Modi not welcome in Bihar
THE BJP, which tried to score a point by holding its national executive ( NE) in Patna last weekend, seems to have ended up scoring a self- goal. The battle of political wits that began in Patna last weekend between chief minister Nitish Kumar and his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi triggered events that could end up in a messy divorce between the JD( U) and the BJP, who are in coalition in the state that is up for polls.
So far, Nitish has done a fine balancing act as a secularist who finds nothing wrong in sharing power with the BJP. It may be recalled that during the last Lok Sabha elections, he campaigned for BJP candidates but made sure the minorities weren’t lost by keeping Modi away from poll platforms.
With Modi arriving in Patna for the NE, the expected and much worse has happened.
A public rally scheduled under the NDA banner with senior leaders such as L. K. Advani, Nitin Gadkari, Narendra Modi along with the fiery Varun participating ultimately became a BJP rally after Nitish refused to share the stage with Modi.
A dinner that Nitish had planned at his residence for all NE members was cancelled after Nitish made known his distaste for supping with Modi.
But the unseemly row touched a new low when Nitish objected to ads that the Gujarat government had taken out in Patna papers which had pictures of Modi and Nitish together and extolled the generous grants the Gujarat government had provided to Bihar after the 2008 Kosi floods. So offended was Nitish that he called it “ uncivilised” and threatened legal action against those behind the ad. He also said Bihar would return the money the Modi government had given.
The JD( U)- BJP alliance has been under strain for long.
And my instinct tells me it will not last long. Sooner or later, the BJP will decide to go on its own, knowing that in a polarised polity, Nitish will have to vie with Lalu Prasad and the Congress for the minority and backward votes while hoping to cash in on the rest.
Congress ambiguity on the caste census
EVEN four weeks after the Prime Minister announced the decision to appoint an Empowered Group of Ministers to discuss and resolve the conflicts stemming from the decision to hold the controversial caste- based census, Manmohan Singh seems to be in no particular hurry to honour his pledge. Ever since he said in Parliament that his government will give the idea serious thought, he has been under immense pressure from civil society leaders as well as large numbers of young MPs to keep the decision on hold. Even during the past few cabinet meetings, the idea was opposed by few senior ministers.
The opposition within the council of ministers, however, came into the open only when minister of state for home affairs Ajay Maken wrote a letter to all young MPs cutting across party divisions, asking them to oppose the move. It was his contention that a caste- based headcount will trigger another aggressive and divisive agitation for enhancing reservations in government jobs and educational institutions, leaving the upper castes and even the meritorious among the poor with nothing but crumbs. The Prime Minister’s promise to take a serious look at the demand for a caste- based census was made merely to placate the powerful Yadav duo in return for their support to get cut motions moved by the BJP and the CPI( M) on the finance bill defeated.
Bizarrely, he did so just a few hours after home minister P. Chidambaram told Parliament about the inherent difficulties and dangers of holding such a census. It now appears that with the cut motion now out of the way, the government is having second thoughts and there are rumours that it was the party leadership that encouraged its Gen Next MPs to speak up. Now, with the massive divisions within the BJP also coming into the open, Gen Next seems to have won round one in dictating the political agenda.
GOPALKRISHNA Gandhi’s C. V. could make anyone turn green with envy. An IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, he served as secretary to the President, director of the Nehru Centre in London and as India’s envoy to Norway, Iceland, Sri Lanka, South Africa and other countries, and also had a five- year stint as governor. He is also the grandson of C. Rajagopalachari and Mahatma Gandhi.
At the age of 65, you’d expect him to look back in satisfaction at a long and distinguished innings and spend a quiet life in Chennai. But is the former governor — among the most activist that any Raj Bhavan has seen — missing the trappings of the gubernatorial mansion? His backers are doing the rounds in Delhi seeking another stint as governor for him, preferably in the Raj Bhavan in Panaji, Goa.
Gandhi has enough powerful backers in the government, yet there are hurdles.
The current incumbent in Goa is S. S. Sidhu, who is known to be close to the Gandhi family from the mid 1980s when he was the secretary in the civil aviation ministry and pilot- turnedpolitician Rajiv was the Prime Minister.
2 comments:
NITISH KUMAR HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE CHEER ABOUT THE BIHAR BANDH BY LALU PASWAN.
