Root Cause of all Black Days is Congress

Lok Sabha speaker, Sumitra Mahajan suspended 25 Congress MPs for five sessions for unruly behavior on August 3, 2015. Congress President, Sonia Gandhi called it a “Black Day.”

No Sonia Ji, Black Day was:

1. When Congress party decided to support Khilafat movement in 1920
2. When Congress party remained silent when thousands of Hindus were massacred, converted, their women raped and thrown in wells with children by Moplah Muslims of Malabar in 1921, thanks to Gandhiji *
3. When Gandhiji tried half heartedly with viceroy Irwin for commutation of Bhagat singh’s sentence who was sentenced to death 1931
4. When Congress decided to consider only first two stanzas of Vande Mataram as the national Song to appease Muslims who opposed stanzas comparing Bharatmata with Goddess Durga 1937
5. When Gandhiji tried to have Subhas Chandra Bose defeated in election for Congress President (and failed) 1938
6. When Gandhiji forced out Subhas Chandra Bose from Indian national Congress 1939
7. When Gandhiji offered Mohmmad Ali Jinha Prime Ministership of Free Bharat with a fee hand to choose his cabinet (i.e., Muslims) 1946
8. When Congress decided not to make Vande Mataram the national anthem  1947
9. When Nehru tried to prevent Sardar Patel from leading the project to  rebuild Somanath Mandir, as he considered it a communal act 1947
10. When Congress allowed partition in 1948
11. When Gandhiji foisted Jawaharlal Nehru as the Prime Minster, even though out of 14 votes in AICC, Sardar Patel had 12 votes and Nehru one. 1948
12. When Nehru stopped Sardar Patel from completing operation to free occupied Kashmir from Pakistan’s attack and took the case to UNO 1948
13. When your party agreed to include article 370 to give special status to Jammu & Kashmir
14. When Nehru didn’t want the President, Rajendra Prasad to inaugurate restored Somanath Mandir 1951
15. When Nehru made a statement in Pakistan that “not a blade of grass grows there” in a debate about Bharatiya territory occupied by China 1962
16. When Nehru lost the war to China 1962
17. When Nehru asked President Radhakrishnan not to attend funeral of ex President Rajendra Prasad because he was miffed with independence of Rajendrababu and his clear stand on Hindu issues 1963
18. When Congress government signed Tashkent agreement  and gave away the conquered region in Pakistan occupied national boundary of India and the 1949 ceasefire line in Kashmir.  January 1966
19. When Indira Gandhi nationalized all banks 1967
20. When Indira Gandhi signed Simla agreement accepting LOC as de facto International border July 1972
21. When Indira Gandhi declared Emergency and imprisoned more than 100,000 people including political leaders of all opposition parties (June 26, 1975)
22. When Sanjay Gandhi forcibly sterilized several thousand villagers and slum dwellers 1976
23. When Sanjay Gandhi bulldozed slums around Turkman Gate in Delhi leaving those people out in open without any means of survival 1976
24. When Indira Gandhi inserted the words “Socialist Republic” and “Secular” in preamble of the constitution of Bharat 1975-1976
25. When Congress packed all education and research institutes with leftist and communist people and distorted history
26. When Congress decided to name every entity, be it an airport or a park, a dam or a building, a government scheme or a road, to name after one of Nehru Gandhi family members
27. When Congress government awarded Bharat Ratna to biggest fraud, converting thousands of Hindus to Christianity, “Mother” Teresa 1980
28. When you became a director of Maruti Cars and an Insurance company while not being a citizen of Bharat in contravention of law
29. When your name appeared in voters list of New Delhi even when you were not a citizen of Bharat (1980-1982)
30. When Rajiv Gandhi was appointed Prime Minister in haste, superseding experienced home minister, Pranab Mukherjee 1984
31. When Congress goons mercilessly murdered thousands of Sikhs after Indira Gandhi was assassinated 1984
32. When Rajiv Gandhi said about massacre of Sikhs When a mighty tree falls, the whole ground shakes 1984
33. When Rajiv Gandhi’ government nulled Supreme Court’s judgement in Shah Bano’s alimony case by amending the constitution to appease Mullahs  1986
34. When Mulayam Singh’s government fired on Karsevaks in Ayodhya and killed several dozens of them 1989
35. When your favorite sons, the Muslims of Kashmir killed thousands of Hindus, dishonored Hindu women, and forced close to 400,000 Hindus out of Kashmir
36. When you made a request to not hang your husband’s killers
37. When Muslims, pampered by your party since 1920, burned to death 59 innocent passengers of Sabarmati Express at Godhra station in Gujarat 2002
38. When you called a sitting Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, “Maut Ka Sodagar” 2007
39. When your government awarded Padma Shri to Teesta Setalvad, who should have been in jail longtime ago
40. When your party went to bat for a known terrorist, Shahbuddin
41. When your party defended terrorist, Isharat Jahan
42. When your party coined the word “Hindu Terrorism”
43. When Rahul Gandhi said that Hindu terrorism was more worrisome than the Jehadi one
44. When you thrust a puppet Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh on the nation and ruled from behind for 10 years
45. When you formed National advisory Council (NAC) to supersede powers of the parliament and packed it with known Hindu baiters and communists
46. When you supported Evangelist in their bid to Christianize Bharat
47. When MPs of Congress joined other MPs to write a letter to President of USA, not to grant a visa to Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi
48. When Your government turned a blind eye to all the mega scams- Commonwealth games, Coalgate, Telecom Scam, etc.
49. When your party man, Mani Shankar Iyer called a sitting Chief Minister and Prime ministerial candidate of a major political party, Narendra Modi, a Chaiwala 2013
50. When you didn’t have decency to congratulate Narendra Modi and BJP for their clear victory in 2014 election
51. When you and your family ran out of the country to avoid attending International Yoga Day
52. When your MPs, under your leadership held up working of Lok Sabha for nine consecutive sessions and refused to debate the points you had raised July 2015
53. When office bearers of Congress party glorified an executed terrorist, Yakub Memon July 2015

So, Edvige Antonia Albina Màino, aka Sonia Gandhi, the root cause of all Black Days of Bharat is your Congress party, going back to as far as 1920! If anything, suspension of 25 of your chamchas, is a Golden day in history of Bharat.

*A conference held at Calicut presided over by the Zamorin of Calicut, the Ruler of Malabar issued a resolution:^[23]

“That the conference views with indignation and sorrow the attempts made at various quarters by interested parties to ignore or minimise the crimes committed by the rebels such as: brutally dishonouring women, flaying people alive, wholesale slaughter of men, women and children, burning alive entire families, forcibly converting people in thousands and slaying those who refused to get converted, throwing half dead people into wells and leaving the victims to struggle for escape till finally released from their suffering by death, burning a great many and looting practically all Hindu and Christian houses in the disturbed areas in which even Moplah women and children took part and robbed women of even the garments on their bodies, in short reducing the whole non-Muslim population to abject destitution, cruelly insulting the religious sentiments of the Hindus by desecrating and destroying numerous temples in the disturbed areas, killing cows within the temple precincts putting their entrails on the holy image and hanging skulls on the walls and the roofs.”

GIBV Congratualtes Shri Narendra Modi and Voters of India

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May 18, 2014

Global Indian for Bharat Vikas (GIBV) is very happy to congratulate Shri Narendra Modi on leading BJP and NDA a to unprecedented and historical victory in the recently concluded national elections of India.

This election has far reaching consequences for India and the world. After 30 long years, era of coalition politics has come to an end. A stable government where BJP has clear majority will be able to take critical decisions without succumbing to pressures from small regional parties with narrow interests. India has huge potential for development. It has rich natural resources and largest population of people under age 35. Shri Narendra Modi is capable of unleashing this potential and harnessing energy of the youth and employing it for all round progress.

