வெள்ளி, 5 ஜூன், 2009

Political party bribed Army officers during polls: EC

Political party bribed Army officers during polls: EC

IANS


EXPLOSIVE CLAIMS: Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi says Army officers were bribed to rig polls.

London: Members of a political party bribed Army officers in a blatant bid to rig postal ballots during last month’s General Elections in India, according to Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi. He did not identify the party.
The visiting Indian official, who was giving a presentation on the just-concluded elections at the House of Commons Tuesday, said the malpractice came to light during the polls in Punjab.
He said Punjab Police personnel found that Army soldiers were being corralled into voting for particular candidates by their commanding officers.
“We realised that the commanding officers of these forces were being approached by a political party and they were being bribed. And these soldiers had been told to just say ‘yes sir.’
“There is no other word in their dictionary. So if a commanding officer says ‘just vote for this man’, all the soldiers will vote for that man,” Quraishi said, answering a question about whether India - like Britain- faced problems with postal ballot fraud.
Six Pakistani-origin men were jailed for a total of more than 13 years last month after a major police investigation into an attempt to rig local council elections by fixing ballot papers in the London suburb of Slough.
The malpractice was described by the British judge as a “serious criminal offence… that attacks, affects and corrodes the roots of our democracy”.
Quraishi said he was not aware of the British scandal but added that India was trying to address the problem of postal ballot fraud by strengthening the secret ballot. He said every ballot in India has to be posted separately and by registered post, the cost of which is borne by the Election Commission.
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வெள்ளி, 29 மே, 2009

India's New Ruling Caste

India's New Ruling Caste
Author: Appu K. Soman
Publication: The Guatemala Times
Date: May 21, 2009
URL: http://www.guatemal a-times.com/ opinion/syndicat ed/the-asian- century/1124- indias-new- ruling-caste- .html

The largest election in history, involving more than 700 million voters, has resulted in the victory of India's ruling alliance, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the Indian National Congress.

The verdict disproved gloomy predictions of a hung parliament and the further strengthening of regional parties. The new government will be far more stable than many of its predecessors, so the election results have elicited profound relief.

But the fact remains that, like previous governments, the new administration will consist mostly of politicians unfit to hold ministerial office. While several provincial satraps have been cut down to size, new, aspiring ones have garnered significant support. Despite the manifest success of Indian democracy, its parliamentary system is not succeeding in giving India good governance.

Obviously, India is not a failed state. Lant Pritchett of the Harvard Kennedy School has coined a new name for India: a "flailing state" - a state where the government's extremely competent upper echelons are unable to control its inefficient lower levels, resulting in poor performance.

But this analysis gives credit where none is due: India's problem is its top political leadership's lack of competence. The inability of India's current political system to provide effective government places the country in a different category: a non-performing state.The idealism of India's freedom movement quickly evaporated after independence in the face of the opportunities for patronage that came with power. The way India's political system evolved has made politics the surest path to wealth. The money spent to win elections (often including the purchase of a party's nomination) is recouped many times over once the winner is in office. Half of India's legislators who stood for reelection this time around had tripled their assets in the last five years.

Increasing corruption within governments run by the Congress party, which led India to independence and monopolized political power for decades, showed what a lucrative career politics had become. Given India's religious, caste, and linguistic divides, politicians saw how easily they could leverage even a small following into votes.

Soon, Indian political parties began to break up, giving rise to a large number of regional and caste-based parties. Most of these parties are led by political dynasties that prize loyalty over merit.Because of the splintering of political parties, India has had only one single-party government and eight coalition governments in the last two decades. Members of the coalition governments have treated the ministries allocated to them as fiefdoms, to be milked for their benefit. Over time, India's government has become primarily a tool for advancing the personal interests of politicians rather than the entity responsible for running the country.

The opportunity for personal gains through public office has made electoral politics an automatic career choice for Indian politicians' progeny. Record numbers of sons and daughters of political leaders and millionaires (and people with criminal backgrounds) contested this election. We are seeing the formation of a new Indian caste - a caste of rulers different from India's traditional Kshatriya caste - before our very eyes.

Like existing castes, the new caste specializes in one occupation: political office. Just as someone became a carpenter or a trader in an earlier era merely through birth, members of India's ruling caste now become leaders of parties, members of legislatures, and cabinet ministers solely because of their parentage.And, as with the older castes, there is no need for any qualification for the vocation; birth alone is sufficient. Lack of vocational competence never barred Indians from remaining in their caste, and how well one performs in political office is, likewise, not a criterion for politicians to continue in positions of power.

India's parliamentary system requires ministers to be members of the legislature. Party leaders select family members and other loyal followers as candidates for elections, with absolutely no consideration of their abilities to fulfill ministerial responsibilities, resulting in cabinets that are simply not capable of managing the problems confronting the country's national and state governments.

Even with the best political leadership, governing India is no easy task. Successive governments staffed with unqualified politicians have failed dismally to carry out the core governmental functions of maintaining law and order, providing the basic services expected of modern societies, and promoting economic growth. India's high-performing private sector has so far masked the failure of the Indian state.

In its current form, India's parliamentary system can produce only non-performing, corrupt governments. It rewards ambition, promotes office-at-any- cost politics, and devalues merit.

Taking away the prize of ministerial office from elected representatives might discourage wealth-maximizing politicians from entering politics. It is time, therefore, for India to consider introducing a presidential system of government, which would reduce the scope for "horse trading" and allow the country's leader to select competent people for cabinet positions.

- Appu Soman is a fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
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Sethu project will be revived’

Sethu project will be revived’

http://www.asianage .com/presentatio n/leftnavigation /news/india/‘ sethu-project- will-be-revived’ .aspx
VINODHINI
New Delhi
May 28: Newly sworn-in Cabinet minister M.K. Azhagiri on Thursday has promised to revive the controversial Sethu Samudram which was inaugurated in Madurai by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi during the previous UPA regime when T.R. Baalu was the Union shipping minister.
Visibly relaxed after the swearing in ceremony at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan, the elder son of the chief minister who won from Madurai parliamentary constituency by more than one lakh votes told this newspaper that the DMK manifesto had promised the people that the "prestigious" project would be revived despite opposition by some people on religious grounds.
"I will personally meet the Prime Minister in this regard. We will fulfill the promise we have given to the people," he said at Tamil Nadu Bhavan after the ceremony at Rashtrapathi Bhavan.
Sources said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had welcomed Mr Azhagiri into the Cabinet and asked him to perform well after the ceremony.
The project inaugurated in July 2005 involves dredging along the Palk Strait to form a shipping channel enable ships to pass along the canal instead of taking a circuitous route around Sri Lanka.
The project ran into controversy after activists protested over the environmental damage and Hindu religious groups claimed it would damage the "Ram Sethu" bridge believed to be built by Lord Rama to cross over to Lanka in order to rescue his wife. Reacting guardedly to being made a minister, he said, "All ministers from Tamil Nadu will work towards the growth of the country and our state."

Now, Naidu blames EVMs

Now, Naidu blames EVMs
By
(By Our Correspondent)
May 29 2009
Hyderabad
May 28: The Telugu Desam president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, is now suspecting faulty Electronic Voting Machines for his party’s defeat in the recent elections. He prefers the age-old ballot paper be continued.
Mr Naidu promised to infuse new blood into the party and reward hardworking party leaders and workers.
The TD chief scrapped the party’s state and district committees and announced the constitution of ad hoc committees till new bodies were elected. He asked party leaders from the districts to review the poll debacle and give him reasons for the same.
Mr Naidu gave enough hints that the EVMs were not above suspicion in addition to the split in the anti-government votes by Praja Rajyam besides other reasons.
“We received complaints from several places about malfunctioning of EVMs. Mr K.E. Krishnamurthy called up from Dhone and said that faulty EVM stopped polling for three hours. Many voters had to return dejected,” he alleged.
Mr Naidu cited an AIADMK complaint to the Election Commission alleging rigging in the recent elections due to EVMs and demanded reversion to the ballot paper. Ms Jayalalithaa has been arguing against the EVMs and referred to some developed countries reverting to ballot paper after they found out that EVMs were being manipulated.
“The AIADMK chief had also lodged a complaint against EVMs. There is demand for reverting to ballot paper,” he said. Several party leaders also blamed the Mahakutami for the defeat of the Telugu Desam evoking sharp reaction from the CPI leader, Mr Narayana. The TD chief made it clear to party cadre not to indulge in superficial reviews but concentrate on the causes for the defeat of the candidate in each constituency.
Mahanadu celebrated the 86th birthday of N.T. Rama Rao with pomp and honoured many film personalities. D.V.S. Raju, a close associate of NTR, cut a huge cake and presented the same to Mr Naidu, Balakrishna and Jr NTR.
http://www.deccanch ronicle.com/ hyderabad/ now%2C-naidu- blames-evms- 720

EVMs: Dangers of trusting them too much

EVMs: Dangers of trusting them too much
By Subramanian Swamy 29 May 2009 01:00:00 AM IST
There is much talk today about electoral rigging in the recent general elections. These doubts have arisen from the unexpected number of seats won by the Congress, and they are accentuated by the spate of articles recently published in reputed computer engineering journals and in the popular international press. All raise doubts about the EVMs.
For example, International Electrical & Electronics Engineering Journal (May 2009, p 23) has published an article by two professors of computer science, titled: Trustworthy Voting. They conclude that while electronic voting machines offer a myriad of benefits, nine suggested safeguards are absolutely essential to protect the integrity of outcomes. None of these safeguards are in place in Indian EVMs. In India they do not meet the standard of national integrity.Newsweek magazine (June 1) has published an article by Evgeny Morozov, who points out that when Ireland embarked on an ambitious e-voting scheme in 2006, such as fancy touch-screen voting machines, it was widely welcomed: Three years and 51 million euros later, in April, the government scrapped the initiative. What doomed the effort was a lack of trust: the electorate just didn’t like it that the machines would record their votes as mere electronic blips, with no tangible record.
A backlash against e-voting is brewing all over Europe. After almost two years of deliberations, Germany’s Supreme Court ruled last March that e-voting was unconstitutional because the average citizen could not be expected to understand the exact steps involved in the recording and tallying of votes. Political scientist Ulrich Wiesner, a physicist who filed the initial lawsuit said in an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel that the Dutch Nedap machines used in Germany were even less secure than mobile phones. The Dutch public-interest group ‘Wij Vertrouwen Stemcomputers Niet’ (We Do Not Trust Voting Machines) produced a video showing how quickly the Nedap machines could be hacked without voters or election officials being aware (the answer: in five minutes). After the clip was broadcast on national television in October 2006, the Netherlands banned all electronic voting machines.
Why are EVMs so vulnerable? Each step in the life cycle of a voting machine — from the time it is developed and installed to when the votes are recorded and the data transferred to a central repository for tallying — involves different people gaining access to the machines, often installing new software. It wouldn’t be hard for, say, an election official to paint a parallel programme under another password, on one or many voting machines that would ensure one outcome or another pre-determined even before voters arrived at the poll stations.
These dangers have been known to the Election Commission since 2000, when M S Gill, then CEC, had arranged at my initiative for professor Sanjay Sarma of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Gitanjali Swamy of Harvard to demonstrate how un-safeguarded the chips in EVMs were. Some changes in procedures were made by the EC, but not on the fundamental flaws. In 2004, the Supreme Court First Bench, of Chief Justice V N Khare, Justices Babu and Kapadia had directed the election commission to consider the technical flaws in EVMs put forward by Satinath Choudhary, a US-based software engineer in a Public Interest Litigation. But the EC has failed to consider his representation.
There are many ways to prevent EVM fraud. One way to reduce the risk is to have machines print a paper record of each vote, which voters could then deposit into a conventional ballot box. While this procedure would ensure that each vote can be verified, using paper ballots defeats the purpose of electronic voting in the first place. Using two machines produced by different manufacturers would decrease the risk of a security compromise, but wouldn’t eliminate it.
A better way, it is argued in the cited International Electrical & Electronics Engineering Journal article, is to expose the software behind electronic voting machines to public scrutiny. The root problem of electronic machines is that the computer programs that run them are usually closely held trade secrets (it doesn’t help that the software often runs on the Microsoft Windows operating system, which is not the world’s most secure). Having the software closely examined and tested by experts not affiliated with the company would make it easier to close technical loopholes that hackers can exploit. Experience with Web servers has shown that opening software to public scrutiny can uncover potential security breaches.
Now the Madras High Court is soon to hear a PIL on the EVMs. This is good news. The time has arrived for a long hard look at these machines. Otherwise elections would soon lose their credibility. All political parties must collect evidence to determine how many constituencies could have been rigged. The number would not exceed 75 in my opinion.
We can identify them as follows: Any result in which the main losing candidate of a recognised party finds that more than 10 per cent of the polling booths showed less than five votes per booth, should be taken prima facie as a constituency in which rigging has taken place. This is because the main recognised parties usually have more than five workers per booth, and hence with their families would poll a minimum of 25 votes per booth for their party candidate. Hence if these 25 voters can given affidavits affirming who they had voted for, then the high court can treat it as evidence and order a full inquiry.
(The author is a former Union law minister)
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An open letter to Rahul Gandhi

