, Mr LK Advani, wrote, âThe channel had assured the whistle-blowers (three BJP MPs) that the recorded tape would be telecast âsoonâ. However, this was not done. In any democracy, it would be the grossest impropriety if whistle-blowers are let down by the media organisation that conducted the investigation.â He added, âAlthough the channel has stated that it retains a copy of the tape and reserves the right to telecast it at a future date, the long delay between the recording of the tape and its telecast (if and when it happens) would naturally raise grave doubts as to whether the tape is authentic or doctored.â
Responding to the letter, the Speaker on 28 July said it was up to the parliamentary committee probing the matter to take a decision on the telecast of the tapes. Sources in the Parliament secretariat told The Statesman that there was no embargo on the tapesâ telecast from the committee.
Investigations by The Statesman reveal that contrary to claims by some people that the tapes are difficult to decipher, they have good picture clarity.
The contents of the tapes, if sources are to be believed, also contradict the argument forwarded by the Editor-in-Chief of CNN-IBN, Mr Rajdeep Sardesai: âInvestigation by the channel was not ready for telecast in the sense to be a cast iron story (which such stories should be), it did require some more inquiry into certain matters, which could have been done but was rendered impossible by the fact that on the afternoon of 22 July itself, the three MPs raised this issue in Parliament and then went on to make public the fact that this has been recorded by the CNN-IBN.â
Sources said those caught in the tapes and movement of vehicles along with their number plates were clearly visible.
On 11 August when the sting team of CNN-IBN faces the inquiry committee the truth behind the entire episode may be out and the contents of the controversial film might also see the light of day. Sources said the Lok Sabha secretariat which is investigating the authenticity of the tapes (in all around 6-7 digital tapes have been submitted by the channel) is leaving nothing to chance.
The main thing to watch is if the contents of the tapes match the total amount of the money which the BJP MPs alleged was offered to them by the Congress and SP, sources added.
A former official of the Lok Sabha secretariat in the know of parliamentary procedure said even if the committee managed to establish the identity of the people who gave the money to the three BJP MPs the guilty could not be prosecuted on the basis of the committee report.
The report could at best form the basis for filing cases against the guilty persons, he pointed out. But with the nearly hour-long recording in the secret sting tapes increasingly becoming a hot potato, it appears that it will be long before the public gets to see them.
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