Another salient point of this election is end of dynastic rule of Nehru-Gandhi family. Congress, led by this family forever has been reduced to a paltry 44 seats, failing the minimum threshold to qualify for leader of opposition in the Loksabha. Most of its ministers and seasoned members have lost spectacularly. Shri Modi had promised Congress Mukta Bharat and the process has begun. Congress has failed to win a single seat in seven states and has not been able to cross double digit in any state. Disintegration of Congress is now only a matter of time.

From BJP’s tally in UP and Bihar, it is clear that people have voted crossing barriers of caste and religion and in favor of development and stability. Decimation of BSP and SP in their bastion points to the beginning of the end of caste driven politics. As a matter of fact thousands of migrant workers and employees of major corporations in Gujarat who hail from UP, Bihar and Odisha and have experienced benefits of Gujarat model firsthand became brand ambassador for Shri Narendra Modi in their respective states.

Shri Narendra Modi deserves praise for conceiving, planning and executing a superb campaign using all the tools available, be it the social media or Chai Pe Charcha. He has led from the front and enthused millions of volunteers across the globe to work for a clear majority for BJP and a formidable tally for NDA. He has turned every obstacle, every insult thrown at him into a formidable weapon, be it Chaiwala or Jehar ki Kheti (poison farming) or Nichee jati (lower caste.)

Under Shri Narendra Modi’s leadership, we look forward to a time when India will lead the world, not as a superpower but as a cultural Guru, where age old and time tested ethos of Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam (The whole universe is a family) and Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah (May all be happy) will lead to an era of cooperation instead of conflict and nations would compete to provide better living conditions to their citizens instead of stockpiling weapons in a game of one-upmanship.

Congratulations are also in order to the voters of India. They voted in big numbers. They voted judiciously and decisively. They voted for better future. This exhibits maturity of Indian electorate.

We at Global Indians for Bharat Vikas, a USA based international organization interested in the long term development of India with a Nationalist government at the helm are proud to have 1000+ volunteers across the globe who helped Shri Modi’s campaign in different ways. We will continue to help a government headed by Shri Narendra Modi by providing critical input on issues of importance to the nation.

We wish Narendrabhai Modi grand success as he sets out to tackle seemingly insurmountable problems of a weak economy, all pervading corruption, stagnant job market, instability, terrorism, etc. We feel proud that a giant of a Man , a visionary and a nationalist is going to be sworn in as the Prime Minister of India within a few days. Indeed, Better Days are Ahead.

Dr. Mahesh Mehta               Gaurang G. Vaishnav                       Anjlee Pandya

President                                 National Convener                           Secretary, India   operations

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History in the Making- on the Campaign Trail, from USA to India-11

Campaigning in villages near Varanasi: May 2, 6 to 9

(for photos, see Facebook page of <vicharak1>.

We spent several days going door-to-door and also addressing groups of villagers in several villages in Varanasi Loksabha constituency. There were several teams covering different villages. Girishbhai Gandhi (Florida) and I were paired together and we would have a local volunteer from the area to be visited accompany us everyday. We had worked out with a car rental company so every morning a car would be available though the driver would be different. As decided from the beginning we did not solicit any funds from the party. Ours was an independent effort augmenting BJP’s campaign and was supported by our own funds.

Some of the villages that we visited were: Chakia Karadia, Munohua (Sikarganj), Sulvesa, Machhilshahr, Ayodhyapur, Loharapur, Bodalpur, Bakhariya, Kakarahiya, Korauti,, Kotawa, Sirasa, Rohaniya, Kabirpur, etc. Most places, response was very positive. I got the impression that people were so tired of misgovernance, lack of infrastructure and lack of opportunities that they wanted to give a chance to Narendra Modi whose agenda of development was music to their ears. Perhaps, first time, these folks were looking beyond caste labels. No matter which village we visited, their complaint was the same- that no elected leader came back to listen to their problems, that the village head was corrupt, that neither had they enough drinking water, nor had they water for farming, electricity was sporadic, no one cared how poor people lived, etc. We repeatedly explained to them need to unite as a community and elect better representatives. We also took notes so that we could present a brief report to Narendrabhai

In one village we came across a strong AAP supporter. This was a Kurmi Patel. Many of these Patels are supporting BJP. He had choice words for system failure and had reasons to support AAP, whom he thought had solutions to his problems. We had a lively discussion but we had to keep it to the level where he could understand what a vote to AAP would mean.

In our visit to Bakhariya, Kakarahiya, Korauti,, Kotawa, Sirasa, and Rohaniya villages, we were accompanied by two women teachers- Puja Singh and Meena Singh. They were M.A,, B.Eds and quite progressive though in their own home and village they had to be in ghunghat (veil.) We came to know more about the village life, plight of the girls, poor standard of education, etc. from them. They had voted for SP in the last election and were now ruing their decision. Now they were part of BJP’s Women’s wing.

We also had interaction with pro-BJP Muslims in the village of Kotawa. This village had seen an inter-Muslim disturbance the day before we visited it. It so happened that some Muslim office bearers of BJP from other states had come to campaign in this town. There was a deputy minister for minority affairs from Chhattisgarh, Salim Ansari. Then there was Ashfaq Patel, president of BJP Minority Cell, Nagpur. His wife, Jaitunbi Ansari is Deputy Mayor of Nagpur Municipality. While they were distributing the leaflets, they were attacked by local Muslims; reason given was that the leaflets were printed in the holy language, Urdu and when these leaflets were strewn around in the street, it was an insult to the Urdu. However, real reason was the fact that there were Muslims who were favoring BJP. Police had to intervene and next day there was a flag march to ward off any potential trouble. We met with the visiting delegation and pro-BJP supporters from the town. Fortunately, by this time a truce had been reached but media was there to interview people to provide fodder to their communal mill. It was an interesting experience to sit down with the Muslims and listen to them. It was also good to see that some educated Muslims have started to come out of the ghetto mentality.

At Kabirpur village the audience consisted of about 20 women; they were not farmers. They complained bitterly about not having water for their children. Village had only one hand pump which was installed near village head’s home. Though it was meant for use by all, village head’s family was giving hard time to the people who came to use it.

These villagers had to go a mile to a well to fetch water. These women were so agitated that there was a cacophony of voices, all of them speaking at the same time; on top of that Hindi in Varanasi area is a mix of Hindi and Bhojpuri and more so in villages, so half of what they were saying was going over our heads. We found it difficult to pacify them. One woman was asking for help with her young widowed daughter in law who seemed to be in her early twenties. I really felt depressed after this visit, which marked the end of our campaign in Varanasi.

All in all, this has been an awesome experience and I learned a lot. I had come face to face with poor and forgotten Bharat. Since Bharat consists of 70% villages, I can see that the challenges are enormous. I hope Modiji will get support form all quarters to better the lives of these people and give them hope for their future.

I must add that we had generous support from some great souls. Dr. Naresh C. Gupta, a successful businessman, whom we in VHP of America (VHPA) have known for decades through his involvement in Ekal Vidyalaya program, had taken upon himself to pay for our guesthouse stay. There were six rooms booked for an average of seven days with each one costing about Rs. 900 per day. He also invited us for dinner more than once. Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Modi, head of Modi conglomerate treated all NRis to a lavish dinner at a four star hotel. Separately, Mrs. Veena Modi invited us for a dinner at Taj hotel. We have known Modis from late 90’s when they were involved with VHPA’s Dharma Prasar Yaatra and United Nation’s Millennium Peace Summit in 2000. Mrs. Modi presented all NRIs with a box of Banaras’s famous sweets.Wherever we went, we were warmly received. Villagers always offered something to eat. They were overwhelmed that some one from as far as America had come to listen to them. In turn we felt deeply connected to them.

