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Thodakottu
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Username: Thodakottu
Post Number: 13200
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 71.57.26.137
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:19 pm: |    |
NJ Reddy kuda eligible ee..
Christian..
MLA gaa sesadu...
Bapatla, NarsaraoPeta MP gaa sesadu ippudu Vizag MP
aa Somnath Chatterjee ki pothundemoo sivariki..
narakadam modalu pedithe ye mukka evarido telusukotaniki varam padathadi
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Thodakottu
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Username: Thodakottu
Post Number: 13199
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 71.57.26.137
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:18 pm: | |
India looo 50% Dalith kadha so Dalithula nunchi entha mandi presidents ayuna thappu ledhu...KR Narayan case differenct he was the most eligible person in india..
Kaka Venkataswamy Congress loo Senior Most MP
narakadam modalu pedithe ye mukka evarido telusukotaniki varam padathadi
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Gudiwada
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Username: Gudiwada
Post Number: 1887
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 161.225.1.12
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:17 pm: | |
NJ reddy ki chance undi endukante manodu kooda ade kada
NJ ki emi takkuva mama
Simhapuri nundi steel city varaku rap aadi pada dengaadu
Palnati gadda meeda Pratyardhula thoo disco eyyinchaadu avunaa kadhaa ??
aayanku emi ayyindi
Nellore ,Prakasam,Guntur, vizag
you name it
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Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3104
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:14 pm: | |
nenu emi kaavali ani adagaledu gaa seyyocchemo evadiki telusu
ayyina KR narayanan ayyadu ga okka paali dalithulaloo eeyana aavvatam lo tappu ledu le
kaani president anedi desaniki highest post koncham qualities ki ekkuva importance icchi politics taggiste manchidi
plus koncham educated vallu presidents ayyithe baguntadi,ekkuva ga presidents sesedi vere desa adhyakushlu occhinappudu recive sesukovatam etc ect ne kada,so vallaki manchi impression ostadi
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Gudiwada
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Username: Gudiwada
Post Number: 1886
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 161.225.1.12
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:11 pm: | |
Kaaka ki emiti mama
eppudu MP andhra nundi
paigaa SC
enka emi kaavali
SC cell leader enka emi kavaali |
Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3103
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:11 pm: | |
NJ reddy ki chance undi endukante manodu kooda ade kada 
82% hindus unnna country ki okka muslim president okka sikh primeminister 6 christians chiefministers
tu denemmaa christian party op india yaaaak
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3102
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:09 pm: | |
eeeyana preedom pighter aa ??inka batike unnada??age enta babu??
sankardayal sharma ani okayana undetodu antaku mundu papam nadavatanike ibbandi padetodu
attantollu enduku saami pesidents laaga
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Gudiwada
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Username: Gudiwada
Post Number: 1884
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 161.225.1.12
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:08 pm: | |
Kaneesamu N J reddy kanna estaremoo choodali
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Gudiwada
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Username: Gudiwada
Post Number: 1883
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 161.225.1.12
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:04 pm: | |
Senior congress leader G Venkataswamy popularly known as Kaka has expressed his desire to become the next President of India.
And he expressed his wish to none other than the party president Sonia Gandhi in person when he met he in New Delhi.
Venkataswamy is reported to have told Sonia Gandhi that he was not interested in a cabinet berth at the center. He has reportedly asked Sonia to consider his name seriously for the post of President |
Thodakottu
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Username: Thodakottu
Post Number: 13198
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 71.57.26.137
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:02 pm: | |
narakadam modalu pedithe ye mukka evarido telusukotaniki varam padathadi
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Gudiwada
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Username: Gudiwada
Post Number: 1882
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 161.225.1.12
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:01 pm: | |
NTR ni annagaru laaga
Kotla ni Peddayana , Venkataswamy ni Kaka
antaaru |
Gudiwada
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Username: Gudiwada
Post Number: 1881
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 161.225.1.12
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:55 pm: | |
The run-up to the election of the next President of India has become "caste-ridden" and controversial after a section of Congress leaders led by G Venkatswamy insisting that the country's President should either be a "political sufferer or freedom fighter."
OC lu enduku president avvali
SC enduku avvakudadhu ani pattubaduthunnadu
ee point naaku baaga nacchindi |
Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3101
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:49 pm: | |
telvadu seppeehe
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Gudiwada
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Username: Gudiwada
Post Number: 1880
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 161.225.1.12
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:47 pm: | |
aa mahanubhavudu teliyadhaa ??
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Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3100
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:46 pm: | |
ayana evalu?