An open letter to Rahul Gandhi
V.R. Krishna Iyer (The Hindu, 28/05/2009)
Dear Rahul Gandhi: Although I have not met you, I have heard of you as one who is compassionate to the poor and by implication a socialist by conviction. I hold the view that the Prime Minister of India should be a member of the Lok Sabha. You represent the youth of India and the aspirations of our socialist, secular democratic Republic. India’s heritage is not borrowing from President Bush or other tenants of the White House. It is dangerous: his goodwill is a grave risk since the international law of Washington is often the vanishing point of jurisprudence. However, the great and grand Obama continues to be friendly since he has compassion for the vast weaker sections of the world and for a new dynamic dialectic world order. Authentic true economic democracy is a socialist commitment.
I have appreciated the integrity of Manmohan Singh but have disagreed with what I have called manmohanomics, which is far from ‘swadeshi’ and ‘swaraj’. Although Manmohan Singh is a statesman, today India needs a Third World economics, a revival of gram swaraj and the development of agriculture. We have failed the Tamils of Sri Lanka, we have also failed in our spiritual and moral values. We have failed the social philosophy of our Constitution, we have failed Gandhi, Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Vivekananda and Asoka.
Let me cite Vivekananda on the Buddha, the enlightened one who is the quintessence of Indian culture: “Let me tell you a few words about one man who actually carried this teaching of Karma-Yogi into practice. That man is Buddha. He is the one man who ever carried this into perfect practice. All the prophets in the world, except Buddha, had external motives to move them to unselfish action. The prophets of the world, with this single exception, may be divided into two sets, one set holding that they are incarnations of God come down to earth, and the other holding that they are only the messengers from God; and both draw their impetus for working from outside, however highly spiritual may be the language they use. But Buddha is the only prophet who said: ‘I do not care to know your various theories about God. What is the use of discussing all the subtle doctrines about the soul? Do good and be good. And this will take you to freedom and to whatever truth there is.’ He was, in the conduct of his life, absolutely without personal motives; and what man worked more than he? Show me in history one character who has soared so high above all. The whole human race has produced but one such character, such high philosophy, such wide sympathy, yet had the deepest sympathy for the lowest animals, and never put forth any claims for himself. He is the ideal Karma-Yogi, acting entirely without motive, and the history of humanity shows him to have been the greatest man ever born; beyond compare the greatest combination of heart and brain that ever existed, the greatest soul power that has ever been manifested. He is the first great reformer the world has seen. He was the first who dared to say: ‘Believe not because some old manuscripts are produced, believe not because it is your national belief, because you have been made to believe it from your childhood; but reason it all out, and after you have analysed it, then, if you find that it will do good to one and all, believe it, live up to it, and help others to live up to it.’ He works best who works without any motive, neither for money, nor for fame, nor for anything else; and when a man can do that, he will be a Buddha, and out of him will come the power to work in such a manner as will transform the world. This man represents the very highest ideal of Karma-Yogi.”
I similarly quote H.G. Wells, on Emperor Asoka, whose inviolable principles of peace, fellowship of faiths and a beautiful blend of spiritual and material cultures are the fundamentals of our upanishadic heritage: “For eight-and-twenty years Asoka worked sanely for the real needs of men. Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history, their majestics and graciousnesses and serenities and royal highnesses and the like, the name of Asoka shines, and shines almost alone, a star. From the Volga to Japan his name is still honoured. China, Tibet, and even India, though it has left his doctrine, preserve the tradition of his greatness. More living men cherish the memory today than have ever heard the names of Constantine or Charlemagne.” (Outline of History)
Don’t shirk the responsibilities of a national leader when the summons comes. You are the servitor of the vast masses of India’s have-not humanity. I conclude with another quotation from Vivekananda: “Feel, my children, feel for the poor, the ignorant, the downtrodden; feel till the heart stops and the brain reels and you think you will go mad.”
I write this letter as one inspired in my patriotism from your great grandfather Nehru who swore by socialism and believed as our tryst with destiny to be “to wipe every tear from every eye” as a duty rhetorically orated on August 15, 1947. Pity we have forgotten the finest wonder of our Vedic ancient values because of the power of the mafia, the millionaires and communalism, corruption and lunatic politicians who have suffocated the lot of the deprived and jettisoned the human rights of hungry homeless humanity and half-fed victims of the state terrorism.
http://www.thehindu .com/2009/ 05/28/stories/ 2009052855440900 .htm

Forgotten 26/11 hero gets only Rs 500 as award

URL:http://news. rediff.com/ report/2009/ may/26/-mumterro r-forgotten- nov-26-hero- gets-only- rs-500-as- award.htm

I was awarded only five months after sending them [Indian Railways] an application, " says Bablu Kumar Deepak, the courageous railway announcerat the main line section of Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.

'Bablu was on night shift when two terrorists attacked the station andkilled passengers at will on November 26 last year, but what he did tosave lives that night had gone unnoticed.

Risking his life, he saved thousands of commuters and also intimated theother announcer -- Vishnu Zende -- at the local trains section. He alsoinformed the Government Railway Police and the Railway Police force tosend a backup force.

"I was on night shift and I saw two boys throw a grenade near the 13thand 14th platform. There was a huge explosion and the next thing Inoticed was dead people. I immediately informed Zende [the announcer atthe local line].

"There were about 300-odd people on this side of the station and IndraniExpress (running between Mumbai and Pune) had just departed. I thoughtthere might be more than two terrorists as too many things werehappening at the same time. Anything could happen and I was petrified.The boys started firing randomly at everyone and moved towards the localline.

"Since Bablu was the first person to see the entire episode unravel infront him, he was in a state of shock."I was trapped in my cabin until a senior officer came to my rescue. Ihad locked the door but was still shivering as the door was not strongenough to protect me. It was so fragile that it could give in after onestrong kick. Only after the senior officer came, I identified his voice,opened the door and then reached home safe.

"While Zende got his due of Rs 10 lakhs immediately from the railwayminister, Bablu waited to be acknowledged. And when he finally did, itwas too little, too late.Five months later, on May 7, 2009, Indian Railways acknowledged his actof bravery and dedication and awarded him with a certificate along withcash of Rs 500.

"I sent an application to the divisional railway manager on December 17,2008," said Bablu, "informing them that I was on a night shift on 26/11and I should be awarded for my work.

"When they didn't revert to his letter he sent a reminder in April 2009.On receiving his award he said, "Only after sending them a reminder, Igot a letter from the DRM on May 5 and got my award on May 7."It's been six months since the Mumbai terror attack and the governmentseems to care little for the city's unsung heroes.
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While those who got accidentally killed were made into heroes, the realheroes are forgotten.
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why expect or wait for government - especially non-performing congress/ upa state and central governments- to honour deserving citizens - can not the local, regional and national groups of citizens themselvrs organize and honour the deserving heroes and put to shame the chamchas of no. 10, janpath ?

புதன், 27 மே, 2009

Vote share of national parties actually slipping

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/vote-share-of-national-parties-actually-slipping-comment_100194907.html

Vote share of national parties actually slipping

By Gilles Verniers

A quick look at the vote shares of the many contenders in the 15th Lok Sabha elections tells us quite a different story from the one told about the United Progressive Alliance’s landslide victory. Not only have the national parties not increased their vote shares nationally, it appears that very small local players in many states have played a determining role in the Congress’ victory by splitting the opposition vote.
The Congress has increased its total vote share by 1.99 percent but the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) vote share has decreased by 3.32 percent. The combined vote share of the two main national parties has actually decreased by 1.33 percent (from 48.69 percent to 47.36 percent). This seriously tempers the claim of the resurgence of national parties to the detriment of regional ones.
The two national parties have sometimes won seats where they have lost votes and lost seats where they have increased their vote share. There is nothing new in this, but it often blurs the reading and understanding of the social and political processes at work behind election results.
The BJP’s vote share has decreased in 21 states, including in states where it has increased its number of seats - Jharkhand, Bihar and Gujarat. The only two states where the BJP has actually increased its vote share are Himachal Pradesh (+5.34 percent) and Karnataka (+6.86 percent).
In terms of vote share, the Congress did better than in 2004 in 16 States, including states where it has performed badly in terms of seats (Bihar, +6.43 percent). In Maharashtra, the Congress lost four percent of its vote share; in Orissa, it bagged four more seats than in 2004 while losing 7.68 percent of the vote share; and in Manipur, it lost a seat despite a whopping 18.08 percent increase in vote share.
The Congress performed particularly well in Punjab (+11.06 percent), Rajasthan (+5.77 percent), Uttar Pradesh (+6.21 percent) and Arunachal Pradesh (+41.15 percent).
However, when one looks more carefully at the results at the constituency level, the political landscape looks more complicated.
In at least three large states, very small and newly created outfits have actually arbitrated the confrontation between large parties to the benefit of the Congress or its allies.
In Andhra Pradesh, Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party ruined the chances of Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 20 constituencies out of 42, by getting an average of 160,000 votes per constituency where it fielded candidates. This can be observed in all coastal Andhra constituencies, traditional strongholds of the TDP as well as in the constituencies of southern Andhra Pradesh.
In Mumbai, with an average score of 126,000 votes per constituency, Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena undermined the BJP and Shiv Sena’s efforts in all six constituencies, where Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidates were elected, sometimes with very narrow margins.
In Tamil Nadu, Vijaykant’s DMDK was the trouble factor between the two grand contesting alliances. It cost Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK and her allies at least 14 seats, to the benefit of either the DMK or the Congress.
In other states, regional parties have not been routed by any means. If Mayawati is disappointed by her tally at the Lok Sabha, she can reassure herself with the thought that her candidates were the runners-up in 46 constituencies.
The Lok Janshakti Party did not win a single seat and the Rashtriya Janata Dal won only four, but they still have a significant presence in their stomping ground Bihar, enough to disturb the competition between the power contenders in the state. They can still hope to play pivotal roles in triangular contests.
The distorting effect of India’s first-past-the-post electoral system and the geographical dispersion of votes account for the discrepancies between vote shares and seat results. This system favours cohesive, solid parties as opposed to divided ones.
It is to the credit of the Congress that it has managed to rein in all internal dissensions during the campaign and confront its opponents as one solid bloc. A divided regional opposition and BJP paved its way to success.
All these elements, however, contradict the thesis that the era of domination by regional parties is over. The Congress’ current domination in the Lok Sabha is also a product of India’s fragmented electorate and political system.
(20.05.2009-The author is a Ph.D Candidate in political science at Sciences Po Paris and is based in India. He can be reached at gilles.verniers@sciencespo.fr )

செவ்வாய், 26 மே, 2009

Ramadoss of PMK demonstrates how an EVM is doctored

Ramadoss of PMK demonstrates how an EVM is doctored
தோல்விக்கு காரணம்? ராமதாஸ் விளக்கம்
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Ramadoss, President of PMK demonstrates how an electronic voting machine can be doctored

சென்னை : ""புகையிலை, மது, சர்க்கரை ஆலை அதிபர்களின் பண பலமே எங்கள் தோல்விக்கு காரணம்,'' என பா.ம.க., நிறுவனர் ராமதாஸ் கூறினார். பா.ம.க., பொதுக்குழு கூட்டம் சென்னையில் நேற்று கூடியது. கூட்டத்தில் பேசியவர்கள் விவரம்: திருக்கச்சூர் ஆறுமுகம் எம்.எல்.ஏ.,; ஸ்ரீபெரும்புதூர் தொகுதியில் ஏ.கே.மூர்த்தி ஒரு லட்சம் ஓட்டு வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெறுவார் என்ற செய்தி கிடைத்ததும் தந்திரத்தை பயன்படுத்தி அவரது வெற்றியை தட்டிச் சென்றனர். நன்றி தெரிவிக்க வாக்காளர்களை நாங்கள் சந்தித்தபோது பூ விற்கும் பெண்களும், பஜ்ஜி, வடை விற்கும் பெண்களும், "நாங்கள் எல்லாம் மூர்த் திக்கு தானே ஓட்டு போட் டோம். எப்படி அவர் தோல்வி அடைந் தார்' என வருத்தப்பட்டனர்.