I hope for an improved future for these villagers, where they would have all the basic necessities of life such as roads, water, electricity, healthcare and education and enough opportunities to make a decent living. May this election be a game changer in that sense.

On the last day, we took time out to visit Kashi Vishwanath Mandir and take dip in Gangamaiya at Assi ghat. I will write about it some time in future.

We returned to Amdavad on 11th and as I wrote all these reports (now that I have easy access to the Internet and Wi Fi), I have relived the wonderful experience.

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May 6- Modiji’s rally in Gaurigunj- a memorable experience

As modiji’s rally was scheduled for May 6 in Amethi area, we decided to attend it rather than go campaigning as most villagers would be flocking to the rally. Time for rally was set for 3:00 PM and we knew that it would be past 4:00 PM before Modiji arrived.

We left from Kalyan Pur at 10:30 via Amethi as we had to buy train tickets for return to Varanasi. After the near death experience of driving long distances on the highways and byways of Varanasi to Amethi, we refused to go back by car and opted for the train instead. It was going to be a middle of the night train and reservation was not guaranteed. We bought the tickets any way for 3 AC train with our names on the waiting list. Traffic management in Amethi is very poor and no one follows any rule of the road so there were unnecessary and irritating long delays everywhere. There were virtual gridlocks in front of the cops, who stood by disinterested. Perhaps, they had imbibed attributes of a ‘sthitaprajna’ a bit too much!

Any way, finally we were on our way to Gaurigunj, which was about 10 miles northwest of Amethi. It took us 45 minutes because of bad roads. Our driver was expert at maneuvering landmines like potholes but that also meant that very often he came face to face, in a head-on like situation with the oncoming traffic. We saw scores of people walking to the venue, rickshaws, trucks and buses festooned with NaMo insignia; it was a festive atmosphere. We reached the venue at 1:45 PM, a good 75 minutes before the start time but there were already thousands of people. We were able to find seats on the side of the stage, in unreserved area in the 11^th row from where one could clearly see the speaker as well as the giant screen. This was after standing for almost an hour.

Gajendrasingh Solanki, a well-known poet and an office-bearer of cultural wing of BJP was emceeing the event. He regaled the audience with his witty, full of barbs poetry castigating Congress. There were several speakers, mostly local and state level leaders, those who were past their prime in the political arena as well the new aspirants. Some were very good, others looked like a deer caught in the headlight of a car. In any case people were not paying attention; they were looking at a TV camera mounted on a crane and also at scores of reporters from every TV channel. Some were scanning the sky to see if they would be the first to spot Narendrabhai’s helicopter.

People kept pouring in. It was a God sent gift for hawkers and vendors. Heat was intense, around 110 degrees F. Water pouches, cool cucumber (literarily), sugarcane juice, fruits, soft drinks, snacks, were being hawked at inflated price and people were snapping them up like hot cake. Suddenly tons of youth invaded our area. Slowly they pushed their way to the front, dethroned those sitting in first row of chairs and started flinging chairs in the air to make room for them to stand. It was chaos for a while. Surprising there were no injuries but some chairs were broken. Some of these guys stood up on the chair, completely blocking view all those who were sitting. No amount of request or reasoning would work with them; they were simply there to have “darshan” of their God, NaMo. By the time Smruti Iraniji arrived at 4:00 PM, crowd had swelled to over 100,000. We had been sitting/standing in the scorching sun now for more than two hours. It was announced from the stage that there was 18-mile backup of traffic and vehicles were struggling to reach the rally. As the time drew closer for Modiji’s arrival, a slow hum that grew into a roar started from the audience. There were incessant chants of Modi, Modi and its variations. People would look up the sky, someone would mention that he had seen the helicopter and the crowd would be on its feet and in frenzy. One would think that Bhagwan Ramachandra himself was arriving in Pushpak viman! Ultimately just around 4:45 PM, a dot appeared in the sky, grew within moments to a full fledged helicopter, was almost in front of us, turned and landed just behind the stage. As Modiji came up on the stage, it was as if all hell broke loose; there was near pandemonium everywhere and for a while it looked like people would be crushed in the stampede. Eventually repeated request from the stage to maintain calm and dignity and security force’s quick action restored some semblance of order.

Smrutiji spoke first. She is a formidable orator and spoke well outlining her vision for Amethi. We could not see her as there were all these unruly youth standing on the chairs. She spoke for 20 minutes or so. By now crowd was estimated at 150,000. When Modiji rose to speak there was deafening slogan shouting. No one, including us could remain silent, such was the overpowering emotion. Modiji started off gently and as the time passed, he stepped up his attack on the misdeeds of the Gandhi family. He is so good at weaving his thoughts together that one would not know when he switches gears or subject. By now those rabble-rousers were gone. I surmised that they had no interest in Modiji’s speech (and probably his vision); they wanted to see him live from the close quarters, had their wish fulfilled and had left. So we were able to take their place, not standing on the chair but standing almost near the first row and could see Modiji clearly. Modiji heaped praises on Smrutiji. He tore into Priyanka Gandhi’s snide remark “Who is she (Smrutiji)?” He said, “I will tell you Priyankaji, who she is. She is my younger sister. I had given her the most underdeveloped district in Gujarat to work on and she has done such a wonderful job that I have sent her to Amethi so that people of Amethi can have development that your brother has neglected all these years.” He was so profuse in the praise of Smrutiji that she was seen crying and wiping tears. By now, Modiji had the crowd literarily eating out of his hands. He talked about all round development of Amethi that he has in mind; he talked about the woes of the farmers. It was clear that he knew all the local issues. As his speech neared the end, he talked about “politics of anger”, a phrase hurled at him by Rahul. He asked the audience I have a locked box (Hindi word: Pitera, Gujarati- Patara), should I open it for you? He asked this more than once and crowed roared in approval. Then he set out to list politics of anger starting with Rajeev Gandhi and ending with Rahul Gandhi. (1) Rajeev Gandhi who held just a party position got angry and had insulted publically the then C. M. of Andhra Pradesh who had come to receive him at the airport, driving him to tears. (2) Sonia Gandhi had elected president of Congress, Sitaram Kesari, a man in his eighties, who belonged to backward caste physically lifted from his office and then dumped out in the street so she could occupy Congress President’s chair. (3) When P. V. Nursing Rao, former Congress Prime Minister of Bharat died, Sonia Gandhi did not give permission to keep his body at the Congress office for people to pay homage (because after Lal Bahadur Shashtri, he was the first non-Nehru-Gandhi Congress PM) and she did not allow to have him cremated where all former PMs were, so that no memorial of him could be built later. (4) Rahul Gandhi, who talks about politics of anger, publically tore apart an ordinance passed by his own party’s government and insulted the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, who was traveling abroad.

With this stinging chrgesheet, he ended his address. It is to Narendra Modi’s credit that he has exposed the so-called Gandhi family ( we all know how Khan became Gandhi for political convenience and hoodwinking the nation) like no one else has, and he has taken the fight to their home ground.

