“The representation of Muslims in this Lok Sabha will be the lowest since the first general election of 1952. The 16th Lok Sabha will have just 24 Muslim MPs, down from 30 in the 15th. That translates to 4.4% of the strength of the House.
Muslims constituted 4.3% of the first Lok Sabha in 1952, but their proportion has hovered between five and six per cent for the last quarter of a century after dropping from a high of 9.3% or 49 members in the LS elected in the 1980 elections.
The incoming House will have no Muslim MPs from Uttar Pradesh, a first. It will also not have any from Maharashtra, a large state with a substantial Muslim population. The only states to have elected MPs from the community are West Bengal (eight), Jammu & Kashmir (four), Bihar (four), Kerala (three), Assam (two) and Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep (one each). Of these, of course J&K as well as Lakshadweep have Muslim-majority populations.(Zee News)
On the day the Indian Elections 2014 results were being announced, Asauddin Owisi, wagging a Finger at Rajdeep Sardesai of CNN IBN, the English
(This does not take into account the Black Money being spent by the parties and the candidates)
As general elections draw closer, ‘unaccounted money’ may account for over one-third of total Rs 30,000 crore estimated to be spent on these polls, a study says.
*(Rs I Crore in dollars is 214,431)
While various national and regional parties are estimated to spend Rs 8,000-10,000 crore for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, candidates at their
individual level may spend a whopping amount of Rs 10,000-13,000 crore, as per the study conducted by research think-tank CMS.
These figures include both official and unaccounted expenses.
Till the 10th of April, the Election Commission has caught about Rs,500 Crore.
The Election Commission has ordered seizure of money over Rs.Ten lakhs without proper documentation; Banks, Airports,Railroads ,Bus Stations are n the watch
The campaign trail is vast and all the known forms and some novel methods are used.
Internet ads, blogs,Paid News by TV Channels and Print Media,Media Advertising,Mobile Calls, SMS,Posters,Buntings,Leaflets, .. all tricks are resorted to.
Unique style of garnering votes in Tamil Nadu are,
Dropping a 500 Rupee Note in an Aarthi plate(traditional way of welcoming a visitor, where a plate with Turmeric powder and Vermillion is dissolved in water and shown to the Guest)
Attending personal functions like the birth of a baby, Naming the child, attending marriages, and even Death and offering Cash or donations in kind.
Offering Cheap country liquor, Biryani, a none veg delicacy free of cost.
Carting people to attend Party Public meetings in Lorries,Trucks, offering them Food, Liquor and Cash .
Visiting people at Home and offering them cash.
Falling at the feet of Elders and at times even children!
Then we have a motley group of Third front , which belongs to none of the groupings above and are awaiting the results to form a Coalition sans the Congress and BJP.
The Ruling Party is besieged with scams galore starting with Rs.i,86,000 Lakh crore 2 G Spectrum allotment in Telecom Sector,Helicopter Scam involving crores of Rupees,ISRO (Space Agency),Housing irregularities and many more.
Also there were instances of moral turpitude by the senior party members.
The economy , despite claims that the Macro economy is performing well, the price of essentials are shooting up.
There is a Prime Minister who wields no power but the Government is controlled by the leader of the Congress party, an Italian woman , the wife of Late Rajiv Gandhi, ex-Prime Minister of India.
The Family has been ruling India for three generations starting from Jawaharlal Nehru, through Indira Gandhi, his daughter and by her son Rajiv Gandhi.
Now the party has indicated that Rahul Gandhi, son of Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Ministerial Candidate.
The Opposition has announced Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, of the BJP party.
Curiously India does not have a Presidential form of Government.
It has a Federal set up where the leader of the major party in the Elections outings ,shall form the Government!
The reason is that the opposition has no Policies different from the Ruling party.
But the BJP off and on plays the Hindu Card, claiming that the Hindus are not treated equally in what is essentially Hindu Country , with the Muslims.
The ruling Congress party plays the Muslim card .
And both the parties play the Caste Card regularly.
Even now, the candidates are selected based on the caste considerations, that is the candidate belonging to the caste of the Majority voters are selected.
Both the parties are equally shy of giving equal opportunities for women despite proclamations to the contrary.
On the security issues there is no difference between both the parties.
Or On the Economic Policies.
So each party is accusing the other of corruption .
While the Congress is harping on Stability factor , the BJP is calling the Congress as Corrupt.
Then the deciding factor will be the regional parties, who can decide the formation of the Government when the results are likely to be fragmented.
Though the opinion polls have revealed a high gain for BJP and the lowest ever seats for the Congress, no party, except the BJP shall get simple majority.
This would necessitate the support of the regional parties.
They shall go in for their pound of flesh in terms of Cabinet berths!
And they have their regional agenda which will be difficult to fulfil in a federal setup, ( the regional parties also know this,)
The major States that have more Lok Sabha seats,shall decide the formation of the Government are UP (80),West Bengal (42),Maharashtra(48),AP (420, Tamil Nadu,Bihar (40 each)
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is nurturing the ambitions of becoming the Prime Minister if both the congress and BJP do not get simple majority.