முன்னாள் மத்திய அமைச்சர் வேலு: இந்த ஓட்டுக்கள் விற்பனைக்கு அல்ல; சேவைக்கு தான் எனக் கூறி, அரக்கோணம் தொகுதி மக்கள் ஓட்டு அளித்தனர். பணபலம், அதிகார பலத்தால் வெற் றியை இழந்துள்ளோம். சட்டசபை தேர்தலில் பாடம் கற்பிக்க அனைவரும் ஒற்றுமையாக இருந்து பணியாற்ற வேண்டும். தாழ்த் தப்பட்டோரின் ஓட்டுக்கள் நமக்கு கிடைத்துள் ளது. அவர்கள் வாழும் ஊர்களில் நமது அமைப்பை உருவாக்க வேண்டும்.

முன்னாள் எம்.எல்.ஏ., காடுவெட்டி குரு: நான் ஓட்டு பொறுக்கி அல்ல; போராளியாக உருவாக்கப்பட்டவன். வன்னியர்கள் படையை தட்டி எழுப்பினால் வட மாவட்டங்களில் நடமாட முடியாத நிலை ஏற்படும். சத்ரியன் தோல்விகளை கண்டு கவலைப்பட மாட்டான். நமக்கு நிரந்தர எதிரி கருணாநிதி; நிரந்தர துரோகி பண்ருட்டி ராமச்சந்திரன். மின்னணு இயந்திரங்கள் இனி தேவையில்லை; ஓட்டுச் சீட்டுகளை தான் தேர்தலுக்கு பயன்படுத்த வேண்டும். வளர்ந்த நாடுகளில் ஓட்டுச் சீட்டு தான் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது.

மாநில தலைவர் மணி: கட்சி அமைப்பு ரீதியாக பலப்படுத்தப்படும்; உட்கட்சித் தேர்தல் நடத்தப்படும். பா.ம.க., இளைஞர் அணி சங்கம், இனி இளைஞர் அணி என மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது. மகளிர் சங்கம், மகளிர் அணியாக மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது. இளம் பெண்கள் அணி என்ற புதிய அணியும் உருவாக்கப்படும்.

முன்னாள் மத்திய அமைச்சர் அன்புமணி: மோசடி தேர்தல் நடத்தி, சதி திட்டம் தீட்டி, "420' ஆக வெற்றி பெற்று விட்டனர். சுகாதாரத் துறை அமைச்சராக பணியாற்றியதால் தொண்டர்களை கடந்த ஐந்து வருடமாக நான் சந்திக்கவில்லை; இனிமேல் சந்திப்பேன். சென்னையில் தலைமை அலுவலகம் திறக்கப்படும். காலை 10 மணி முதல் 1 மணி வரை கட்சியினர் என்னை சந்திக்கலாம். இந்த சந்தர்ப்பத்தை அளித்த முதல்வருக்கு நன்றி. நாங்கள் வெற்றி பெற்றிருந்தால் அமைச்சர் பதவியில் நான் இடம் பெற மாட்டேன் என ராமதாசிடம் ஒன்றரை மாதம் முன் தெரிவித்திருந்தேன். காரணம், கட்சி பணிகளில் என்னை தீவிரமாக ஈடுபடுத்திக் கொள்ள விரும்பினேன். அ.தி.மு.க.,வுடன் கூட்டணி தொடரும்.

பா.ம.க., நிறுவனர் ராமதாஸ்: எங்களை யாரும் வீழ்த்த முடியாது. நாங்கள் வீழ்வதற்காக பிறக்கவில்லை. வெற்றி பெற பிறந்தவர்கள். வஞ்சகம், தில்லு முல்லுவினால் தோல்வி அடைந்துள்ளோம். தமிழ்நாட்டை குடிகார நாடு என அழைக்க வேண்டும். அந்தளவிற்கு மதுவால் இளைஞர்கள் வேகமாக சீரழிந்து வருகின்றனர். புகையிலை, சர்க்கரை, மதுபான அதிபர்களின் பண பலம் எங்களது தோல்விக்கு காரணமாகி விட்டது. தி.மு.க., வை அரசியலில் இருந்து அப்புறப்படுத்த வேண்டும்.
ஒரு இனத்தை அழிக்க காரணமாக இருக்கும் மொழி, பண்பாட்டை மீட்டெடுக்க சபதம் ஏற்க வேண்டும். சமூக நீதி, பொருளாதார முன் னேற்றம், சமச்சீர் கல்வி, தரமான கல்விக்கு தொடர்ந்து குரல் கொடுப்போம். நான் போராளியாகவே இருக்க விரும்புகிறேன். போராளிக்கு ஓய்வு கிடையாது. தேர்தல் முடிவுக்கு பின் புதுவலிமை எனக்கு கிடைத்துள்ளது. போராட்ட களத்தில் நான் முன் செல்கிறேன். எனக்கு பின் நீங்கள் வாருங்கள். ஒளிமயமான எதிர்காலம் நம்மால் தமிழகத்திற்கு உண்டு. இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் பேசினர்.
தேர்தலில் ஒரு கட்சிக்கு எப்படி அதிக ஓட்டுக்களை பதிவு செய்ய முடியும் என்பதை மின்னணு இயந்திரம் மூலம் செய்முறை விளக்கத்தை முன்னாள் எம்.பி., தன்ராஜ் விளக்கி காட்டினார்.
"தேர்தல் தொடர்பாக பா.ம.க.,வினர் மீது போடப்பட்டுள்ள அனைத்து வழக்குகளை திரும்ப பெற வேண்டும். தமிழகம் முழுவதும் பஸ் கட்டணம் குறைக்க வேண்டும். கல்வி கட்டணக் கொள்ளையை தடுக்க வேண்டும். இலங்கை அதிபர் ராஜபக்ஷே மீது போர்க் குற்ற நடவடிக்கைகள் மேற்கொள்ள மேலை நாடுகள் மேற்கொண்டு வரும் முயற்சிக்கு இந்தியா துணை நிற்க வேண்டும்' உள்ளிட்ட பல்வேறு தீர்மானங்கள் அக்கூட்டத்தில் நிறைவேற்றப்பட்டன.

Interesting comment

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smail Yousuf says:

And please stop revelling in the power that democracy provides to us Indians. Of what use is this power? Can we the people change or influence any of the happenings in India? Can we get Afzal Guru to be hung? Can we get the government's assurance that there will never be another 7/11? Can we abolish the system of reservation based on caste? The answer is NO. We Indians cannot change anything, we only have the right to protest and speak out our mind, though that doesn't change anything. Democracy is a privilege to be enjoyed. Democracy is not when a semi-literate person's vote can be bought by a 500 Rs. note. We need stability and progress not democracy. China may have a ruthless human rights record, but in the past 2 decades their overall poverty level has drastically come down, whereas India's has just come down by a very small margin. That's called a progressive economy.So please stop thinking that we Indians are superior and Mera Bharat Mahan. That is a false sense of superiority.

13 reasons why the Congress won and the BJP lost

13 reasons why the Congress won and the BJP lost http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/27312-13-reasons-why-the-congress-won-and-the-bjp-lost
NEW DELHI, May 22 — In the 2009 Indian general elections, the Indian National Congress won 206 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 116 seats out of a total of 543 seats.
Five years ago, the Congress and the BJP had won 145 and 138 seats respectively.
Opinion polls before the elections and the exit polls afterwards had predicted a win for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) — but not a landslide.
Still the impression of an overwhelming victory by the ruling coalition is somewhat exaggerated. The Indian electoral system is a first-past-the- post system.
There is no exact correlation between the share of votes a party wins and the number of seats it gains, especially because there is no bi-party system.
The all-India vote shares do not in fact show a tidal wave in favour of the Congress. Between the previous general election and this, Congress’ vote share increased by just 2 per cent and the BJP’s vote share fell by around 4 per cent. The differential in the seats they won is disproportionate in comparison to their vote shares.
But why did the Congress do as well as it did — and the BJP not as well as expected?
First, Congress’ pro-poor development agenda for the “common man”, or aam aadmi, found takers.
Second, regional parties such as the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the All-India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Telegu Desam Party and the communist parties were perceived by voters to be opportunistic power-grabbers who should be taught a lesson.
Third, Congress took a conscious decision not to enter into alliances with such parties. It was this decision that led some of them to form the Third Front, some with the avowed intention of returning to the UPA fold post-election. As things stand, the UPA no longer needs them.
This decision of Congress to go it alone improved its showing in the large state of Uttar Pradesh after many years of dismal performance.
Fourth, in addition to this strategy of ignoring the regional parties, Rahul Gandhi’s conscious decision to revive Congress’ organisational structures in the Hindi-speaking heartland of Uttar Pradesh — and to a lesser extent, Bihar — saw dividends.
Fifth, both because of Gandhi and the Congress fielding many younger candidates, it was perceived as a young party with a vision. In contrast, the BJP was perceived as an old party, led by an old leader, and without a vision.
Sixth, the BJP had no striking agenda. Its issues — terrorism, inflation and unemployment — have ceased to be major issues. The only thing the BJP could think of was speak ominously of money in Swiss bank accounts and this rarely got beyond the English-speaking media.
Seventh, the BJP’s campaign was perceived to be negative, filled with personal attacks against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Because Dr ingh is perceived by the electorate to be clean and honest, these personal attacks backfired.
The BJP’s leader, Lal Krishna Advani, sought a presidential- type debate with Singh. That debate did not occur. However, in the verbal exchanges that followed, Singh got the better of Advani.
Eighth, the BJP resurrected its Hindutva agenda in the person Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujerat — who was also projected as a possible prime minister — and, somewhat inadvertently, in the person of Varun Gandhi, Rahul’s estranged cousin.
This issue did not resonate with the electorate, least of all among India’s numerous religious minorities.
Ninth, good governance or its promise delivered for the Congress in some states, like Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
Tenth, good governance or its promise did not deliver for the BJP in most states. Stated differently, pro-incumbency and anti-incumbency are too simplistic as propositions. They can be countered through an appropriate candidate selection system and the promise of good governance.
Eleventh, the BJP was not a united party. There was open wrangling within the party in several states.
Twelfth, third parties acted as spoilers, denting BJP vote totals in some states and that of its allies in other states.
Thirteenth, though the BJP has no presence in Kerala, the Congress gained substantially in that state because of the collapse of the left parties in the state.
Five years in opposition should have led to soul-searching within the BJP and the enunciation of a clear strategy to tackle the Congress. That did not happen. The Congress managed public relations and the media better than the BJP.
The BJP thought it was doing well and it is only in hindsight that we can now think of 13 or more reasons why it failed. That is the beauty of Indian politics — it is unpredictable. At the end of the day, the BJP was unpleasantly surprised and the Congress pleasantly. — The Straits Times

வியாழன், 21 மே, 2009

'They won all battles, we had the best songs' -- Team Modi, Jaitley, says Swapan Dasgupta