We returned exhausted by the heat but exhilarated by the experience. Our excitement had not ended yet. That night we were waiting for the train to Varanasi at Amethi railway station. We were sitting next to a young man. As I started talking, I found out that the guy was a Youth Congress worker from Balia. He told me that he was in Amethi for two weeks to do survey for Rahul Gandhi. When I asked him about what he found, he bitterly said that people were asking questions about lack of basic amenities for which he and others had no answer. He said that the survey was an exercise in futility. He was a graduate without job. He surprised me when he said that his name was the electoral roll at two places, in Balia and in Bihar, across the boarder and that he intended to vote for BJP. He said only Modi could change the situation. Such was the Modi wave!

Last installment of our excitement was the train journey. The train arrived at 1:00 AM, half an hour late. We did not know where the 3AC coaches would come on the platform; we saw them but since the train stopped hardly for two minutes, we had to get into a non-ac compartment and stand in the vestibule. It was stuffy and hot. Someone told us that the train would stop for five minutes at Pratapgadh station (about half an hour away) where we could change to 3AC coach. As soon as train stopped at Pratapgadh, we got down with our luggage and literarily ran to find 3AC coaches. There were many but we did not see the train conductor who could verify if we had moved from the waiting list to confirmed reservation. So again, as the train started, we entered nearest 3AC compartment. We sat in the walkway/aisle on our bags and kept dozing off. Of course, we had to get up a number of times when passengers had to pass by to got to the bathroom. No one came to check our tickets and we were glad when the train arrived at Varanasi at 5:30 AM. We were on the road for campaigning by 9:00 AM but that is the story for another day.

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May 3,4, 5 in Amethi

We embarked on the journey to Amethi with excitement. One, we were going to the battleground Royale, where a dynast was being challenged as was never done before and other, we were going to witness development of a constituency, supposedly nurtured by Rahul Gandhi.

A typical house in Amethi villages

 

 

Amethi lies 120 miles from Varanasi and part of the travel is by national expressway. It still took us more than five hours. Expressway was nowhere near what we are used to in Gujarat and secondary roads were horrendous to say the least. Traffic indiscipline was so terrible that more than once I thought we were going to die in a head-on collision.

 

 

We were put up with a fairly rich, landlord (Zamindar) type of a joint family of four brothers. House had 22 rooms. They owned about 65 acres farmland and had also other business interests. They were a pro-Congress people but now leaning towards Modiji. We had lively firsthand education about how Rajiv Gandhi built roads and other facilities and nurtured the constituency and how the village was indebted to him. But then in last 20 years, no development or maintenance had occurred. All this learning was under open skies sitting in a large verandah at late night. Sleeping on coats out in the open and waking up to the sweet sounds of dozens of peacocks was a beautiful experience. Our hosts were gracious and exhibited warmth that is still found in villages.

 

Cow dung cakes in front of every home

 

Next day we had a marathon day. We were on the road from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM with a break of about one hour. We were accompanied and guided by Sri Manish Manjul of Samarth Foundation, New Delhi. Besides, one of the host brothers was with us all the time. We visited Amethi and villages of Ayodhya Pur, Bariya Pur, Bhadaw, Dasai Pur, Durga Pur, Kalyan Pur, Karmai Pur, Kenaura, Lahua, Lambhua, Machwah, Madhur Pur, Ramgunj, Saranwa, Sambhovan, and Teraayen. I noticed a few things. (1) Lack of infrastructure. Roads were almost non-existent. Without exaggeration I can say that in Amethi constituency, there are potholes and craters connected by strips of pavements and this pass off as roads. (2) Limited and undependable supply of electricity. One may get up to 12 hours of electricity and that too not on a fixed schedule (3) Terrible shortage of water and poor quality of drinking water (4) Poverty of villagers (5) A sense of resignation and desperation

Garage for Car and the Animals

 

At village after village whether we met with groups of people or individuals, they had a litany of woes and we were listening to them helplessly. At one group meeting they brought drinking water in a glass to show us. It looked more like crushed brick mixed in water. Repeatedly the villagers and semi-urban people, educated as well as uneducated told us that no one cared for them. There was a yearning for a change and hope that “ Modi” will change their lot. We met followers of Congress and SAPA, who said that they would vote for Modi because he would bring development. Expectations from Modiji are so high that it scares me to think of the disappointment of these people when they would realize that changes wouldn’t come that fast and that many of the problems are linked to the non-performing local and State governments and not the central Government.

 

103 Year old woman, still working. Was going to vote

 

Despite all the unrest, my sense was that Rahul would sail through, albeit with a reduced margin. The Bharatiya mindset of groveling at the feet of a dynasty is so deeply etched in the psyche of the people that it is no use blaming only the rulers; people are equally responsible for their own plight. Education of the people and all-round development of impoverished areas by a BJP government is the only answer to end the hold of the dynasty, the Thakurs, the landlord and political mafia. Fortunately, all children go to school (education is a big business everywhere in Bharat) and Ekal Vidyalaya has good penetration in these villages, so hopefully thing would change for better.

 

 

This troop joined us in door-to-door campaign

An interesting thing I noticed was the custom that wherever one went, before the customary offer of a glass of water, the host will offer something to eat. It may be as simple as a piece of jaggery (deliciously sweet, since this is made in the farm from sugarcane without any additives or refinement), a biscuit or a cracker or sweets and snacks. Initially, I had refused the offer but once I came to know of the custom, I never said no. We drank all kind of waters at every place we went over these 10 days and we had no problem whatsoever; I attribute it to God’s grace. I was surprised that we were in one piece after the grueling journey on unending potholes for miles and miles but there was a sense of satisfaction that we were doing our bit for our beloved matrubhumi.

RIP Congress- Let us work hard to make this a reality

 

Who owns the media in India ? Muslims, Christians Or Hindus?

Need I say anything more?

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Sam Hindu’s Blog.

SOME TIMES BY ; SANTOSH BHATT 

Who owns the media in India ?                                         

• Let us see the ownership of different media agencies.
• when i was in india and young journalist working for Goenka group and first time when people started talking about foreign investment i opposed it.
•  I was against of any foreign investment due to this kind of long-term effects it will have on …country and mass..and Culture and Rape to the country by thoughts of bigots,.
• NDTV: A very popular TV news media is funded by Gospels of Charity in Spain Supports Communism. Recently it has developed a soft corner towards Pakistanbecause Pakistan President has allowed only this channel to be aired in Pakistan .
•  Indian CEO Prannoy Roy is co-brother of Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist party of India . His wife and Brinda Karat are sisters.
•  India Today which used to be the only national weekly which supported BJP is now bought by NDTV!! Since then the tone has changed drastically and turned into Hindu bashing.
• CNN-IBN:This is 100 percent funded by Southern Baptist Church with its branches in all over the world with HQ in US. The Church annually allocates $800 million for promotion of its channel. 
• Its Indian head is Rajdeep Sardesai and his wife Sagarika Ghosh.
• Times group list : Times Of India,  Mid-Day,  Nav-Bharth Times, Stardust, Femina, Vijay Times, Vijaya Karnataka, Times Now (24- hour news channel) and many more… Times Group is owned by Bennet & Coleman.   World Christian Council does 80 percent of the Funding, and an Englishman and an Italian equally share balance 20 percent.              
• The Italian Robertio Mindo is a close relative of Sonia Gandhi.
•  Star TV:It is run by an Australian, who is supported by St. Peters Pontifical Church, Melbourne.
• Hindustan Times: Owned by Birla Group, but hands have changed since Shobana Bhartiya took over. Presently it is working in Collaboration with Times Group.
•  The Hindu: English daily, started over 125 years has been recently taken over by Joshua Society, Berne , Switzerland .. N. Ram’s wife is a Swiss national.
• Indian Express: Divided into two groups. The Indian Express and new Indian Express (southern edition) ACTS Christian Ministries have a major stake in the Indian Express and latter is still with the Indian counterpart.
•  Eeenadu: Still to date controlled by an Indian named Ramoji Rao. Ramoji Rao is connected with film industry and owns a huge studio in Andhra Pradesh.
• Andhra Jyothi:The Muslim party of Hyderabad known as MIM along with a Congress Minister has purchased this Telugu daily very recently.
•  The Statesman:It is controlled by Communist Party of India.
•  Kairali TV: It is controlled by Communist party of India (Marxist)
• Mathrubhoomi: Leaders of Muslim League and Communist leaders have major investment.
•  Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle: are owned by a Saudi Arabian Company with its chief Editor M.J. Akbar. Gujarat riots which took place in 2002 where Hindus were burnt alive, Rajdeep Sirdesai and   Burkha Dutt working for NDTV at that time got around 5 Million Dollars from Saudi Arabia to cover only Muslim victims, which they did very faithfully…Not a single Hindu family was interviewed or shown on TV whose near and dear ones had been burnt alive, it is reported.
•   Tehelka.com’s Tarun Tejpal  regularly gets blank cheques from Arab countries to target BJP and Hindus only, it is said.