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Gudiwada
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Username: Gudiwada
Post Number: 1878
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 161.225.1.12
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:26 pm: | |
ee thoori venkataswamy ki estee bagunthundi ani naa peeling
emantaaru
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Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3090
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 12:03 pm: | |
gudiwada mama 
Baa eeyaniki ivvali bharataratna 
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Thodakottu
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Username: Thodakottu
Post Number: 13186
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 71.57.26.137
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 11:13 am: | |
Dr.Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan is presently Honorable Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). Dr. Kasturirangan has steered the Indian Space programme gloriously for over 9 years as Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, of Space Commission and Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Space, before laying down his office on August 27, 2003. He was earlier the Director of ISRO Satellite Centre, where he oversaw the activities related to the development of new generation spacecraft, Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2) and Indian Remote Sensing Satellites (IRS-1A & 1B) as well as scientific satellites. He was also the Project Director for India's first two experimental earth observation satellites, BHASKARA-I & II and subsequently was responsible for overall direction of the first operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1A. Dr.Kasturirangan took his Bachelor of Science with Honours and Master of Science degrees in Physics from Bombay University and received his Doctorate Degree in Experimental High Energy Astronomy in 1971 working at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
Under his leadership, as Chairman, ISRO, the space programme has witnessed several major milestones including the successful launching and operationalisation of the India's prestigious launch vehicle, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and more recently, the first successful flight testing of the all important Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). Further, he has also overseen the design, development and launching of the world's best civilian satellites, IRS-1C and 1D, realization of the second generation and initiation of third generation INSAT satellites, besides launching ocean observation satellites IRS-P3/P4. These efforts have put India as a pre-eminent space-faring nation among the handful of six countries that have major space programmes.
As an Astrophysicist, Dr.Kasturirangan's interest includes research in high energy X-ray and gamma ray astronomy as well as optical astronomy. He has made extensive and significant contributions to studies of Cosmic x-ray sources, celestial gamma-ray and effect of cosmic x-rays in the lower atmosphere.
Dr.Kasturirangan is a member of several important scientific academies, both within India and abroad. He is presently the President of the Indian Academy of Sciences at Bangalore and General President of the Indian Science Congress. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences of India, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Astronautical Society of India, National Telematics Forum, The Indian Meteorological Society and The Third World Academy of Sciences. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers, Founder Member of the Astronomical Society of India, Life Member of the Indian Physics Association, Indian Science Congress Association and Indian Society of Remote Sensing and Honorary Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India and Kerala Academy of Sciences. He is also a Member of the International Astronomical Union and the International Academy of Astronautics and is a member of its Board of Trustees. He has chaired some of the prestigious international committees, such as, the International Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), Panel for Space Research in Developing countries of COSPAR/ICSU, and the committee meeting at senior official level of UN-ESCAP, that led to the adoption of the "Delhi Declaration" by the Ministers of the region (1999-2000). He is also the Chairman of the Governing Board of the UN Centre for Space Science & Technology Education (UN-CSSTE), of the Board of Governors of IIT Chennai, of the Governing Council of the Raman Research Institute and Research Council of the National Aerospace Laboratory. He has won several awards including Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Engineering, Shri Hari Om Ashram Dr.Vikram Sarabhai Prerit Award in Aerospace, M.P.Birla Memorial Award in Astronomy, Shri M.M.Chugani Memorial Award in Applied Science, H.K.Firodia Award in Science Technology, Rathindra Puraskar by Visvabharati, Santiniketan, Dr.M.N.Saha Birth Centenary Medal for outstanding contributions in the field of Space. He has been conferred Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan. He has published more than 200 papers, both in international and national journals in the areas of astronomy, space science, space applications and has edited 6 books.
narakadam modalu pedithe ye mukka evarido telusukotaniki varam padathadi
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Gudiwada
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Username: Gudiwada
Post Number: 1876
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 161.225.1.12
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 11:11 am: | |
kasturirangan antee evadu
heroine kasturi valla father aa  |
Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3080
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 10:30 am: | |
kaani andulo okka tirakasu unnnadi president oppukunte PM avvochu kaani danni supreme court lo attorney general challange seste president ki pedda bokkaa
ippudu congress vallu evarinna president ni seste next time sonia ki chance icchina istaru 
soddam appudu eti avvuddo ,ippudu somnath chatterjee race lo unndantaga president padavi ki ??