'They won all battles, we had the best songs' -- Team Modi, Jaitley, says Swapan Dasgupta
"They won all the battles, we had the best songs"*
[* A line from a Communist song from the Spanish Civil War]
Apologies for not writing yesterday. I was busy pontificating on TV and finishing my columns which have appeared in today's Times of India and Pioneer. Then I was out late at night commiserating with some friends in the BJP. My only bit of good news was the spectacular third-term victory of Naveen Patnaik in Orissa. I telephoned him and congratulated him for rewriting the rules of electoral politics.
Anyway, to come back to Election 2009, let me present some blunt home truths:
This was a positive vote for the Congress, including Sonia and Rahul.
The contribution of Manmohan Singh to the victory was significant. In hindsight, he was the unquestioned winner of the "weak" versus "strong" debate.
It was Manmohan's perceived decency that mattered to the electorate.
The under-30 youth vote went overwhelmingly in favour of the Congress. The Congress reinvented itself as a party where youth matters; the BJP was seen as hidebound.
The media helped project Congress as wholesome; the BJP was seen as ugly. Varun Gandhi may have won Pilibhit but he lost the BJP lakhs of votes nationally.
The middle class vote deserted the BJP and gave Congress the extra cutting edge--just see the margins of victory in Delhi.
The loan waiver and NREGA helped blunt possible anti-incumbency.
People voted by and large on national lines. This was not an aggregate of state elections. There was a national swing in favour of the Congress.
In UP, we are seeing the restoration of the Congress coalition which was broken in 1991. Both BJP and BSP are likely to be casualties.
What are the specific lessons for the BJP?
The party must recognise that this was a political failure and not merely a defeat caused by management shortcomings.
The so-called "Hindu" appeal may work in specific areas (Pilibhit, Mangalore, Azamgarh, Kandhamal, et al) but it is perceived as divisive elsewhere.
The ugly face of Hindu extremism puts off the middle ground.
There is no such thing as a Hindu consciousness that exists today. The nationalist middle ground has shifted to the Congress.
The BJP leadership is seen as completely unresponsive to youth aspirations and modernity.
There is a tendency of the BJP to preach to the committed and not reach outwards.
In caste terms, we are witnessing a definite drift of the upper castes to the Congress.
The OBCs are now the bedrock of the BJP but this has not been formally acknowledged.
The RSS-isation of the BJP organisation post-2005 has created serious distortions.
The integrity quotient of the BJP is now at par with that of the Congress. This is a problem that the moral guardians of the party have wilfully turned a blind eye to.
What should the BJP do immediately?
Recognise the magnitude of defeat and not live in denial (as happened in 2004).
There has to be some visible demonstration of the fact that the party has responded to the message. Advani was right to step down and the Parliamentary Board was wrong to reject it. There is still a very important role for Advani but his position is that of a mentor.
There has to be a revamp of most state parties. Young, dynamic MLAs and MPs must be given organisational responsibilities.
The RSS-non-RSS divide in the party must be bridged. Those who never attended shakhas can't be treated as second-class members.
The BJP must focus on the policy debates in the coming two years. Interventions in Parliament must be given due importance. The Leaders of Opposition in both Houses must be chosen accordingly.
The party needs to project a modern, cosmopolitan face as national president to woo back the middle classes. What is needed is a picture of wholesome sobriety. The sooner this is done the better.
A culture of frankness and debate has to return to the party. The miscalculations resulting from telling the leadership what it wanted to hear were colossal.
Modi has to add the OBC tag to his appeal. His pronouncements must become more measured. He has to work on his national acceptability.
Stringent norms of fund collection should be set. The private war chests have caused havoc to the functioning of the party.
Of course, there are many more issues that have to be thrashed out. But these are just some initial reactions to a silent wave for the Congress that few of us predicted.
Already I have seen some diagnosis of the debacle on the web. I can only gather that the temptation to fall back on old certitudes has proved irresistible to a few. Which is why I cited the lines from the Spanish Civil War song in the heading.
More or less NAMO
My previous post attracted nearly 75 responses in less than 24 hours. I thank everyone for taking the time to address the question.
Predictably, there was no unanimity. But there were two broad strands of thought:
Those who want the BJP to take on an uncompromisingly pro-Hindutva stand and assert its identity on that basis.
Those who feel that Hindutva's time has past and therefore it is more prudent and electorally judicious for the BJP to become a more conventional right-of-centre party. Of course, this stand was coupled with interesting suggestions (drawn from marketing) of how to increase the BJP's appeal.
I got a feeling that those who opted for the first course tended to be based outside India. One of them even recommended that people like me should be thrown out of the party--a difficult proposition because I am not a member of the party. Another identified me as a member of the anti-RSS faction.
I don't feel there is any need to personalise the debate. We are discussing ideas. But I think there is a basis for suggesting that ultra-nationalists do tend to believe that the integrity and patriotism of those less forthright are somehow suspect. This prompts them to arrive at somewhat bizarre and over-conspiratorial conclusions.
However, the role of the individual did seem to matter on one count: the future role of Narendra Modi.
There is no question that Modi's role in this election was seminal. He addressed meetings in nearly 150 constutuencies, particularly in western India. His meetings were very well attended, marked by enthusiasm and invariably reported in the media. Without his presence, the Congress inroads in Gujarat would have been greater.
Modi's speeches in this election were quite focused on development and security. But his asides on the dynasty received maximum coverage--quite predictably. The "budiya"-"guriya" remarks in particular drew flak.
Throughout my visits to constituencies I made it a point to ask BJP workers about Modi. The responses were quite uniform. The BJP supporters believed that had Modi been the PM candidate, the party would secure more than 200 seats.
I can't say whether this perception was based on fact or wishful thinking. What matters is the fact that Modi excites the imagination of the BJP supporter.
At the same time, Modi carries the baggage of liberal derision. Many CMs from non-Congress parties admire Modi's administrative skills and development record. Yet, they fear any formal association with him on account of a Muslim reaction.
It would be fair to say that this Muslim veto has prevented Modi's emergence on an all-India plane.
Do we accept this veto meekly or should it be countered frontally?
A good way of countering it is by making sure Modi effectiveness is maximum. When I say he has to curb some of his rhetorical excesses, I am merely suggesting that the media must not be given any opportunity to attack him for being frivolous or personally offensive.
When I say that Modi must work on his national acceptability I do not say he should change his image. There is nothing worse or more pathetic than a leader trying to be what he/she is not.
Modi's image rests on three pillars:
As a Hindu icon, a modern day Shivaji.
As an efficient administrator committed to development. His Gujarat record speaks volumes.
As a no-nonsense leader, capable of taking tough decisions even at the risk of unpopularity.
It is tragic but nevertheless true that Modi's Hindu credentials have got linked to the Gujarat riots of 2002. This is a reality the BJP must live with. Any apology will undermine Modi's appeal as an uncompromising leader.
The key to building Modi is to relentlessly drive home his ability to take tough decisions which are for the national good. He will have to play on his humble origins and (subtly) even his Most Backward Caste status. Remember, there will be formidable opposition to his claim to be PM. To make Modi win, the BJP will have to look well beyond its traditional voters. We must also assume that apart from Shiv Sena and Akali Dal (and, maybe, AGP), there will be no other allies.
I also agree with those of you who have argued for a Modi-Jaitley combination. I have seen this duo working very effectively in 2002 and 2007. I look forward to the time this team can galvanise the country in 2014.
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புதன், 20 மே, 2009

Pope seeks to connect world’s Roman Catholics on internet

From The Times
Pope seeks to connect world’s Roman Catholics on internet

Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent

The Vatican is seeking ways to embrace full online “interactivity” with all one billion members of the global Roman Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church wants to emulate and globalise President Obama’s use of the internet both during his election campaign and with more recent events, such as an online question-and- answer session at the end of March that attracted 100,000 questions and 3.6 million votes.

The new strategy was outlined by the Jesuit priest Father Frederico Lombardi, long-standing head of Vatican Radio, who also took over as head of the Holy See press office on the election of Pope Benedict XVI.

Father Lombardi was addressing priests, bishops, journalists and Church press officers in a lecture at the Westminster seminary, Allen Hall, to mark the Church’s annual world day of communications.

He referred to recent controversies such as the speech in Regensburg, when Pope Benedict XVI provoked condemnation from Muslims worldwide by quoting a 14th century Byzantine emperor who was critical of Islam.

Father Lombardi also addressed the Pope’s comments about condoms on his Africa trip, when he said that they could even “aggravate” the Aids crisis, and the decision to remit the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop.

He said the overall publicity had been good for the Church and the wider world.

“I am convinced that the question of Christian-Muslim relations has been addressed more frankly, more seriously and with greater depth after Regensburg than before,” he said.

The “clamorous response” to Bishop Williamson allowed the Church to make its true positions on the Holocaust more widely known and clearly understood and even to strengthen Jewish-Catholic relations, he added.

“The debate over condoms is leading to greater understanding and awareness of what truly effective HIV/Aids prevention strategy is in Africa and elsewhere,” he said.

In an age when the internet surpassed all other media except television as the principal source of national and international news, the Church could not ignore communications developments, or allow itself to fall out of touch with them, he said.

He was not saying however that everything the Vatican did was perfect.

“I do think, however, in a world such as ours, we would be deluding ourselves if we thought that communication can always be carefully controlled, or that it can always be conducted smoothly and as a matter of course.”

No great institution or personality could ever avoid some criticism.
“It is a mistake to think that we ought to avoid debate. We must always seek to conduct debate in a way that leads to a better understanding of the Church's position, and we must never get discouraged.” The internet presented “very grave risks” but there was also great potential for good.

The Holy See has already opened its YouTube channel and at Easter, it broadcast the Pope’s message with subtitles in 27 different languages - a YouTube record.

A Christian writes a letter :: on India's elections

A Christian writes a letter :: on India's ELECTION RESULT

I am placing this mail content for the readers to understand the mindset.

One, sam livingston wrote:

See the election results. People cant be fooled anymore. Our people have started thinking and voting intelligently/ Gone are the days where the RSS and BJP can play cards like building temple for ram. people are not interested in these gimmicks anymore. We now have a Neutral and stable government in the center. Wonderful choice. All the christians in India and abroad prayed for this. Our Living God has answered the prayers. ONly 3 % of indians are christians and see and think how Congress came to power. Stop bowiing your head to stones and trees. they cant give you anything.

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By the way, Today in India, SECULAR means.......
A Christian can talk in favour of a Christian. A Christian can propagate Christianity. A Muslim can talk in favour of a Muslim. A Muslim can propagate Islam and only Islam.BUT A HINDU SHOULD ONLY THINK FOR OTHERS BETTERMENT then only he is secular.
If he talks about Hindu and do good for Hindus, He is Communal.

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Dictionery meaning of secularism is "education and morals not based on religion. Our idiotic secularists do not talk anything other than reservations based on religous minorities. We are donkeys and that is why voted the so called self styled champions of secularism. who are out to destroy the majority ion the name ஒ secularism. How can you blame any one other than ourselves for this pitiable state of affairs?

SHASHI THAROOR A MARXIST PLANT IN CONG...!!!

Karat-Tharoor 'ties' make CPI see red in கேரளா

In the Left Democratic Front's shocking electoral debacle in Kerala, what stands out is the Thiruvananthapuram constituency where the Communist Party of India's non-controversial candidate Ramachandran Nair, who has a clean public image throughout the almost four decades he has been in public life, suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Congress debutant Shashi Tharoor.

It is not Dr Tharoor's flamboyant personality that is in focus so much as the Communist Party of India-Marxist's alleged games in ensuring Nair's defeat. Barring the CPI-M's four seats, the LDF drew a blank in the southern state.

A senior Congress leader in New Delhi alleged that LDF leaders in Kerala do not know that Dr Tharoor is a friend of CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat and his wife Brinda, a member of the party's powerful Politburo.

According to the source, Prakash Karat, for reasons unknown, avoided campaigning in Dr Tharoor's constituency.

Though he visited Thiruvananthapuram, he did not make any speech supporting Nair. Brinda Karat, who toured Kerala extensively, also stayed away from the state capital.
What incensed CPI cadres is that no sooner did Prakash Karat leave Thiruvananthapuram almost on the eve of polling day, April 16, CPI-M leader P Govinda Pillai, who is said to be close to the party boss, received Dr Tharoor at his home.

Not only did Pillai gave Dr Tharoor an appointment, he permitted a leading Malayalam television channel to televise the former UN diplomat touching his feet and asking for blessings.
CPI-M cadres were supposed to decipher Pillai's blessing Dr Tharoor as an unspoken message about how they were expected to view the Congress nominee's candidacy.

CPI workers in Thiruvananthapuram are furious that the CPI-M scuttled Nair's election, which may account for Dr Tharoor's victory margin of almost 100,000 votes. The winner is reported to have admitted that this was way beyond his own estimation.

The CPI-M's LDF allies see this as a by-now-familiar ploy on the bigger party's part. They anticipate that when the next general election comes along, the CPI-M will demand that Thiruvananthapuram be allotted to it as the CPI could not win it this time.
This was how the CPI-M eased the Revolutionairy Socialist Party out of the Kollam seat, that party's stronghold.

RSP cadres paid back the CPI-M in its own coin by ensuring the Marxist candidate's defeat in the recent election.

Cong does NOT thank Raj, Chiranjeevi, விஜயகாந்த்

Cong does NOT thank Raj, Chiranjeevi, விஜயகாந்த்

Cong has Raj, superstars to thank for extra செஅத்ஸ்

http://www.dnaindia .com/report. asp?newsid= 1257021Arati
Arati
R Jerati
New Delhi: The Congress-led UPA has three men to thank for its seat surge in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls: Raj Thackeray, Chiranjeevi, and Vijayakanth. They helped the victorious alliance win nearly 50 more seats in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu than anyone wouldhave expected, as a result of which the UPA ended up with 262 seats, against the 222 it won in 2004.

The big story is in Andhra Pradesh, where matinee idol Chiranjeevi single-handedly took the Congress from defeat to victory and shattered Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu's dreams. An analysis of the results reveals that the Chiranjeevi factor decimated the TDP in26 constituencies.

The Congress netted 33 seats, four more than in 2004.The Andhra Pradesh results are an irony of these elections. The Congress registered a drop of 3.84% in vote share but an increase of four seats, while the TDP's vote share plummeted 14.92% and it won one more seat. If the vote share change of the two main parties is added, it is obvious where Chiranjeevi's 17% vote share came from and which party he hit.

The other actor who rescued the UPA was Vijayakanth, who scripted history in a state known for pendulum swings. For the first time in 23 years, the Tamil Nadu verdict was split, with the DMK-Congress combine picking up 26 seats and the AIADMK-led alliance having to settle for 13.Vijayakanth's DMDK helped the Congress-DMK combine win in 14 constituencies, including P Chidambaram's hotly contested Sivaganga. In seven others, Jayalalithaa's AIADMK alliance was precariously poised till the very end.