 The ownership explains the control of media in India by foreigners. The result is obvious.

When print media and TV continuously air systematic venom towards the same culture and country and dumb politicians and common man  are  blind to see the long-term effects of their actions, Hindus are bound to get demoralized and their young generation will grow up hating its own heritage and culture.   

WHO OWNS INDIAN MEDIA? COMMUNISTS, CHRISTIANS or MUSLIMS?

Here is an eye-opening list of linkages of media people in India. As can be seen, it is an incestuous cabal of Communists, Christians and Muslims that is dominating Indian English Media. It is a closed group and Hindus are simply not welcome. Only in India with an 80 percent Hindu majority can this kind of nonsense be accepted by the majority.

1. Suzanna Arundhati Roy is niece of Prannoy Roy (CEO of NDTV)
2. Prannoy Roy married to Radhika Roy
3. Radhika Roy is sister of Brinda Karat (CPI(M))
4. Brinda Karat married to Prakash Karat (CPI(M) – General Secretary)
5. CPI(M)’s senior member of Politburo and Parliamentary Group Leader is Sitaram Yechury.
6. Sitaram Yechury is married to Seema Chisthi.
7. Seema Chisthi is the Resident Editor of Indian Express
8. Burkha Dutt works at NDTV
9. Rajdeep Sardesai was Managing Editor at NDTV
10. Rajdeep Sardesai is married to Sagrika Ghose
11. Sagarika Ghose is daughter of Bhaskar Ghose.
12. Bhaskar Ghose was Director General of Doordarshan.
13. Sagarika Ghose’s aunt is Ruma Pal
14. Ruma Pal is former justice of Supreme Court
15. Sagarika Ghose’s another aunt is Arundhati Ghose.
16. Arundhati Ghose was India’s permanent representative/ambassador to United Nations.
17. Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
18. YSR Reddy was from the Congress party (INC).
19. YSR Reddy’s father, Raja Reddy, setup a degree college and a Polytechnic in Pulivendula.
20. YSR Reddy had said that his one year study at Andhra Loyola College (ALC), a Jesuit institution, influenced him so much that he handed over the Pulivendula colleges to the Loyola Group.
21. The YS family has established several educational institutions in Andhra Pradesh.
22. YSR Reddy’s daughter is Sharmila.
23. Sharmila married Anil Kumar, Anil Kumar converted to Christianity after the marriage.
24. Anil Kumar set up “Anil World Evangelism” and is an active Evangelist.
25. YSR Reddy’s son is YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
26. YS Jagan is Chairman of Jagati Publications Pvt. Ltd.
27. Bhumna Karunakara Reddy is close to YSR Reddy.
28. Karunakara Reddy is the Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.
29. JPPL publishes the newspaper Sakshi.
30. Chandra Babu Naidu has claimed that Lanco group was forced to invest in JPPL.
31. L. Sridhar is alleged to have made the investment from Lanco Group.
32. L Sridhar is Lanco Infratech’s Vice Chairman
33. L Sridhar’s brother is L.Rajagopal.
34. L.Rajagopal joined Congress in 2003.
35. L Rajagopal is the son-in-law of P.Upendra.
36. P.Upendra is a former Minister from Congress.
37. Lanco Group’s Chairman is L. Rajagopal
38. Andhra Prabha is a telugu newspaper started in 1938.
39. Andhra Prabha is owned by The New Indian Express Group.
40. Andhra Jyothi is a telugu newspaper.
41. Andhra Jyothi’s Managing Director is Vemuri Radhakrishna.
42. SUN TV Network is owned by Kalanidhi Maran.
43. Kalanidhi Maran is the Chairman & Managing Director of SUN TV Network.
44. SUN TV network owns: Sun TV, Gemini TV, Teja TV, Surya TV, Kiran TV, Udaya TV, Surjo TV among other channels.
45. Kalanidhi Maran owns the tamil daily `Dinakaran’.
46. Dinakaran was started by a former DMK Minister K.P.Kandasamy.
47. Kalanidhi Maran’s brother is Dayanidhi Maran.
48. Dayanidhi Maran was Minister of Communications and IT in the UPA government.
49. Kalanidhi Maran’s father was Murasoli Maran.
50. Murasoli Maran was a Union Minister from the DMK party.
51. Murasoli Maran edited a tamil daily `Murasoli’.
52. Murasoli Maran was an editor to `The Rising Sun’ a English weekly.
53. Murasoli Maran as a publisher published the following tamil magazines: Kungumam, Muththaram, Vannathirai & Sumangali.
54. Murasoli Maran’s uncle is M.Karunanidhi.
55. M. Karunanidhi was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, from the DMK party.
56. M. Karunanidhi launched Kalaignar TV in 2007.
57. M.K. Azhagiri owns Kalaignar TV.
58. M.K. Azhagiri is M.Karunanidhi’s son.
59. M.K. Stalin is another son of the M. Karunanidhi.
60. M.K. Stalin was named after Joseph Stalin.
61. Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union.
62. M.K.Stalin is the Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration in Tamil Nadu.
63. Kanimozhi is one of the daughters of M. Karunanidhi.
64. Kanimozhi was a sub-editor for the `The Hindu’.
65. Kanimohi was Editor in Charge of `Kungumam’ a tamil weekly.
66. Kanimozhi became a Rajya Sabha member in 2007.
67. Kanimozhi conducted programs in SUN TV and Vijay TV.
68. Kanimozhi’s second husband G.Aravindan is Singapore based Tamil literary figure.
69. Dilip D’Souza was member of PIPFD
70. Dilip D’Souza’s father was Joseph Bain D’Souza.
71. J.B.D’Souza was former Maharastra Chief Seccretary and activist.
72. Teesta Setalva member of PIPFD
73. Teesta Setalvad married to Javed Anand
74. Teesta and Javed run Sabrang Communications.
75. Javed Anand is General Secretary of Muslims for Secular Democracy { ?? }
76. Javed Akhtar is spokesperson for Muslims for Secular Democracy
77. Javed Akhtar married to Shabana Azmi
78. Karan Thapar owns ITV
79. ITV produces shows for BBC
80. Karan Thapar’s father was General Pran Nath Thapar COAS during 1962 war, when India lost under his watch.
81. Karan Thapar was very good friend of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari.
82. Benazir Bhutto was Pakistan’s Prime Minister.
83. Benazir Bhutto’s father was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
84. Z.A. Bhutto served as Pakistan’s President.
85. A.A. Zardari is the current Pakistani’s President.
86. Karan Thapar’s Mama was married to Nayantara Sahgal.
87. Nayantara Sahgal is daughter of Vijayalakshmi Pandit.
88. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was sister of Jawharlal Nehru.
89. Medha Patkar is a leading spokesperson for Narmada Bacho Andolan.
90. NBA was helped by Patrick McCully of International Rivers (formerly Internal Rivers Network.)
91. Angana Chatterjee was on the board of IRN
92. Dipti Bhatnagar was an Intern/Volunteer at IRN.
93. Dipti Bhatnagar is an activist at NBA.
94. Dr. Angana Chatterjee is part of PROXSA 9Progressive South Asians)
95. PROXSA is mother-ship of FOIL
96. ASHA endorsed by FOIL
97. Sandeep Pandey co-founder of Asha for education (ASHA)
98. Dr. Angana Chatterjee is married to Richard Shapiro