2007 lo kada elections ,assala emi avvudoo appudu
kaani kasturirangan ni seste saala baguntadi ani naa opinion
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Venu
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Username: Venu
Post Number: 7729
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 67.84.172.208
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 10:26 am: | |
Good, idi palle prajalaku mana lanti valle seppala, vallu ivida nijam gaane YESU babu seppinattu THYAGAMAYI anukuntaru papam!!
KCR, NARENDRA lu Donga Naa Kodukulu!!! |
Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3078
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 10:20 am: | |
venannaih 
idigi net lo ethikithe dorikindi
Article 102 of the Constitution says: "A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament - (d) if he or she is under any acknowledgement of allegiance or adherence to a foreign state." Sonia Gandhi, in her affidavit, had declared she owned a house in Italy and may thus invite, the term "adherence" of the said provision.
Under Article 103, the President is the sole adjudicator on the issue who has to decide on such matter in consultation with the Election Commission.
Section 5 of the Citizenship Act, dealing with the reciprocity clause for a person who registered herself as an Indian citizen, says the said person could not enjoy more rights than those available to an Indian born person in that other country if he/she acquires citizenship of that country, like Italy for instance.
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Venu
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Username: Venu
Post Number: 7728
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 67.84.172.208
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 10:17 am: | |
"As far as Mannoji is concerned he is today’s Buta Singh with a doctoral degree."
That was a good comparision!!
Also KALKI thammi good enlightening post!!
TYAGA MURTHY, KARUNA MAYI, SEETHAMMA, RAMACHANDRA, MARY MATHA, JESUS CHRIST, ALLAH, MOHAMMAD anni maa SONIAmme!!!!!!!!
KCR, NARENDRA lu Donga Naa Kodukulu!!! |
Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3076
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 10:12 am: | |
yes schummy mama janalani educate seyyalsina papers ee sarigga pani seyyatam ledu
other politicians emo manam alla bokka ni soopithe allu mana bokka ni sooyistaru andaram edavalam avvutam ani sivariki ani itta sestunnaru
actual ga okka indian orgin aame sonia bersculloni ani undi italian pelli seuskuni akkada MP ayyindi aame ni PM avvakunda reject sesaru,same to same ikkada jarigindi coincidence endi ante aalla names okkate
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Schummy
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Username: Schummy
Post Number: 1191
Registered: 09-2004
Posted From: 38.223.231.249
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:35 am: | |
Kalki mama ,
Kalam gaari ki mana Sushma gaaru velichoopinchi ila oka ti vundhi sir ani chepethe , sare anee pedhhayana.. valla staff tho verify chepinchi , Sonia raagaane,
"Soniaji.. nivvu pime minister vi kaavaalanti mundhu supreme court lo ee case gelichi raa ninnu pime mister gaa oppukuntaanu ani seppadu "
Madam gaaru thaaya muurthi ni naaku padhavi vadhu ani (baadhaa tho edichi ) pajalani mosam cheyyataaniki praythninchinid ,,
Ee visayam naaku neeku thelusu kaanee maa vurlo palle loki velli adigithe PM padhaanaa mantri padhavi kaadhu andhi amma chaalaa manchidhi antaapu prajalu
eme sedhaamu .. prajalalo .. education peragaalaa.. |
Kalki
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Username: Kalki
Post Number: 3075
Registered: 04-2005
Posted From: 129.33.49.251
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:17 am: | |
GSN actual ga foriegn property scene ledu,neeku ekkada property unna nuvvu indian citizen vi ayyithe gelavocchu
mana constitution lo okka amendment unnadi 1952 act anukunta,i'm not sure about the number
daani prakaram
vere desam(italy) lo putti mana desa(india) citizen ayyithe .....
if an indian born can become PM in italy,then an italian born can become PM for India also
kaani italian constitution lo foriegn origin unnna vallu PM avvataniki chance ledu,so sonia india ki PM avvaledu
Fiji ane desam ki mana india lo putti na vadu PM ayyadu mahendra singh,so fiji lo puttina vadu mana desaniki PM avvataniki chance undi
ee rule mana APJ abul kalam gaaru bayataki teesi choopincharu sonia ki,appudu adi tyagam sesa tokka sesa ani gola sesindi
adi matter
Yuganiki okkade Mahanubhavudu -- Athade Nandamuri Taraka Ramudu
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Spitfire
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Username: Spitfire
Post Number: 2121
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 198.204.133.208
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:52 am: | |
Excerpt form a Local Metro Area BJP newsletter
"Smt. Soniaji has been caught in her own web and once again she is trying to mask her failure to respect law by shamelessly portraying herself as “TAAAAL LEEEDER”, “Tyag Murthy” etc. She dug her own grave by successfully conspiring against her old friends Bachhans. Vinasakale vipareet Buddhi.