Ultimately, it won those seats, but by narrow margins. The final tally for the UPA was 26, 18 to the DMK and eight to the Congress, in a state where the ruling alliance feared a wipe-out.The vote share figures tell a strange story in this state too.

The DMK and the Congress registered an increase in vote shares but failed to sweep the state as in 2004, when their Democratic Progressive Alliance (which included the PMK and MDMK) won all 39 seats. The AIADMK's vote share dropped by 2.79% but the party won nine seats, unlike the duckfive years ago.

The third game-changer was Raj. His Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) did exactly what it was expected to do. It cut into Shiv Sena-BJP votes and helped the Congress-NCP alliance to victory in 10 constituencies. Considering that the MNS contested only 12 seats, its delivery for the Congress-NCP was almost 100%.

The UPA registered a spectacular second successive sweep in Mumbai and won Pune and Thane thanks to Raj.The vote share picture is interesting here too. The Congress party's vote share fell 4.11% in Maharashtra but its seat tally rose by four, to 13. In contrast, the NCP's vote share is up by a slender 0.97% but its seat tally came down by one, to eight.

BJP apes Congress, fails

BJP apes Congress, fails
By Koenraad Els
http://dailypioneer .com/177112/ BJP-apes- Congress- fails.html
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Right-wing parties all over the world have a common trait:
Once in or near power, they betray their own support base. The BJP is no different. It is needlessly described as a 'Hindu chauvinist' party which it is not. To prove its 'secular' credentials, the BJP chose to become the 'B' team of the Congress.
And was rejected by the voters With great satisfaction, the world has taken note of the defeat of the Hindu nationalists: "The Indian voter has rejected Hindu chauvinism." Subtleties such as the likelihood that the BJP has been abandoned by many of its supporters for not being Hindu chauvinist enough, don't come into the picture. The typically Indian failures of the BJP that explain its defeat, I now leave to Indian authors to discuss.
What has caught my attention is a trait the BJP shares with Right-wing parties all over the world. The label 'Rightist' is open to various definitions, the themes with which Rightist parties attract voters are different from country to country, and even on a single theme, their positions may differ between countries. But they have one behavioural trait in common:
Once in or near power, they betray their own support base.
In France, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy came to power on a distinctly Rightist platform, which he largely disowned once installed as President. Thus, he had promised to oppose the entry of Turkey into the EU, but the first thing he did was to nominate as his Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner of the opposition Socialist Party, a declared supporter of Turkey's entry.
In Britain, the Conservative Party is a copy of New Labour on all issues of consequence. People who favour its traditional positions now turn to the UK Independence Party or even the proletarian British National Party.
Those who insist on loyalty to the old party-line, even top-ranking veteran Norman Tebbitt, are threatened with expulsion. In the US, the real (so-called paleo-) conservatives have been frozen out of the Republican Party and are being starved by institutional boycotts. The party shuns matters of principle and limits its supposed conservatism to mindless flag-waving.
While the party base favours Christian politics, the part elite downplays ideology and promoted as presidential candidate the faux war martyr John McCain, a liberal in the Culture War. Like other plutocrats eager to suppress labour wages by exploiting illegals, he laughed at the party activists' demands for curbs on immigration.
Consequently, conservative mobilisation for the party during the elections was lacklustre and defeat inevitable. Doesn't all this remind you of the BJP? The party favours mindless flag-waving over ideology and takes its constituents for granted. It assumes that they have nowhere else to turn and will follow the party in all its erratic policy shifts.
Well, not really erratic, there is a transparent logic in the party's betraying its core party-line: It dreams of enjoying the warmth of approval from its enemies, who happen to dominate the cultural and media sectors. It tells its voters: Since you are lambasted as reactionary communalists, we don't want to be on your side.
But no matter what non-Hindutva postures it adopts, the hoped-for approval from the secularists remains elusive. In 1991 already, right after the election victory that made the BJP the leading Opposition party, it discreetly disowned the Ayodhya movement that had earned it this breakthrough.
The media scapegoated Mr LK Advani for the subsequent Babri Masjid demolition, though everybody knew that it had taken place in spite of him. He had gone there to demonstrate to the secularists that he was the one man who could control Hindu anger and prevent it from demolishing this symbol of secularism. When the crowd bypassed him, he broke down in tears, and ever since, he has been deploring the event as the 'blackest day' of his life. Disowning his role of flag-bearer of Hindutva, he should have bowed out gracefully.
Instead, his clinging on to the leadership reminds us of Mr Jean-Marie Le Pen, the aged French Rightist leader who has sacrificed his party to his own pitiable ambitions. While Ayodhya was 'merely' a symbolic issue, the more political demands were likewise cast aside. When in power, the BJP didn't make the slightest move towards a Common Civil Code, abolition of Jammu & Kashmir's separate status or Governmental non-interference in Hindu schools and places of worship.
The single attempt at doing anything pro-Hindu -- Mr Murli Manohar Joshi's exercise in rewriting the Marxist-distorted textbooks -- turned into a horror show of incompetence. During the latest campaign, the BJP downplayed ideology (except erratically in the Varun Gandhi incident) and betted all on 'good governance'.
Some BJP State Governments have provided that, to be sure, and in these States the BJP has been rewarded. But it could never be a decisive election-winner because Congress hasn't done too bad in that regard either.
Ever since Mr Manmohan Singh read out the 1992 Budget, the world sees his signature written all over India's economic success. Even BJP contributors to that success, like erstwhile Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie, won't deny him that honour.
In these circumstances, only a clear ideological profile, mature but distinct, could have won the election for the BJP. If it didn't want that ideological distinctness and was content to remain the Congress's B-team, the party could have learned from Mr Sarkozy to show this only after the election. Before, it should at least have kept up the pretence of being a party with a difference. -

The author is an Indologist based in Brussels.
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I had this strong lingering question about BJP in this election" What has changed since 2004 except the exit of Vajpayeeji".
Have they worked towards restoring idealogical clarity and have they worked towards educating the masses on what they stand for ? It is the desparation of the Hindu organisations who were looking for someone to stand up for the HIndus and they wanted to believe that BJP would do it...and hence many karyakartas worked for them.
But, the difference lies in TINA ( There is no alternative) mindset and a mindset of conviction. I noticed that though many of us did work for them, the lingering question remained...
Have they changed for the better ? On a question on BJP and erratic behaviour of some of their leaders, Sudarshanji responded ( a few years back)..."kya hamen unse agrah karne ki shakti hai?" You would notice that in most places, where the Sangh/ Vividh Kshetras are in a position of strength, the BJP leaders necessarily fall in line.
Not only the BJP leaders, many non- BJP leaders in those areas, also speak the language that we desire them to speak.The Congress's gain was more to do with the shifting of the Muslim votebank to them from SP and other regional parties...Xtians have always been with them. In addition, I personally notice an erosion in the urban base of the BJP.
Except for Bangalore, they have lost in all metros and major cities..which means that there is a fundamental lack of awareness among the urban youth about what BJP stands for. it also means that the concept of Hindu Rashtra or Hindutva has to be better articulated by the Sangh and Vividh Kshetra karyakartas.On the plank of development, all states where the BJP and Congress have performed, have stood by them...the difference has been in the shift and idealogical clarity.
தன்யவாத்
Ayush ஆயுஷ்
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Most importantly people of a state respond better to a local leader who is charismatic and jells with them.That is why Naveen Patnaik could win even in the face of a three-cornered fight.So even the concepts of Nationalism and Hindu Dharma should be articulated by a brilliant,aggressiv e and charismatic local leader.

The National level leader can supplement him by providing an image of the party.That is what Congress did in the times of Nehru.with Nehru at the National level there were giants like Kamaraj in Tamilnadu, Nijalingappa in Mysore, Sanjivayya in Andhra Pradesh,S.K. Patil in Maharashtra, Atulya Ghosh in West Bengal and so on.

They were no mean personalities themselves.They commanded great respect from the people and so all the states kept voting for the congress. So at least in the southern states, Orissa and Maharashtra the BJP needs to have such leaders who can at once carry the masses with them.Urgent surgical action is needed now.

All the leaders should give up ego,bad temperament, speaking out of turn to the press,envy etc. They should be disciplined, genial,calm, gentle and magnanimous and must be ready for any sacrifice for the sake of the party.They should always keep in mind that the BJP is a movement and not a party .It has a Mission- The Mission of relieving our Motherland from the clutches of corruption,terroris m,poverty and above all the anti-National forces which get a soft treatment from the communal Congress and other such parties.

And finally to restore Bharat to its rightful place as the Vishwaguru of the world.So the BJP has a Mission and not a mere goal- the goal to assume power. Power is only a means to achieve the above and not an end in itself.They must remember that the BJP was started by the great Rishi Guruji Golwalkar with a view to correct the skewed course of politics carried on by the congress.

And not for some individuals to enjoy power and the crumbs that go with it.

the leaders of the BJP remember and follow this then the Party and the Nation will gain enormously.

One person's personal experience with BJP in ஒரிசா

One person's personal experience with BJP in ஒரிசா

BJP has got following issues:

In Orissa, for a vacant Rajya Sabha MP, they forced Mr. Balbir Punj,an outsider upon people of Orissa.Two of their tainted minister Mr. Samir Dey and Manmohal Samal were continued to in cabinet of NAveen Patnaik (BJD) in spite of corruptionand sex scandals.In stead of building organization across all places, they concentratedon Kandhamala and lfew minorities got killed/thousands got affected.

from the above - it seems that they are no different than Congressparty in any respect. The corrupt face of lotus. They took people ofOrissa and Naveen Patnaik as granted.Most of us like BJP because of its Nationalism, but they are justcareless about people's feelings.

I am a Hindu and like BJP. But I amalso an Odia. Why do I have to bear an outsider Rajya Sabha MP and twoof its corrupt ministers ? Naveen Patnaik did remove all his taintedministers while BJP's poor state and National leadership failed toact on its corruption.End result : they screwed up in a state where people liked BJP.

In West Bengal, Andhra, Tamil nadu - they didn't have any presence oralliance.Where they had a good alliance, their ministers in Orissa,criticized their only good ally and created Kandhamala disturbances instead if strengthening party in every constituency. Enjoyedministership without concentrating on grass root organization.

The above is the story in one state. In Rajasthan, MP, Himachal also Iguess the story wouldn't be different. In Metros also they are losingurban base.. No BJP CM except Modi is able to hold their state.

Vasundhra in Rajasthan was an arrogant lady and yet she was allowed tocontinue. Results - screwed up... Why can't they replaced Vasundhrabefore election as Vilash Rao was replaced after 26/11 , inMaharashtra ?

They have become worst than congress and they are hesitant to takedisciplinary action against tainted and corrupt ministers..I know , many Hindus believe that all Hindus should vote for BJP.. ButI would say that, BJP in its current form does every thing, whatCongress have been doing..They don't listen to people when we complain. I had sent mails to ப்ப்headquarters citing the corruption of their ministers in state.. noresponse.. they just don't care about you and me..They need to show that they respect and address both state levelsentiments in addition to their Nationalist ideology.i.e Balbir Punj, if needed to be sent to Rajya Sabha should be sentfrom his home state. He is useless to Odisha as an MP.Similarly , they should pick popular icons of each state (Rajanikanthin Tamilnadu, Chriranjivi in Andhra) and give them freehand to buildthe party.

They shouldn't frustrate them like Mr. Satrughan Sinha,when they get benefit. They should also learn, that not all Muslimsare our enemy even though they have different view on Vande Mataram.While the bigoted and unpatriotic Muslims and conversion lovermissionaries are targetted, no injustice must be allowed against thenormal minorities , who just wish to live like us and have nothing todo with secularism and communalism.

.Mamta banarjee could have gone with them,, but in a Muslim dominatedWest Bengal, why she would risk her seats ? that issue is every where? Rajnikanth and Chriranjivi - both have got Muslim fans as well.You would not believe the way BJP ministers in Naveen Patnaik'scabinet behaved in a coalition.

They publicly embarrassed him andfrustrated him in spite of their dependency on him.Any recommendations for BJP :Wherever they are in power, allow couple of independent mindedbloggers to monitor their administration. All criticisms by bloggersmust be discussed and addressed at party level.Wherever they are in opposition, build their grass root organizationand take message to masses by creating direct-channel(telephone/Internet /sms) between people and BJP leaders..They have to tone down, anti-Minority rhetoric and emphasize onstrengthening Hindu Nationalist beliefs.Stop giving tickets to criminals.

தேங்க்ஸ்

Manoj Padhi

Obey your wife and rule the world: Supreme Court

Obey your wife and rule the world: Supreme Court
Indo Asian News Service

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court has a recipe for a successful marriage, more so for men: Obey your wife and rule the world!