THEY ARE A PARTY OF DACOITS, THIEVES, KIDNAPPERS,RAPISTS,GOONDA’S ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN WELFARE OF PEOPLE. IT IS HUMILIATING TO PEOPLE OF BIHAR.WHY ARE NOW THEY ENACTING DRAMA.WHEN ALL INDIA WAS BANDH ON PRICE RISE THEY DIDNOT SUPPORTED IT BUT NOW WANT TO SHOW THEIR POWERS IN BIHAR.SO IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN BIHAR BUT FOOLING BIHAR PEOPLE THINKING THAT THEY ARE IDIOTS AND FOOLS. BUT BIHAR PEOPLE ARE NEITHER IDIOTS NOR FOOLS.THEY HAD SHOWED TO INDIA THAT THE PEOPLE FROM BIHAR ARE GENIOUS.THE 30+ COACHING IN PATNA IS AN CLASSIC EXAMPLE.THE UPSC EXAMS SHOWS THAT MAXIMUM PEOPLE ARE FROM BIHAR.IN IIT MAXIMUM BOYS ARE FROM BIHAR, BUT THESE TWO SCOUNDRELS HAD BLAMED BIHARIS ALL OVER FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH ENDS.THEY WANT POWERS TO LOOT THE PUBLIC BY APAHARAN AUR RANGDARI TAX.NOW BIHAR PEOPLE HAD ALREADY REJECTED THEM AND ALSO WOULD WITHDRAW THEIR MANDATE TO THEM IN NEXT ASSEMBLY ELECTIOSN TO THE STATE.PASWAN WAS DEFTAED BY THE SAME PEOPLE BUT LALU BROUGHT HIM BY BACK DOOR TO RAJYASABHA BY HIS VOTES IN ASSEMBLY.SO IT IS BETRAYAL BY LALU TO PEOPLE._____________________________________________________________________________________
paswan and lalu were most crooked mAN IN BIHAR POLITICS.they were WELL REJECTED BY BIHAR PEOPLE IN LS ELCTION.BUT BY GRACE OF LALU'S FRIENDSHIP HE GET ELECTED TO RS BY BACKDOOR.HOW CAN HE SAY THAT BIHAR PEOPLE ARE DEJECTED,THEY ARE DEJECTED FROM THEM AND ARE HAPPY TO GET RID OF THEIR MISRULE.THEY HAD MADE BIHAR A HELL DURING LALU ,RABRI, PASWAN RULE.ALL THE CRIMINALS WRE RULING BIHAR.ROADS WERE DIRTY HOLES.ALL TRADERS FLED TO NEIGHBORING STATES.ALL INDUSTIES CLOSED.ALL BUSINESS CENTRE’S WERE LOOKING FOR FRESH BREATHE.LALU’S SONS AND DAUGHTERS LOOTED THE SHOWROOMS,JEWELLARY SHOPS,AUTOMOBILE SOWROOMS AT THE TIEM OF TEHIR SISTERS WEDDING.PEOPEL WERE TIRTED OF THEIR ATRCITIES AND GOONDA GARDI.KIDNAPPING AND RAPE WEREE ORDER OF THE DAY.ALL PEOPLE SENT THEIR YOUNG GIRLS TO THEIR RELATIVES IN OTHER STATES.SO NOW PEOPLE ARE SAVED FROM THESE ANARCHY AND CHAOTIC CONDITIONS.BUT STILL THESE TWO IDIOTS ARE BELIEVIBNG TAHT PEOPEL LOVES THEM.THEY NEED TO REMINDED AGAIN THAT THEIRGAME IS OVER AND THEY SHOULD RETIRE TO HIMALAYAS. PLEASE GO TO HELL AND SAVE US FROM HELL IN BIHAR.WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU WAHTEVER YOU CAN DO,DO IT AND GO TO HELL,LALU PASWAN COMPANY.WE HAVE GOT RID OF YU FOR ALL TIMES.WE DONOT WANT TO INVITE ALL RAPISTS AND KIDNAPPERS OF YOUR CLAN .YOU TWO SHOULD CONVERT TO ISLAM AND GO TO MASJID.TODAY THEY HAVE CALLED FRO GENERAL STRIKE ALL OVER BIHAR PROTESTING AGAINST THE UPA GOVT’S PRICE RISE ALTHOUGH THEY ARE A PART OF IT.LALU COULDNOT GET A MINISTRY AS HE WAS DISCARDED.PASWAN IS LIKELY TO GET A BERTH IN MMSINGH CABINET AFTER HE GET ELECTED TO RS.THE WAY THEY HAVE SHOWN GOONDA GARDI IN BIHAR FOR BANDH THEY MAY NOT ANY VOTES NOW.PEOPLE WERE EARLIER FED UP WITH THEIR MISRULE AND GOONDA GARDI.
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