Never in our Indian parliament history, the parliament in budget session was adjourned sine die. Amarji once said correctly that this Prime Minister Dr. Mannoji is struck with “I do not Know Syndrome.” He did not know when his own chief secretary in PMO office informed London courts that CBI had no objection to release the seized money of Ottavi Quottrochi. He did not know when the opposition ruled governments were dismissed at will. Now he claimed that he did not know whether an ordinance was readied to be passed by the cabinet to protect Soniaji’s dual posts for profit, while the congress party spokesmen were gloating just yesterday about such kind of ordinance was about to be passed by the cabinet.
In every misdeed of congress party our PM has acquiesced. But both Soniaji and Man Mohanji tout themselves as the cleanest persons in the world and ready to do any sacrifice. Our Soniaji said in her own press conference that she is in politics for the sake of poor people and protect the secular fabric of the nation. Then what about the “Iraq Funds” and “Quottrochi Money” madam? Mrs. Soniaji you cannot fool all the people all the time. Not even your all-powerful Mother-In-law could do that. As far as Mannoji is concerned he is today’s Buta Singh with a doctoral degree."
Singh
Naa roote veru - Naa trackee separeetu - |
Gsn
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Username: Gsn
Post Number: 58
Registered: 10-2004
Posted From: 70.108.235.154
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:43 pm: | |
Even during the PM episode, she was forced to take a painful decision of giving up the desire to become PM because of foreign property or some issue like that.
BUT, AGAIN, SHE IS A LOT BETTER THAN OLD CONGI LEADERS. |
Venu
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Username: Venu
Post Number: 7724
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 67.84.172.208
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:34 pm: | |
Rratna
For sure the resignation by SONIA helped her to retain her image intact atleast at rural voter level. If she just stayed put and centre came up with the ordinance, there would have been bottle necks at Court of Law or at President level. Also opposition would have got more mileage out of that.
Now even though Congress got some bad name, it is kinda face saving.
KCR, NARENDRA lu Donga Naa Kodukulu!!! |
Rratna
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Username: Rratna
Post Number: 1224
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 64.12.116.199
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:21 pm: | |
I feel the resignation might have helped Sonias image in the masses. They do not understand the Delhi level politics . They don't care that much. |
Bhavani
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Username: Bhavani
Post Number: 1619
Registered: 02-2005
Posted From: 70.136.107.94
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:16 pm: | |
venannai!!!
kummu neekenduku!!!
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors |
Venu
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Username: Venu
Post Number: 7723
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 67.84.172.208
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:04 pm: | |
How did Sonia Gandhi cut her losses?
Sheela Bhatt | March 23, 2006 19:40 IST
Last Updated: March 23, 2006 20:36 IST
The drama before and after Congress president Sonia Gandhi's resignation from the Lok Sabha is a lesson in political one-upmanship, with both the Bharatiya Janata Party, which drew first blood with its campaign against Gandhi, and the latter battling each other for political supremacy.
The first round went to the BJP, for smartly turning the fallout from Jaya Bachchan's disqualification from the Rajya Sabha -- which was orchestrated by the Congress party -- against its president Sonia Gandhi.
The BJP sprang into action as soon as news broke out that the government was planning an ordinance between two sessions of Parliament, to help more than 40 MPs -- including Mrs Gandhi and Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee -- who come under the shadow of holding an office of profit while a member of Parliament.
The BJP's shrill propaganda reached a climax when former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said if the government came out with such an ordinance, then 'the government will go.'
Without losing a moment, Leader of Opposition L K Advani and other BJP leaders revived fears of the June 1975 Allahabad high court judgment that was the catalyst that led to the imposition of Emergency.
The BJP alleged that the government was planning an ordinance to change the law of disqualification, 1959, concerning parliamentarians in order to save Gandhi.
Congress spokesman Rajiv Shukla on Wednesday denied the charge but no one believed him, so strong was the belief that the government was up to something.
Naturally, on the morning of March 23, the United Progressive Alliance government looked to be in a total mess. It faced a political fiasco after confidently believing hither-to that the National Advisory Council chairmanship held by Gandhi was not an office of profit.
Sonia Gandhi, who had told the nation convincingly on May 18, 2004, that her "inner voice" compels her to forsake the prime ministership, now faced a test where the depth of her inner voice was being doubted.
The stupid thing about the whole episode is that the entire mess was of Congressmen's own making. And the only way out of the mess was for Gandhi to resign.