'Bibi joh boltee hai woh sunno (Listen to whatever your wife says). We all listen,' a vacation bench of Justice Markandeya Katju and Justice Deepak Verma observed while hearing a lawsuit by Indian Air Force officer Deepak Kumar, who had complained that his estranged wife Manisha had ruined him and his family by implicating them in false criminal cases including sodomy.
'Hum sab bhuktbhogi hai (We all have undergone that experience),' the bench observed.
'If your wife wants you to see this side, see this side. If she wants you to see the other side, do obey her,' said Katju, adding: 'One who obeys his wife rules the world.'

Kumar's counsel told the court that his client had married Manisha 17 years ago but the couple soon landed in court with marital discord erupting between them.

A district court in Chandigarh dismissed Kumar's plea for divorce as Manisha opposed it, but a single-judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court had granted him a divorce and directed him to pay Manisha Rs.1 million as one-time compensation.
Manisha then approached the Supreme Court challenging the divorce decree.
Seeking dismissal of Manisha's appeal, Kumar's counsel contended that she was opposing the divorce despite having ruined her husband's life.
The bench, however, posted the case for further hearing in the last week of July, saying there was no urgency in dealing with it.
'You have waited for 17 years, so wait for a few more days,' the bench contended.
http://in.news. yahoo.com/ 43/20090519/ 812/tnl-obey- your-wife- and-rule- the-world- su.html?printer= 1

Church claims credit for Congress crown

Church claims credit for Congress crown

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1257275

Thiruvananthapuram:

The Left is yet to come to terms with itshumiliating defeat in Kerala. If the CPI(M) politburo wants anyanswers, the Catholic Church has it. Kerala Catholic Bishops'Conference, which openly campaigned for the Congress in the run-up tothe elections, claims it is their victory.This is an answer to those who said the faithful would not follow theadvice of priests and bishops in political affairs. The Church hasworked that hard against the LDF government," said Dr StephenAlathara, spokesmen of KCBC, the apex body of Catholic bishops inKerala.

A pastoral letter by the KCBC, read out amid Sunday Mass in Kerala'schurches a fortnight ahead of the polls, exhorted the flock to steerclear of the CPI(M) and the BJP, a negligible presence in the bipolarstate. "Constitutional crises are frequent nowadays. The violations ofminority rights in education sector should be assessed in thiscontext.

"Ever since the LDF government came to power in 2006, the Church was inthe warpath against the reforms in primary education and regulationsin professional education.Alathara also termed the victory of the Congress and its allies as a"liberation struggle through the ballot", invoking memories of thecommunal agitations which eventually resulted in the dismissal of thefirst communist government in 1959.

Interestingly, chief minister VSAchuthanandan had claimed that his government was a continuation ofthe EMS government.Ties between the CPI(M) and the Church strained irreparably when partysecretary Pinarayi Vijayan publicly abused a bishop, who claimed hehad given the last sacrament to a party legislator on his death bed.The Syro-Malabar Church even called out to the flock to walk away fromthe "materialists" .

With hardly a week to the polls, priests were using Easter Mass toequate Satan with the government, which was trying to "kill all agedpeople".The Law Reforms' Commission, appointed by the LDF government, hadrecommended the legalisation of mercy killing.The government, which appointed the commission as soon as it came topower in 2006, has been soft-pedalling its recommendations, whichinclude the formation of a trust to man the Church's riches.

சனி, 9 மே, 2009

A Proven Destructor, Yet an Architect!

A Proven Destructor, Yet an Architect!
-B.R.Gauthaman,
Director,
Vedic Science Research Centre

He is called as the architect of modern Indian economy, technocrat politician, astute administrator, so on and so forth. He bailed out the economy from perils, insulated or minimized the effects of global melt down and saved this country from disaster. He is none other than Dr.Manmohan Singh. He is ofcourse backed by a strong curriculum vitae to get a top job in any educational institution or a research organization, but what is his accomplishment as a Union Finance minister and Prime Minister to lead this country?

The United Nations development Programme publishes Human Development Index every year, comprehensively covering every aspect of Human development. This is considered as a report card for development. Our economist took over the reins of finance ministry in 1991 when India was ranked 123 in Human development Index. Without any delay, the saviour of our economy started redeeming our economy through his glorified ‘Manmohanomics’. A section of the media, intelligentsia and select International community praised him sky high and our doyen of reforms reached dizzy heights along with the country’s ranking. India was pushed to 135th position in 5 years. But the crowd that adores him as the savior may well argue that 135 is greater than 123!

The BJP assumed office in 1998, when the country was ranked 139 in the Human development Index. According to our economist, this party lacks knowledge on economics and in spite of their 6 year mismanagement, India rose to 127th rank in 2004. Then we are more fortunate to have our technocrat as the Prime Minister this time, assisted ably by Mr.P.Chidambaram as Finance Minister and Dr.Montek Singh Alluwalliah, as the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, the licensed finance experts. They toiled hard without rest, with international guidance from Italy to resurrect the losses inflicted by the NDA to see the country in 132nd position in 2008. Again simple mathematics: 132 is greater than 127!

He is known for his fight against poverty. India witnessed the severest drought of the century in 2002-2003 but not witnessed famine death or farmer’s suicide. But his party’s general secretary Raul Vinci, (Rahul Gandhi for political purposes), has to narrate the story of Kalavati in parliament to throw light on the plight of farmers in India, dying out of hunger and poverty under our economist’s regime. Most of the lieutenants of our economists are his invisible foes. His trusted ‘Sishya’, our learned finance minister Mr.Chidambaram, in his budget speech, thanked the NDA for keeping the financial position stronger than ever before because he could not deny the fact that our Forex reserve is more than our debts.

Manmohan’s economic policy is always in tune with global trends and thinking. As a prime Minister of a sovereign democratic republic, he visited the United States in 2005 and requested the business community there to suggest changes in Indian law, so that they can invest in India. This master stroke is to undo the damage inflicted by his predecessor Mr.Atal Behari Vajpayee, who exhorted in Europe that India is ready to invest anywhere in the world.

The International exposure and credibility of our architect Dr.Manmohan Singh helped many Nations to realize their dreams vis-à-vis India. His handling of Nepal affairs saw a Maoist Government in Nepal, which is strategic for China’s interest in the region. It further strengthens the insurgent Naxal and Jehadi movements which is sponsored by Pakistan, Bangladesh and China. His inept handling of the Sri Lankan affairs resulted in genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka and a volatile situation in the state of Tamil Nadu. As a humanitarian, a life of a terrorist is precious to him. His softness, is beyond bounds, he even ignored the apex court judgment to hang Mr.Afzal Guru, involved in a terror strike on our parliament and is more concerned about terrorists languishing in jails by withdrawing Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO).

Our Prime minister’s commitment towards non violence is further demonstrated by his track record on combating terrorism in Kashmir. He even questioned his political foe Mr.L.K.Advani on his contribution to the nation. During the stint of heartless Mr.L.K.Advani as Home Minister, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the liquidation of 7823 terrorists, but the present humanitarian regime in the last 5 years killed only 2842 terrorists. He is deeply concerned over the loss of lives in bomb blasts in Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Assam, Kashmir, Bangalore, UP, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and other places. His patriotism goes further to say that there is no involvement of any local elements in Mumbai attack and forced the investigating agencies to drop charges against the locals. His party in Assam, which Dr.Singh claims as his home state, vowed to bring the controversial Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, which was struck down by the Apex court, citing that as a threat to national security and enabled millions of Bangladeshis to illegally occupy our land. His tenure as Prime Minister saw an abnormal increase of 15.1% voters in Assam electoral rolls before assembly elections 2005.

Dr.Singh’s commitment to social justice and secularism speaks volumes. While addressing the national Integration Council meet he exhorts that the first share of our development belongs to the Muslims and his governments in Andhra, Karnataka and Kerala reserved seats for minorities. His secular credentials are further bolstered with his affidavit on Ram-Sethu, calling Lord Ram as a fictitious character.

No one can raise his finger against our prime minister on corruption. It’s the CBI, which withdrew the corruption charge against Ms.Mayavati for voting Pratiba Patil, as claimed by her. It’s the CBI, which allowed the bank to defreeze the money in Mr.Quottrochis name. It is the CBI, which dropped Mr.Quottroch from the Bofors case. It’s not the Prime Minister’s ministry which auctioned 3G spectrum. It’s the vote of confidence sought by the Prime Minister but somebody paid money to the parliamentarians to vote. Such an honest Prime minister, the country has never witnessed before.

His contribution to all aspects of governance like economy, national security, international relations, combating corruption, social justice, fight against poverty, terrorism, respecting culture and beliefs may be destructive but his obedience to His master’s voice made him the Architect of Modern Indian economy.

வெள்ளி, 8 மே, 2009

மீண்டும் காங்கிரசுக்கா உங்கள் வாக்கு?

மீண்டும் காங்கிரசுக்கா உங்கள் வாக்கு?
பி.ராமநாதன்சமூக ஆர்வலர்
திருமலையப்பபுரம்பொட்டல்புதூர்திருநெல்வேலி மாவட்டம்
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வணக்கம்!
எனது நாடாளுமன்றத் தொகுதியான திருநெல்வேலி நாடாளுமன்றத் தொகுதியில் நாட்டு நலன் கருதி காங்கிரசை எதிர்த்து ஒரு சுயேச்சை வேட்பாளராக நான் போட்டியிட நினைத்திருந்தேன். எதிர்பாராத விதமாக அது இயலாமல் போய்விட்டது. ஆயினும் தேர்தலில் நான் சொல்ல நினைத்த விஷயங்களை சுருக்கமாக உங்களிடம் பகிர்ந்து கொள்கிறேன்.

காந்தியடிகளுக்கும் தமிழர்களுக்கும் மிக நெருங்கிய தொடர்பு உண்டு. அவர் தனது பொது வாழ்க்கையை தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவில் தொடங்கிய போது அவருக்கு உறுதுணையாக நின்றவர்கள் தமிழர்கள்தான் அவர் தனது சுயசரிதையில் மறக்கமுடியாத பெண்மணியாக கண்ணீருடன் நினைவுகூர்வது தில்லையாடி வள்ளியம்மை என்ற தமிழச்சியைத்தான். காந்தியடிகளை அரை நிர்வாண பக்கிரி என்று இங்கிலாந்து பிரதமர் வின்ஸ்டன் சர்ச்சில் குறிப்பிடும் விதத்தில் காந்தியடிகளின் ஆடையில் மாற்றம் ஏற்படக் காரணமாக இருந்ததும் தமிழ்நாடுதான். காந்தியடிகள் இன்று உயிரோடு இருந்திருந்தால் இலங்கையில் நடக்கும் தமிழ் இனப் படுகொலையை பலமாக எதிர்த்து இருப்பார்.

இந்தியா சுதந்திரம் அடைந்தவுடன் காங்கிரசைக் கலைத்து விடுங்கள் என்றுதான் காந்தியடிகள் கூறினார். ஆனால் அதை காங்கிரஸ்காரர்கள் கேட்காமல் அவருக்கு துரோகம் செய்து விட்டனர். இந்தியா சுதந்திரம் அடைந்ததை காங்கிரஸ்காரர்கள் கோலாகலத்துடன் கொண்டாடியபோது, காந்தியடிகள் மட்டும் அவர்களோடு கலந்துகொள்ளாமல் அவர்களை விட்டு வெகுதூரம் விலகிப் போய் தனிமையில் இருந்தார். தமிழ்நாட்டைவிட கல்வி அறிவில் மிகவும் பின்தங்கியுள்ள பீகார், உத்திரப் பிரதேசம் போன்ற மாநிலங்கள் எல்லாம் கூட காங்கிரசை கைகழுவி விட்டன. ஆனால், கல்வி அறிவில் அந்த மாநிலங்களைவிட முன்னேறிய தமிழகம் மட்டும் காங்கிரசை கைகழுவுவதில் மிகவும் பின் தங்கியிருப்பது மிகவும் வேதனைக்குரியது.
காந்தியடிகள் நமது மரியாதைக்கும் அன்புக்கும் உரியவர் மட்டுமல்ல, ஒருவகையில் நமது நெருங்கிய உறவினரும்கூட! ஆம். அவர் தமிழகத்தில் தமிழரோடு சம்பந்தம் செய்து இருக்கிறார். நமது சம்பந்தி காந்தியடிகளின் விருப்பத்தை நமது முன்னோர்தான் நிறைவேற்றவில்லை... தமிழகத்தில் காங்கிரசைத் தோற்கடிப்பதன் மூலம் ''காங்கிரசை கலைத்து விடுங்கள்'' என்ற அவர் விருப்பத்தைநாமாவது நிறைவேற்றுவோம்.