99. Richard Shapiro is Director and Associate Professor of the Graduate Anthropology Program at CIIS (California Institute of Integral Studies)
100. Shubh Mathur co-wrote a letter with Angana on ‘Humanitarian Crisis in J&K’
101. Biju Matthew is co-founder of FOIL (Forum of Indian Leftists)
102. Vijay Perasaud is co-founder of FOIL.
103. Vijay Prasa co-authored with Angana Chatterjee and wrote against IDRF 9India Development ad Relief Fund).
104. ASHA has association with AID (Association for India’s Development)
105. AID works with FOSA (Friends of South Asia)
106. FOSA started by a Pakistani – Ali Hasan Cemendtaur.
107. Amitava Kumar associated with FOIL
108. FOIL & FOSA opposed California Text Book Edits.
109. California Text Book Edits was opposed by Michael Witzel.
110. M.Witzel is Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University.
111. Rahul Bose is brother-in-law of Khalid Ansari.
112. Khalid Ansari is the Chairman of Mid-Day Group of Publication based in Mumbai.
113. Khalid Ansari is Chairman of M.C. Media Ltd.
114. M.C. Media Ltd. has a join-venture with BBC for FM radio brodcasting.
115. Khalid Ansari’s father was Abdul Hameed Ansari.
116. A.H. Ansari was a freedom fighter and active Congressman.
117. Dr.John Dayal worked as a journalist with the N.Delhi edition of Mid-Day.
118. Narasimhan Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of ‘The Hindu’.
119. N.Ram’s first wife was Susan.
120. Susan, an Irish, was in charge of Oxford University Press publications in India.
121. N.Ram and Susan’s daughter is Vidya Ram.
122. Vidya Ram is a journalist.
123. N.Ram is now married to Mariam.
124. N.Ram, Jennifer Arul and K.M.Roy participated in closed door Catholic Bishops Conference of India in Thrissur, Kerala.
125. Jennifer Arul is the Resident Editor and Bureau Chief in South India for NDTV.
126. Jennifer Arul is Chief Operating Office for Astro Awani – Indonesian news and information channel.
127. K.M. Roy was a reporter in `The Hindu’
128. K.M. Roy is the General Editor of the group of the `Mangalam’ Publications.
129. Mangalam Group of Publications was started by M.C. Varghese
130. K.M. Roy received the `All India Catholic Union Lifetime Award’
131. All India Catholic Union’s National Vice President is Dr.John Dayal.
132. Dr.John Dayal is also Secretary General of All India Christian Council (AICC)
133. AICC’s President is Dr. Joseph D’souza
134. Dr. Joseph D’souza founded Dalit Freedom Network (USA)
135. Dr.Joseph D’Souza participated in the inaugural Religious Freedom Day
136. The Religious Freedom Day was attended by former Republican Sentor Rick Santorum
137. AICC claims Confederation of SC/ST Organizations (India) as a sister organization.
138. AICC claims Christian Solidarity Worldwide (UK) as a sister organization.
139. AICC claims Release International (UK) as a sister organization.
140. Release International states it supplies bibles and literature to meet the need of growth and evangelism.
141. Dalit Freedom Network partners with Operation Mobilization India.
142. OM India’s South India Regional Director is Kumar Swamy
143. Kumar Swamy is the State President of Communal Harmony Committee.
144. Kumar Swamy serves with Karnataka State Human Rights Commission.
145. OM India’s North India Regional Director is Moses Parmar.
146. Moses Parmar serves as North India Public Relations officer of the All India Christian Council (AICC)
147. OM seeks to plant and strengthen churches in areas of the world where Christ is least known.
148. OM ministries work with Dalit-Bahujan people in India.
149. Operation Mercy Charitable Company (OMCC) grew out of OM India
150. OMCC works with Dalit Freedom Network (DFN).
151. DFN has Dr. Kancha Illaiah on its Advisory Board.
152. Dr. Kancha Illaiah is a Professor in Osmania University, Hyderbad.
153. DFN has William Armstrong on its Advisory Board.
154. William Armstrong is a former US Senator from Colarado (Republican).
155. William Armstrong is currently the President of Colorado Christian University.
156. Colorado Christian University’s one of the strategic objective is to share the love of Christ around the World.
157. Suhasini Haidar is daughter of Subramanian Swamy
158. Suhasini Haidar is daughter-in-law of Salman Haidar
159. Nadira Alvi married V S Naipaul
160. Nadira Alvi, a journalist, is sister of recently assassinated Maj Gen Amir Faisal Alvi, the ex-chief of Pakistan’s elite SSG
161. “Resalat” is a Tehran-based Persian daily.
162. “Ettela’at” is another Tehran-based Persian daily.
163. “Resallat” and “Ettela’at”signed MoU with “Siyasat” and “Munif”
164. Siyasat and Munif are Hyderbad, Andhra Pradesh based dailies.
165. Toseeh is another Persian daily.
166. Toseeh has tied up with Vaarta.
167. Vaarta is one of the dailies from A.G.A.Publications Pvt Ltd.
168. A.G.A Publications Pvt Ltd is one of the companies in Sanghi Group
169. Sanghi Group was co-promoted by Gireesh Sanghi with his brothers.
170. Gireesh Sanghi is Congress M.P, Rajaya Sabha
171. Gireesh Sanghi is All India Vaish Federation National President.
172. Mahendra Mohan Gupta is on the Advisory Board of AIVF
173. Mahendra Mohan Gupta is Chairman of Dainik Jagran Group
174. Ramoji Group is headed by Ramoji Rao
175. Ramoji Rao is Founder & Chairman of Eenadu
176. Eenadu is the largest Telugu news daily in Andhra Pradesh.
177. Ramoji Group also owns ETV Network.
178. ETV Network produces content in Telugu, Bangla, Marathi, Kannada, Oriya, Gujarati, Urdu & Hindi.
179. Ramoji is reported to be close to Chandra Babu Naidu and supported of Telugu Desam Party.
180. Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd’s parent company is Ramoji Group.
181. Blackstone Group is reported to have invested Rs600 crore in UEL.
182. Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd brings out The Deccan Chronicle newspaper.
183. DCHL also brings out “Andhra Bhoomi” a telugu newspaper.
184. DCHL also brings out “Asian Age”.
185. DCHL became a publishing parter of `The New York Times’.
186. DCHL began publishing `The International Herald Tribune’
187. T. Venkatram Reddy is the Chairman of DCHL.
188. T. Venkatram Reddy is former MP, Rajhya Sabha from Congress.
189. M.J. Akbar was Editor-in-Chief of Deccan Chronicle and Asian Age.
190. M.J. Akbar is Founder and Chairman of the fortnightly the Covert.
191. M.J. Akbar worked at `Times of India’, `Sunday’ & `The Telegraph’
192. M.J. Akbar was a Congress MLA from 1989 to 1991.
193. M.J. Akbar joined The Brookings Institution, Washington in 2006, as a Visiting Fellow on U.S. Policy Towards the Islamic World.
194. M.J. Akbar was a member of the `Forum of Islamic Scholars and Intellectual’ held in Makkha al-Mukaramma in 2005.
195. M.J. Akbar’s wife is Mallika Joseph.
196. Mallika Joseph worked at Times of India.