The villiain of the piece once again was Law Minister H R Bhardwaj, who mishandled the internal discussion among members of Parliament over some kind of changes in the Members of Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act of 1959.
Gandhi's resignation is also the fallout of a no-holds-barred war between the Congress and Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.
A Congressman from UP who lost an election complained to the Election Commission that Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan, as chairperson of the UP Film Development Council, was holding an office of profit. When the whole issue came out on the national platform, the Congress pushed it to its logical conclusion without thinking of the consequences.
Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav tried his best to save Bachchan by amending the state law through an ordinance to take the UP Film Development Council chairmanship out of its purview. But the Congress stalled all his moves. It was only yesterday, after the BJP mounted its successful propaganda to nail Sonia Gandhi, did UP Governor T V Rajeshwar Rao -- a central government appointee -- okay the ordinance.
Yadav's attempt was to help Bachchan contest the Rajya Sabha election, whose nominations closed last week, but the Congress didn't play ball only because the Gandhis and Bachchans have fallen out and the latter are now on the side of the Congress's arch-rivals. Without regaining control of UP and Bihar the Congress cannot dream big in Indian politics and Mrs Gandhi, who wants her son Rahul Gandhi to take on bigger challenges in national politics, wants political backing from Uttar Pradesh for him.
That is the backdrop against which today's events were played out.
The political developments were so quicksilver that after facing criticism for taking a short cut with the ordinance, Mrs Gandhi is now being praised for taking the high moral ground.
Some would term her decision to quit as as a panic reaction but Mrs Gandhi is not one to mess around with the family's credibility to which she herself has hugely contributed since May 2004. Since the last two years she believes that she is above politics and that she has a special role to play in India's public life. By default the BJP gave her a chance to prove this point once again.
While Amitabh Bachchan will have the last laugh, the BJP will regret losing out in the crucial round.
According to sources in the Congress, Gandhi faced three adverse factors this morning:
1) After Vajpayee's statement she knew she would not be spared if her chairmanship of the NAC eventually came under the ambit of office of profit. Her political managers also noted Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon's statement in Assam that the 'law is equal for everybody'. She knew she was heading for a serious political crisis.
2) The media was largely buying the BJP line that the Congress party was planning an ordinance to save her Lok Sabha membership. And the Left parties, which shared the broader Congress view on the matter because their eight MPs were also under the scanner, took a different public posture in order to keep their moral edge because they understood that the Congress was in a tight spot and they preferred safe passage to remain out of public ire. It's another matter that the Left now believes Gandhi's decision will impact the Congress favourably in elections to Assam, Kerala and West Bengal assemblies.
3) It became clear to Gandhi that more than the actual issue, her own public image was at stake. She would have lost her edge she gained on May 18, 2004, if she didn't decide fast. Time lost would not give her the same moral aura. Think about it: except losing her Lok Sabha seat, she has not actually lost anything. Her 'damage control' is successful because by cutting her losses, she has turned the tables on the BJP.
But the fact is that till yesterday she didn't reveal that she was against the proposed ordinance. Even today, while announcing her resignation, she did not say the ordinance was a bad idea. Rather, at 9 am today, a senior Congress leader asked, "Why should Sonia Gandhi resign?" He argued that the laws of the land should decide first if she was holding an office of profit. But he had no answer why, if she didn't, the Budget session of Parliament was abruptly adjourned yesterday?
According to insiders, she did not even share her plan of resignation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh till late morning today. "It was her own personal decision," claims a Congress leader. It is another matter that all others who are also tainted by the same charge now face embarrassment.
Mrs Gandhi has once again projected her moral edge against the existing lot of politicians, but a few factors cannot be overlooked.
Why was the budget session of Parliament adjourned sine die? That was unwarranted. Does that mean till yesterday Mrs Gandhi was not against the idea of promulgating an ordinance?
Her power and authority are not diminished because she has only resigned from the membership of Parliament (which she will contest again) and from an obscure outfit, the National Advisory Council, which is disliked by the most ministers as it is full of Leftists or Left-of-Centre types. She could afford to resign because in the sycophantic Congress, her resignation is immaterial. Resignation or no, her power within the party remains unchallenged, undiminished.
She was and continues to be the chairperson of the all-powerful UPA, and that is all that matters.
Congress culture exists and survives around the Gandhi family. Before and after her resignation Mrs Gandhi remains the most powerful person in the government and outside. So what's all the fuss about?
KCR, NARENDRA lu Donga Naa Kodukulu!!! |