1) பொதுமக்களுக்குத் துரோகம்

ஆட்சியாளர்கள் ஒரு சட்டம் இயற்றினால் அந்தச் சட்டத்தை பொதுமக்கள் எவ்வாறு மதிக்க வேண்டும்; கடைப்பிடிக்க வேண்டும் என்று கருதுகிறார்களோ அவ்வாறே தாங்களும் அச்சட்டத்தை மதிக்க வேண்டும். கடைப்பிடிக்க வேண்டும். அவ்வாறு தங்களால் கடைப்பிடிக்க முடியாமல் தாங்களே அதை மீறுபவர்களாக இருந்தால், அந்தச் சட்டத்தையே இயற்றக்கூடாது. அதனை பொதுமக்கள்மீது திணிக்கக்கூடாது. இதுதான் நியாயம். ஆனால் காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சியாளர்கள் எவ்வாறு நடந்து கொள்கிறார்கள் என்பதற்கு ஓர் உதாரணம்தான் வருமான வரிச் சட்டம். ஒருவர் ஒரு நிதியாண்டில் ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட தொகைக்கு மேல் வருமானம் ஈட்டினால் அந்தக் கூடுதல் வருமானத்துக்கு வருமான வரி கட்ட வேண்டும். தங்கள் வருமானவரிக் கணக்கை ஒழுங்காகக் காட்ட வேண்டும். வருமான வரி கட்டாமல் ஏய்த்தால் சிறைத்தண்டனை - என்றெல்லாம் இந்தக் காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சியாளர்கள் சட்டம் இயற்றியிருக்கிறார்கள். ஆனால்,இந்தச் சட்டத்தை பொதுமக்கள் மீது திணிக்கும் இவர்கள் தாங்கள் அந்தச் சட்டப்படி நடந்து கொள்கிறார்களா?

சில மாதங்களுக்கு முன்னர் இடது சாரிக் கட்சிகள் மத்தியில் காங்கிரஸ் கூட்டணி அரசுக்கு தாங்கள் அளித்து வந்த ஆதரவை விலக்கிக் கொண்டபோது, தங்கள் ஆட்சி கவிழ்ந்துவிடாமல் தக்கவைத்துக் கொள்வதற்காகப் பல நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களைக் காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சியாளர்கள் விலைக்கு வாங்கிய விஷயம் இந்நாட்டினர் அனைவரும் அறிந்த பகிரங்கமான ரகசியம். அவ்வாறு விலைக்கு வாங்கப்பட்டவர்களுக்கு இவர்கள் கோடிக்கணக்கில் பணம் கொடுத்தார்களே. அந்தப் பணம் எல்லாம் விலைக்கு வாங்கப்பட்டவர்களின் வருமானக் கணக்கில் காட்டப்பட்டதா? அந்த வருமானத்துக்கு எல்லாம் வருமான வரி கட்டப்பட்டதா?

அப்போது மட்டுமல்ல, இப்போதும்கூட நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தலை முன்னிட்டு சில அரசியல் கட்சிகளை - சில அரசியல் கட்சித் தலைவர்களை தங்கள் கூட்டணிக்கு இழுப்பதற்காக கோடிக்கணக்கான ரூபாய்களை இந்த காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சியாளர்கள் செலவழித்துள்ளனர். தே.மு.தி.க தலைவர் விஜயகாந்த், தன்னைக் கூட்டணியில் இழுப்பதற்காக கோடிக்கணக்கான ரூபாய்கள் பேரம் பேசப்பட்டதாகப் பகிரங்கமாகவே பொதுக்கூட்டங்களில் பேசியிருக்கிறார்.
இவ்வாறு இந்த காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சியாளர்களிடம் இருந்து பணம் பெற்ற அரசியல் கட்சித் தலைவர்கள் எல்லாம் தாங்கள் பெற்றபணத்தை வருமானத்தை கணக்கில் காட்டியிருக்கிறார்களா? அந்த வருமானத்துக்கு வரி கட்டியிருக்கிறார்களா?

நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தலில் போட்டியிடும் ஒரு வேட்பாளரின் தேர்தல் செலவு உச்சவரம்பு 50 லட்சம்தான் என்று தேர்தல் ஆணையம் நிர்ணயித்துள்ளது. ஆனால் நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தல் குறித்து விவாதிப்பதற்காக சத்தியமூர்த்தி பவனில் 4.4.2009 அன்று நடைபெற்ற தமிழ்நாடு காங்கிரஸ் சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள், தமிழகத்திலிருந்து அதிக அளவில் காங்கிரஸ் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள் டில்லிக்குச் சென்றால்தான் மத்தியில் காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சி அமைக்க முடியும். ஒரு நாடாளுமன்றத் தொகுதிக்கு 7 கோடி ரூபாய் செலவழிக்க வேண்டும்... என்று பேசியதாகப் பத்திரிகைகளில் செய்திகள் வந்துள்ளன.

தேர்தல் கமிஷன் ஒரு வேட்பாளருக்கு நிர்ணயித்துள்ள தேர்தல் செலவு உச்சவரம்பான ரூ.50லட்சத்தையும் தாண்டி அதிகப்படியாக இவர்கள் செலவு செய்யவிருக்கும் 6.50 கோடி செலவுத்தொகை எந்தக் கணக்கில் வரப்போகிறது.
தாங்கள் அமல்படுத்தியுள்ள வருமான வரிச் சட்டத்தை தாங்களே மீறுகின்ற - வருமான வரி விஷயத்தில் இரட்டை அளவுகோல்களை கடைப்பிடிக்கின்ற - இந்த காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சியாளரான யோக்கியர்களுக்கு சாதாரண குடிமக்கள் தங்கள் வருமானக் கணக்கை ஒழுங்காகக் காட்ட வேண்டும் என்று கூறுவதற்கு என்ன தகுதி யோக்கியதை இருக்கிறது?

சேவை செய்ய அனுப்பியவர்களுக்கே சேவை வரி (service tax)

எம்.ஜி.ஆர் நடித்த குலேபகாவலி படத்தில், வரிகளைப் பற்றிய ஒரு பாடல் உண்டு. அதில், இட்லி வரி, சட்னி வரி, பட்டினி வரி, தடுக்கி விழுந்தால்கூட வரி என்றெல்லாம் கேலியாக - வயிற்றெரிச்சலுடன் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டிருக்கும். ''ஏற்கெனவே நம் மீது வித்ஹிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள பலவிதமான வரிகளின் எண்ணிக்கையை இவர்கள் குறைப்பார்கள் - நமக்கு சேவை செய்வார்கள்'' என்று நம்பித்தான் பொதுமக்கள் இந்த காங்கிரஸ்காரர்களை ஆட்சியில் அமர்த்தினார்கள். ஆனால், இவர்களோ பழைய வரிகளின் எண்ணிக்கையைக் குறைக்காதது மட்டுமல்ல, தனக்கு வரம் அளித்த சிவபெருமானின் தலையிலேயே கைவைக்க முனைந்த பஸ்மாசுரன் போலத் தங்களை - சேவை செய்ய அனுப்பிய, ஆட்சியில் அமர்த்திய பொதுமக்கள் மீதே 'சேவை வரி' என்ற புதிய வரியையும் விதித்து விட்டார்கள். இந்த மாதிரி அதிமேதாவித்தனமன யோசனைகள் எல்லாம் சிதம்பத்துக்கு மட்டுமே தோன்றும். இவரது குணாதிசயம் தெரிந்துதான் கருணாநிதி இவரை அன்றே, ' சிவகங்கை சின்னப்பையன்" என்று கூறியிருக்கிறார் போலும்!

இந்த காங்கிரஸ்காரர்களை மீண்டும் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தால், ''தேர்ந்தெடுத்ததற்கான வரி" என்று புதிய வரி ஒன்றையும் பொதுமக்கள் மீது விதித்து விடுவார்கள். வேலியில் போகிற ஓணானை மீண்டும் நம் காதில் விட்டுக்கொள்ள வேண்டுமா? பொதுமக்களுக்கு இந்த வீண் வம்பு தேவைதானா?

2) காமராசருக்கு காங்கிரஸ்காரர்களின் துரோகம்

காமராசர் தன் சொந்த ஊரான விருதுநகரில் 1967 தேர்தலில் தோற்றுப்போன பின்னர், அவரைத் தங்கள் நாடாளுமன்றத் தொகுதியில் வெற்றி பெற வைத்ததன் மூலம் அவருக்கு மீண்டும் அரசியல் அந்தஸ்து அளித்தவர்கள் கன்னியாகுமரிக்காரர்கள். அவரை மிகுந்த பாசத்துடன் 'அப்பச்சி' என்று அழைத்து மகிழ்பவர்கள் அவர்கள். இந்த காங்கிரஸ்காரர்களுக்கு உண்மையிலேயே காமராசர்மீது பற்றும் மரியாதையும் இருக்குமேயானால், அந்த கன்னியாகுமரிக்காரர்களுக்கு நன்றி செலுத்தும் விதத்தில் சென்னையில் இருந்து கன்னியாகுமரி வரை இரட்டை அகல ரயில் பாதை அமைத்திருக்க வேண்டும். ஆனால் அவ்வாறு செய்யவில்லையே!

விருதுநகர் - சென்னை எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரயில்காங்கிரஸ்காரர்களுக்கு உண்மையிலேயே காமராசர் மீது பற்றும் மரியாதையும் இருக்குமேயானால், இவரைப் பெருமைப்படுத்தும் விதத்தில் இவர் பிறந்த ஊரான விருதுநகரில் இருந்து இவர் ஆட்சி செய்த செயிண்ட் ஜார்ஜ் கோட்டை உள்ள தமிழகத்தின் தலைநகரான சென்னை வரையில் ஒரு எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரயில் விட்டிருக்கலாம். திலகர் பெயரில் ரயில் இருப்பதைப் போல, காமராசர் பெயரில் இந்த ரயில் இவரது பெயரை அன்றாடம் சென்னை வரை நினைவுபடுத்துவதோடு, இவருக்கு ஒரு சிறந்த 'நடமாடும் நினைவுச் சின்னம்" ஆகவும் திகழ்ந்திருக்கும்.

இவ்வாறு செய்திருந்தால், காமராசர் தினந்தோறும் மக்களால் நினைக்கப்பட்டிருப்பார். விருதுநகரிலிருந்தே சென்னைக்கு ஒரு ரயில் இயக்கப்படுவதால், விருதுநகர் மக்களும் மிகவும் பயன் அடைந்திருப்பார்கள். விருதுநகருக்குத் தெற்கேயிருந்து சென்னை செல்லும் ரயில்களிலும் இடநெருக்கடி குறையும்.

மதுரையில் மு.க.அழகிரி போட்டியிடும் நிலையில் ஐ.மு.கூட்டணியில் அங்கம் வகிக்கும் தி.மு.க. தனது தேர்தல் அறிக்கையில், 'மதுரையிலிருந்து சென்னைக்கு புல்லட் ரயில் இயக்கப்படுவதற்கு நடவடிக்கை மேற்கொள்ளப்படும்' என்று அறிவித்திருக்கும்போது, ஐ.மு.கூட்டணிக்கே தலைமை தாங்குகின்ற காங்கிரஸ் கட்சி காமராசர் பிறந்த விருதுநகர் உட்பட தமிழகத்தின் 15 நாடாளுமன்றத் தொகுதிகளில் போட்டியிடுகின்ற காங்கிரஸ் கட்சி தனது தேர்தல் அறிக்கையில் சென்னை-கன்னியாகுமரி இரட்டை அகல ரயில் பாதை அமைக்கப்படும், விருதுநகர்- சென்னை எக்ஸ்பிரச் ரயில் விடப்படும் என்று அறிவித்திருக்க வேண்டாமா? இல்லையே!

கன்னியாகுமரி - சென்னை இரட்டை அகல ரயில் பாதை வெறும் இருப்புப்பாதை பிரச்சினை மட்டுமல்ல; விருதுநகர்-சென்னை எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரயில் பிரச்சினை வெறும் பயணிகள் பிரச்சினை மட்டுமல்ல; இவை இரண்டும் காமராசரின் கௌரவம் சம்பந்தப்பட்டவை. அதனால்தான் நான் கன்னியாகுமரிக்காரனாகவோ விருதுநகர்க்காரனாகவோ இல்லாவிட்டாலும், காங்கிரஸ்காரனாகவோ இல்லாவிட்டாலும்கூட காமராசர் மீது உண்மையான பற்றும் மரியாதையும் கொண்டிருப்பதால், இதற்காகக் குரல் கொடுக்கிறேன். 'தமிழகத்தில் மீண்டும் காமராசர் ஆட்சி அமைப்போம்' என்று தமிழக காங்கிரஸ்காரர்கள் கூறிவருகிறார்கள். ஆனால், உண்மையில் இவர்களுக்கு காமராசர் மீது பற்றும் மரியாதையும் கிடையாது. இவர்கள் காமராசருக்கு துரோகம் செய்கிறார்கள்.