Above References are Posted by REAL FACTS  

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Rajiv Gandhi’s Birthday: 108 Ads across 48 pages on Your Dime

“A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that on May 21, 2010, perhaps Rs 60 or 70 crore were spent by the taxpayer — without his and her consent — on praising Rajiv Gandhi. Since the practice has been in place since 2005, the aggregate expenditure to date on this account is probably in excess of Rs 300 crore.” 

 

And Manish Tiwari takes issue with Anna Hazare’s birthday celebration expenses???

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What a shame! And the last paragraph on Manish Tiwari really says it all. How long will this hypocrisy of the Congress and the looting of the nation continue? Was this budgeted expenditure? Isn’t there any authority that can object to this? Cannot the CAG put these wasteful expenditures in their report? 

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the PM when we fought the 1965 War with Pakistan; how come his birthday, or his tragic death in Tashkent, never draws this kind of advertisement blitzkreig? Why, even the real Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, does not get this kind of accolade! With this Nehru-Gandhy (the original spelling of Feroze Khan Gandhy’s name) family’s dynastic rule we will soon wash the likes of C Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Zakir Hussain, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Subhas Chandra Bose, Annie Besant, Lal Bahadur Sastri and Gulzarilal Nanda (this list is not exhaustive but only illustrative) out of our memories forever and thereafter, if they have their way, out of our history books!

PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: There is yet another advertising blitzkrieg by Union ministries and Congress-led State governments and departments in today’s newspapers on the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi‘s birthday.

And it beats the number of ads on Rajiv’s death anniversary hollow.

While there were 69 ads amounting to 41 published pages in 12 newspapers on May 21, there are 108 ads amounting to 48¼ published pages in the same 12 newspapers today.

Hindustan Times: 24-page issue; 14 RG ads amounting to 7 broadsheet pages
The Times of India: 32-page issue; 21 ads amounting to 9 broadsheet pages
Indian Express: 28-page issue; 15 ads amounting to 6½ broadsheet pages
Mail Today (compact): 36-page issue; 11 ads amounting to 6½ compact pages
The Hindu: 24-page issue; 13 ads amounting to 5 broadsheet pages
The Pioneer: 16-page issue; 11 ads amounting to 3¾ broadsheet pages
The Statesman: 16-page isuse; 7 ads amounting to 3 broadsheet pages
The Telegraph: 26-page issue; 9 ads amounting to 3¾ broadsheet pages
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The Economic Times: 16-page issue; 2 ads amounting to ¾ of a page
Business Standard: 18-page issue; 2 ads amouning to ¾ of a page
Financial Express: 22-page issue; 3 ads amounting to 1¼ pages
Mint (Berliner): 16-page issue; 0 ads

This computation is only for 12 English newspapers; many other English papers have been left, as indeed has the entire language media which are more numerous than the English ones, several times over.

Last year, on the 19th death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, the historianRamachandra Guha wrote in an edit-page article in The Telegraph, Calcutta:

“A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that on May 21, 2010, perhaps Rs 60 or 70 crore were spent by the taxpayer — without his and her consent — on praising Rajiv Gandhi. Since the practice has been in place since 2005, the aggregate expenditure to date on this account is probably in excess of Rs 300 crore.”

Among the 21 advertisers wishing the dear departed leader happy birthday this year are the ministries of information and broadcasting, micro small and medium enterprises, power, health and family welfare, tourism, housing and urban poverty alleviation, new and renewable energy, women and child development, commerce and industry, steel, and social justice and empowerment.

The state governments advertising their love are those of Rajasthan, Haryana, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, all Congress-ruled States. And the departments putting their money where their mouth is are the Rajiv Gandhi centre for biotechnology, Navodaya vidyalaya samiti, national small industries corporation, national commission for women, and the coir board.

And, of course, the Indian National Congress.

AND THAT CONGRESS MEDIA MAN MANISH TIWARY WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT ANNA BEING CORRUPT OVER SOME CELEBRATION HIS FOLLOWERS ORGANIZED ON HIS BIRTHDAY??

Synthetic Gandhi can’t face Sabarmati Gandhi

Tarun Vijay
16 August 2011, 11:09 AM IST

A clueless UPA has done what every autocrat does in times of defeat. Crush, show the state power, and stifle the people’s voice and then look around with a stiff neck — hey, any one else? Unaware of the meteoric suddenness with which events unfold, the ruler never realizes that it’s the people who once powered him to ascendancy and it’s the people who will take back that mandate. We love to think we are immortals. Rulers cling to power as if both are made for each other, forever. Anna was willing to talk. He was placid. He didn’t denounce ministers and walked an extra mile to speak to Sonia and her entire power packed group, with Prime Minister and cabinet members. He was given to understand that everyone wants to end corruption. The same ‘red carpet at airport and savagery in Ramlila ground’ style governance unfolded minutes after Anna left the high-profile meeting. Minister after minister mocked at his ideas, in signed articles and on screen. ‘If you want to educate a child, Lokpal will not help,’ said the one who was on the committee to draft the bill. Then why did he accept to be on the committee? Ending corruption does mean providing more for the children’s education and drinking water to the villages. But hate knows no logic. So much was the muck being thrown on anti-corruption campaigner Anna that he had to write to Sonia that Congress leaders were trying to derail the process of drafting the Lokpal Bill by a smear campaign, and she must restrain her colleagues. Nothing happened. By God’s grace, that time she was ok and in Delhi. We wish her early recovery and a healthy long life, but does she have the same sentiments for Anna? If yes, then why this brutality against him by those who are close to her? If anything happens to the old, frail-bodied Gandhian, what will be the consequences? Daily doses of acidic allegations, to the extent alleging he is corrupt, convey a definite message on behalf of the UPA.

 

It’s not a joke that the common Indian, children and the aged, are feeling an affinity to Anna and not with those who are out to crush his movement and put an inhuman pressure on him. The one who so transparently leads a historic campaign, without any crutches or a well-oiled framework of organization, relying entirely on people’s good faith in goodness, is being attacked by Gandhi cap driven khaki. I believe nothing can be perfect, even Lokpal. But what then is meant by a human endeavor? It’s the closest we can inch towards creating a better environment to nail the bad. Like any other law, that might not be an answer to everything, still there has to be a rule of law and new laws need to be enacted and it helps. Lokpal has to be discussed and passed by Parliament. But how does a fast derail or challenge that process? Anna was assured something, and Lokpal bill draft contains something else. Who ditched whom? Is Anna at fault if he is anguished and feels backstabbed? Even if the government thinks he is being unreasonable and too adamant, is this the way to stop a citizen’s protest and curb his democratic rights? Can this government ask Rahul to limit his entourage to fifty persons and twenty cars? And not to go to Bhatta Parsaul or Amethi? What is not doable to a Congressman, how can that become a lawful act against any other citizen?

 

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indus-calling/entry/synthetic-gandhi-can-t-face-sabarmati-gandhi

Sonia Gandhi: Sphinx who would be Pharaoh & When did Rahul Gandhi acquire identity of Raul Vinci? – Sandhya Jain

Sandhya Jain

06 Aug 2011

In a move reminiscent of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s startling decision to will her political party, including its workers and presumably also its voters and supporters, to her eldest son, Bilawal, the Congress president Sonia Gandhi secretly flew off to the United States for medical treatment, leaving behind a demi-testament bestowing the de facto leadership of the party on her only son, Rahul, though formally embedded among three family regents.

Given the thinly veiled nature of Sonia’s conflict with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over his refusal to step down and make way for her chosen heir after the victory of May 2009, it is safe to assume that the Signora now expects party loyalists to cluster around her charmless prince-ling and ensure him a say in government as well. Political compulsions have forced discretion regarding the chairmanship of the UPA parliamentary party, and her personal vanguard, the National Advisory Committee (whose members will doubtless be feeling orphaned already).

The composition of the committee that is now to preside over the Congress and its interaction with government reveals everything about Sonia Gandhi’s intent, mindset and style of functioning. It is an open affront to the Prime Minister and his senior cabinet colleagues (particularly to all purpose trouble shooter Pranab Mukherjee), to all senior Congress leaders with vote catching abilities, and to the party and nation. As such, it is virtually designed to undo the objective for which it has been formed, viz., install the Amethi MP as de facto leader of the party, and at an early date in the future, as head of the Government as well.

Even by the standards of the factional politics she played when she decided to keep the then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on tenterhooks throughout his tenure – which culminated in the party denying him a ticket to contest the next Parliamentary election, and then consigning him to oblivion – Sonia Gandhi’s designated committee is scandalously narrow. Worse, it is partisan against the Hindu community, a fact that would have been noted in the country as a whole.

Besides the non-Hindu Rahul Gandhi, who is obviously positioned as primus inter pares of the group, it comprises Defence Minister A.K. Anthony (supposedly for his clean image, but really because he is a Christian co-religionist and is therefore trusted more than other party veterans); her political secretary Ahmed Patel (a Muslim with no base in his home state of Gujarat, or indeed in any part of the country); and party organizing secretary Janardhan Dwivedi (a Patel acolyte and party spokesman with no base outside 24 Akbar Road).

Neither Rahul Gandhi, nor any among this group, is known for political sagacity, vision, and the ability to inspire the masses by winning votes, and thereby elections. Rahul Gandhi’s leadership qualities (sic) have already been tested in the waters of Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and leave one speechless. His espousal of the farmers’ cause in Bhatta-Parsaul villages of UP was swiftly undone by revelations of State favours in land acquisition in Haryana for a Trust run by Sonia, Rahul, and Priyanka!

Yet Sonia Gandhi chose to shove aside all party veterans and trust such non-charismatic ‘nurses’ to propel Rahul Gandhi on a winning trajectory into the Prime Minister’s Office. Actually, the family miscalculated by refusing Dr Singh’s offer of a cabinet berth for Rahul in the recent cabinet reshuffle (though they would have been aware of Sonia’s ill-health by then), and now he is on a sticky wicket. Neither Dr Singh who sits in the Prime Minister’s chair, nor the seasoned Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who controls the Government’s purse strings, is going to forgive the calculated insult to their persons and their chairs.

Meanwhile, a number of questions arise about the secretive manner in which Sonia Gandhi went abroad for surgery on 2 August 2011. The excuse of excessive visitors disturbing patients in an Indian hospital is sheer arrogance; visitors do not get beyond the reception if one does not want them.

In January 2009 the Prime Minister underwent a well-publicized heart surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences; Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar announced he was going to undergo jaw surgery for cancer some years ago. With India having some of the best oncologists in both private and public hospitals, the true reasons for Ms Gandhi opting to go abroad, and the nature of her illness, should be made known as soon as possible. Reports that she was operated upon at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center need to be confirmed or denied without further ado.

To begin with, there was simply too much secrecy. At first, on 31 July a small news item in a newspaper said Sonia was suffering from viral flu and would be back in Parliament on Thursday (4 August). That same day, Janardhan Dwivedi told reporters she had gone abroad the previous day and been operated upon successfully. When the timeline did not add up, this was amended and the operation placed in the future; then finally it was stated that the surgery was successful and that Sonia had left on 2 Aug.

More disturbing are the reports in the latest issue of India Today that the Gandhis habitually refuse to inform the Lok Sabha Secretariat about their foreign trips, though this is the established convention, even for personal visits. Thus, in June this year, Sonia Gandhi went to London and Italy. The same month, Rahul Gandhi celebrated his 41st birthday in London, and both reportedly went to Switzerland – where they reputedly did not visit the holiday district but the commercial centre of Zug, thereby setting tongues wagging amidst a nationwide furore over black money in Swiss banks.

When Dwivedi announced the formation of the uninspiring committee, observers were quick to notice the absence of Home Minister P Chidambaram and Rahul mentor-cum-general secretary Digvijay Singh. As Sonia does not seem to have had detailed discussions with the Prime Minister and senior cabinet colleagues about the status of her health and the issues pending before the government, political observers speculate that the UPA will have to postpone appointment of Governors in states with vacancies, and a decision on the Telangana issue. It remains to be seen, therefore, how long her ill-health can be allowed to paralyze the government.

Ra(h)ul (da) Vinci

Now that the Gandhi family has concertedly declared Rahul Gandhi as their official candidate for the leadership of the party and government, both of which they tend to regard as watan jagir, it would be appropriate for the nation to know everything it has a right to know about the Amethi MP cum wannabe PM.

To begin with – and the Prime Minister would do well to make the matter public without further delay – how and when did Rahul Gandhi acquire the identity of Raul Vinci?

As friendly journalists and newspapers were asked to acknowledge and dismiss the news that Rahul Gandhi has travelled abroad on a passport issued in the name of Raul Vinci, some questions deserve an answer: –

– Which Government issued the Raul Vinci passport? India or Italy?
– If it was Italy, does it also follow that Rahul Gandhi enjoys Italian citizenship by virtue of an old Roman law that bestows citizenship on the offspring of all children born to its native citizens? Note that Sonia Gandhi was an Italian citizen at the time her two children were born, and that the family has persistently refused to answer pertinent questions regarding their citizenship.
– The Government of India must now settle this issue in public – including the legality of the trio holding Indian passports, and contesting Indian elections.
– What are the names of the alleged parents of Raul Vinci in the fake passport and what is the place of residence given on that document? It should be made public on a Government website.
– Where is that passport now and how often and where has Rahul Gandhi travelled on it? All details should be made public on a Government website.

The specious plea that Rahul Gandhi assumed a false identity for security reasons will not wash: Benazir Bhutto’s son Bilawal studies abroad under his own name, as do the scions of other eminent families.

Then, Rahul Gandhi supposedly holds an M. Phil degree in Development Studies from Cambridge University, UK, though there is no information about when and where he completed graduate and post-graduate studies. To this day not a single person has surfaced anywhere in the world to say that Raul Vinci (his disguise) was his/her classmate at x y or z college.

Family acolyte and then Cambridge Master Amartya Sen defended the degree but refused to furnish details. Now, following revelations about the purchased Ph.D. degree of Saif Gaddafi, it seems that London routinely “takes care of” the academic credentials of political scions in the third world.

Raul Vinci is also supposed to have worked as financial consultant in London. No colleague has stepped forward to say where.

Yet this man wants to impose himself upon the nation as Prime Minister. He needs to be downsized.

And Sonia Gandhi, appropriately dubbed ‘the Sphinx’ for her dogged silence on all issues of public concern, would have realized that she was not born to be Pharaoh of India. This country is governed by the invisible ethos of Vikramaditya – the throne will move away when the utterly unworthy approach it.

The author is Editor, www.vijayvaani.com   http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=1909