3) நெல்லை எழுச்சிக்கு காங்கிரஸ்காரர்களின் துரோகம்

வ.உ.சி, சுப்பிரமணிய சிவா, பத்மநாப ஐயங்கார் ஆகியோர் ஆங்கிலேய அரசால் கைது செய்யப்பட்டதைக் கண்டித்து நடந்த போராட்டத்தில் 4 பேர் துப்பாக்கிச் சூட்டில் பலியாகினர். அந்தளவு 13.3.1908 அன்று நெல்லையில் மாபெரும் மக்கள் புரட்சி நடைபெற்றது. அது நெல்லை எழுச்சி என்று வரலாற்றில் பதிவுசெய்யப்பட்ட புரட்சி.

ஆனால், ஆங்கிலேய அரசுக்கு ஆதரவாக இருந்த அப்போதைய நெல்லை நகராட்சி, வரலாற்றுச் சிறப்பு மிக்க இந்தப் புரட்சியை கலகம் என்று கூறி, அதனைக் கண்டித்து தீர்மானம் நிறைவேற்றியது. இது நடந்து நூறாண்டு காலம் வரையிலும் - இந்தியா சுதந்திரம் அடைந்து 61 ஆண்டுகள் கடந்த பின்னும் - நெல்லை எழுச்சியை கொச்சைப்படுத்திய அந்தத் தீர்மானத்தை திருத்த முற்படவேயில்லை.

இந்த நிலையில்தான், நெல்லை எழுச்சியின் நூற்றாண்டை முன்னிட்டு 13.3.2008இல் நெல்லையில் ஒரு நிகழ்ச்சிக்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்திருந்தோம். ஆழ்வார்குறிச்சி திரு.எஸ்.பாலசுந்தரம் அவர்கள்(சுங்க இலாகா அதிகாரி, மும்பை -பணி நிறைவு) தலைமையில் டாக்டர் திரு. எஸ்.சண்முகம் அவர்கள் (நெல்லைச்சீமை மேம்பாட்டு அமைப்பு) வழக்கறிஞர் திரு.மங்களா எஸ். ஜவஹர்லால் அவர்கள், பேராசிரியர் திரு.வே.மாணிக்கம் அவர்கள், சிவராமபேட்டை, திரு.இரா.வேலு அவர்கள்(கூடுதல் இயக்குனர், நகராட்சிகள் நிர்வாகம், பணி நிறைவு) வரலாற்று ஆய்வாளர் திரு.செ.திவான் அவர்கள் ஆகியோர் 'நெல்லை எழுச்சி'யைப் பற்றிப் பேசினர்.இவ்விழாவில் நெல்லை நகராட்சியின் பழைய தீர்மானத்தை ரத்து செய்து நெல்லை எழுச்சியைப் பாராட்டி நெல்லை மாநகராட்சி தீர்மானம் நிறைவேற்ற வேண்டுமென்று நான் கொண்டு வந்த தீர்மானம் பலத்த ஆதரவுடன் நிறைவேறியது. அத்துடன் நெல்லை மாநகராட்சி மேயரின் இல்லத்துக்கு நான் நேரில் சென்று அவரிடம் இதுபற்றி ஒரு மனுவும் கொடுத்தேன். நாங்கள் தீர்மானம் போட்ட பிறகு, இதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக - இன்னும் சில அமைப்புகளும் தீர்மானம் நிறைவேற்றின. பின்னர் நெல்லை மாநகராட்சியும் நெல்லை நகராட்சியின் பழைய தீர்மானத்தை ரத்து செய்து நெல்லை எழுச்சியைப் பாராட்டி தீர்மானம் நிறைவேற்றியது. இதன் மூலம் நெல்லை எழுச்சிக்கு ஏற்பட்டிருந்த நூறாண்டு காலக் களங்கம் துடைக்கப்பட்டது.

சுதந்திரத்துக்குப் பிறகு நீண்ட காலம் வரையில் காங்கிரஸ்காரர்கள் வசம் நெல்லை நகராட்சி இருந்த போதிலும், 'நெல்லை எழுச்சியை' சிறுமைப்படுத்திய பழைய தீர்மானத்தை ரத்து செய்வதற்கு எந்த முயற்சியையுமே காங்கிரஸ்காரர்கள் மேற்கொள்ளவில்லை.

4) காங்கிரஸ் கட்சியின் தேசத் துரோகம்

'உன் நண்பனைச் சொல்; உன்னைச் சொல்கிறேன்" என்று ஒரு பழமொழி உண்டு. அதாவது ஒருவனின் நண்பன் யார் என்பதை வைத்தே அவனைப் பற்றி மதிப்பீடு செய்துகொள்ளலாம்.

கேரளத்தில் காங்கிரஸ் கட்சி முஸ்லிம் லீக்குடன் தேர்தல் கூட்டணி வைத்துள்ளது. இந்த முஸ்லிம் லீக் பற்றி இன்னொரு முஸ்லிம் அமைப்பான மக்கள் ஜனநாயகக் கட்சியின் தலைவரும், கேரளத்தில் முக்கியப் பிரமுகருமான அப்துல் நாசர் மதானி திருவனந்தபுரத்தில் 29-03-2009 அன்று செய்தியாளர்களுக்குப் பேட்டி அளித்துள்ளார். அவரது பேட்டியை மாத்ருபூமி, மலையாள மனோரமா, கேரள கௌமுதி, தேஜஸ் ஆகிய மலையாள நாளிதழ்கள் விரிவாகப் பிரசுரித்துள்ளன. அந்தப் பேட்டியின் சுருக்கம் இதோ...
'' முஸ்லிம் லீம் ஒரு மதவாதக் கட்சி. அந்தக் கட்சிதான் 1945, 1946 காலகட்டங்களில் பாகிஸ்தான் பிரிவினையில் முக்கியப் பங்கு வகித்தது. அன்றைய கால கட்டம் முதல் இன்றைய காலகட்டம் வரை, மதவாதத்தையே தனது ஆயுதமாக அது பயன்படுத்தி வருகிறது. முஸ்லிம் லீக்கின் பெயர், கொடி, சின்னம் ஆகிய அனைத்தும் மதவாதத்தை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டவை. பாகிஸ்தான் கொடிக்கும் முஸ்லிம் லீக் கொடிக்கும் எந்த ஒரு வித்தியாசமும் இல்லை. திருவனந்தபுரம் விமான நிலையத்தில் இந்திய தேசியக் கொடியை இறக்கிவிட்டு முஸ்லிம் லீக் கொடியை ஏற்றிய போது, கேரளத்தில் முஸ்லிம் லீக் ஆட்சியில் பங்கேற்றிருந்தது.

1972 முதல் 2003 வரை கேரளத்தில் நடந்த மதக் கலவரங்களின் போதெல்லாம், முஸ்லிம் லீக்தான் கேரள ஆட்சியில் பங்குவகித்திருந்தது. எனவே முஸ்லிம் லீக் ஆட்சியில் பங்கு வகித்தால் மீண்டும் மதக் கலவரம் ஏற்படும்.

பாபர் மசூதி இடிக்கப்பட்டபோது முஸ்லிம் லீக் கேரள ஆட்சியில் பங்கு வகித்திருந்தால், கேரளம் தீயால் கொளுத்தப்பட்டிருக்கும். முஸ்லிம் லீக்கினர் கொளுத்தியிருப்பார்கள். முஸ்லிம் லீக்கால் முஸ்லிம்களுக்கு எந்தவிதப் பயனும் இல்லை"

- அப்துல் நாசர் மதானியின் பேட்டியைப் படித்தீர்கள் அல்லவா?இந்தியத் தேசியக் கொடியை கவனக்குறைவின் காரணமாகக் கூட தலைகீழாகப் பறக்கவிட்டால் அது குற்றம். இந்நிலையில், இந்திய விமானநிலையத்தின் மீது பறந்துகொண்டிருந்த இந்திய தேசியக் கொடியைக் கீழே இறக்கிவிட்டு, அந்த இடத்தில் முஸ்லிம் லீக் கொடியைப் பறக்கவிடுவது எவ்வளவு பெரிய தேசத்துரோகம்? இந்தியாவில் உள்ள காங்கிரஸ்காரர்கள் பாகிஸ்தான் சென்று, ''இந்தியாவில் எங்களுக்கும், பாகிஸ்தான் கொடியையே தங்கள் கொடியாகக் கொண்டுள்ள முஸ்லிம் லீக்குக்கும் கூட்டணி உறவு உள்ளது. எங்களுக்குள் மிகுந்த நெருக்கம் உள்ளது. தேர்தல் சமயங்களில் வாகனங்களில் காங்கிரஸ் கொடியுடன் கூடவே முஸ்லிம் லீக் கொடியும் சேர்ந்து பறக்கும். அதனால் கராச்சி விமான நிலையத்தில் பறந்துகொண்டிருக்கும் பாகிஸ்தான் கொடியை இறக்கிவிட்டு காங்கிரஸ் கட்சிக் கொடியைப் பறக்கவிடுகிறோம்..." என்று சொல்வார்களா? அவ்வாறு சொல்லத்தான் முடியுமா? அல்லது இந்தியன் ஒருவன் பாகிஸ்தான் நாட்டில் பாகிஸ்தானின் தேசியக் கொடியை இறக்கிவிட்டு, அந்தக் கொடிக்கம்பத்தில் இந்திய தேசியக் கொடியை பறக்கவைக்க முடியுமா? இதைக் கற்பனைதான் செய்து பார்க்க முடியுமா?

இந்திய மண்ணில் இந்திய தேசியக் கொடியை இறக்கிவிட்டு, பாகிஸ்தான் கொடியையே தன் கொடியாகக் கொண்டிருக்கும் முச்லிம் லீக்கின் கொடியைப் பறக்கவிடும் அளவுக்கு அவர்களுக்கு தைரியம் வந்தது எப்படி? அவர்களுக்கு அந்த தைரியத்தை அளித்தது யார்? இந்தியாவில் இந்திய தேசியக் கொடி இறக்கப்பட்டு, முஸ்லிம் லீக் கொடி பறக்கவிடப்பட்டபோது, இந்திய இறையாண்மை எங்கே போயிற்று? இந்திய அரசியல் சட்டம் என்ன செய்து கொண்டிருந்தது?

இந்திய தேசியக் கொடியை இறக்கிவிட்டு, பாகிஸ்தான் கொடியையே தாங்கள் ஏற்றுவதாக நினைத்து, தங்கள் கட்சிக் கொடியையே ஏற்றிய இந்த கேரள முஸ்லிம் லீக்கினர் தண்டிக்கப்படவில்லை. மாறாக, அவர்கள் கேரள சட்டமன்றங்களிலும், இந்திய நாடாளுமன்றங்களிலும் பங்கு பெறும் வகையில் காங்கிரஸ் கட்சி கேரளத்தில் அவர்களோடு கூட்டணி போட்டு, கைகோத்துள்ளது. இந்திய தேசியக் கொடியை இறக்கிவிட்டு, பாகிஸ்தானின் தேசியக் கொடியை ஏற்றியவர்கள் குற்றவாளிகள் என்றால், இந்தக் குற்றவாளிகளுடன் கூட்டு வைத்துள்ள காங்கிரஸ்காரர்களும் குற்றவாளிகள்தானே!

5) இலங்கைப் பிரச்னையும் காங்கிரஸ் நிலையும்

இன்று இலங்கையில் நம் தமிழ்ச் சகோதரர்கள் படும் இன்னல்களைக் கண்டு நம் கண்கள் ரத்தக் கண்ணீரை வடிக்கின்றன.

விதியே! விதியே! தமிழ்ச்சாதியையென்செயக் கருதியிருக்கின்றாயடா..." என்று பாரதி குமுறியதுபோல்தான் நாமும் குமுறுகிறோம்.

இலங்கைத் தமிழர் விஷயத்தில் தங்கள் சகோதரர்கள் இலங்கையில் அழிக்கப்படுகிறார்களே என்று துடிதுடித்துப் போய் - ரத்த பாசத்துடன் - தமிழ்நாட்டில் யாராவது பேசிவிட்டால், இந்திய இறையாண்மை என்ற பெயரில் அவர்களைக் கடித்துக் குதறுபவர்கள், கேரளத்தில் இந்திய இறையாண்மைக்கே சவால் விடுபவர்களிடம் வாலைக் குழைத்துக் கொண்டு மண்டியிட்டுக் கிடக்கிறார்களே... எப்படி? அப்பட்டமான தேசத்துரோகிகளுக்கு துணைபோகும் இந்த காங்கிரஸ்காரர்களை என்னவென அழைப்பது ?

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