And the Chief Minister of Bihar too has this ambition.
Therefore the result is likely to be , as of now, the BJP might get more seats way ahead of Congress , yet shall fall short of majority.
The Regional parties might play a vital role.
Yet the charisma of the BJP prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi might sweep the polls because of the inexperience of Rahul Gandhi who shoots himself in the mouth..
Interesting News.
Election is on for one seat for Mizoram on 11 April.
Twenty-two Villagers near Delhi travelled by rowing a boat across the Yamuna River,walked for 4 kilometres to cast their votes, covering a total of 90km on 10 April.
In Tamil Nadu, a Party’s candidate was withdrawn to accommodate an opposition party candidate, who joined the Party 48 hours before!
An actor who was a Leader of the opposition in Taml Nadu, beat up the candidate in the last Elections in Tamil Nadu.
He usually comes to Public Meetings roaring drunk and does not even remember the Candidates’ Name.!
Many actors are in the fray now, but no heavy weights now.
Four actors have become Chief Ministers and were very powerful and popular and in fact one is now the powerful chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and
Do you know there is a 500 page report prepared by an inquiry committee headed by myself? When I placed the report in Parliament, have you heard any single Opposition leader give a notice for discussion?’
‘Why are they not demanding a discussion in Parliament on the report? They could have established that there was a scam. Today, a Parliament Committee report is as good as a Parliament report and this report says the 2G scam is no scam. Our government is suffering because of the media hype on these scams,’ Congress MP P C Chacko tells Rediff.com‘s Shobha Warrier.
PC Chacko, the Congress MP from Thrissur, was the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee that probed the 2G scam.
Taking time off from canvassing for the Lok Sabha election, Chacko, below, left, spoke to Rediff.com‘s Shobha Warrier over the telephone on various issues ranging from the 2G scam to forming the United Progressive Alliance 3.
At a press conference you said the prime minister was responsible for the UPA getting a bad image as he never spoke to the media or tried to talk about the good things the UPA had done. Do you hold Dr Manmohan Singh solely responsible for the UPA’s bad image?
No. In fact, my statement was only partially reported. I was explaining the UPA’s achievements in the last 10 years. Somebody asked me why our party was on the defensive. I said we could not sell our achievements properly.
Then he asked me, whose failure is it? What I said was: From the prime minister to every member of our party, is responsible.
Our achievements should have reached the people, and if we couldn’t do so, it is our failure.
We were not communicative as we should have been, and it was a collective failure. I never blamed the prime minister.
I also said, we would form the next government, UPA 3.
You spoke of the UPA’s achievements. There were so many scams. Almost everyday, one scam or the other was being reported…
Curiously, it is a Party, born of Democratic principles, is being run by a Single,extra constitutional, non accountable person.
People say, it is run be remote.
No, it is run hands On, only difference the physical hands on different.
Secure in the knowledge that the potential leaders of Stature have been destroyed, puppets and sycophants without popular base having been installed,, the High Command( a misnomer,there is only One Command Center, why talk about a High Command?) is audacious to pull anything and get away with it, including the Media.
A pre-election strategy session is in progress, with the Finance Minister, who listens only to his voice,Defence Minister, who does not know where China is on the Map,Home Minister, who can be guaranteed to shoot his foot in his mouth.two rabble-rousers in the Media, (one can talk endlessly, for he is a Lawyer, without a point and another expert at wild allegations on those who oppose the party and the High Command-often the High Command uses him to test their party’s reactions by asking him to make atrocious charges against their party men and on Policy Matter-used to test the waters and the high Command can also say that ‘the views expressed by him are his very own and the party has nothing to do it).
Undaunted by firm circumstantial evidence of wrongdoing and corruption, the HC is planning a strategy session.
In fact, it is a Plan of Blackmail, Bullying and carrots.
Inevitable roasted cashew nuts, Pakoras and tea are being served for the Assembled.
Sitting by the side is an effeminate Prime minister, who understands The Bhagavad Gita and Lord Krishna when Krishna said
‘Of Languages, I am Silence’ ( Chapter 10-Vibhuti Yoga)
‘ Madam, there is no election due for the Assembly now’
‘Don’t worry, we will arrange it, Our man in Guindy will see to it’
Turning to Finance Minister,
Tell the Home mInister to send an Internal Memo,to Home secretary, enquiring the progress of the Corruption case against the Governor on Chennai, mark a copy to the Governor Chennai and leak it to the Media, we have DTV which will do a nice job..
Also inform the old man at Chennai that we getting pressure from the Supreme Court and the Opposition to apply for the cancel the bail of his daughter and some mining irregularity by his Grandson..
Also drop by Puducherry, meet the present CM and ask him to merge his party after the elections, I will tell him to whom he should ally with once the dates are announced.
Turning to the Lawyer com rabble-rouser,
contact the Old Man’s nephew as if on your own for Dinner at my Home to-morrow night, make sure he is not at Chennai, when our Man is there discussing with his Great Uncle.
Reason , there is nothing to write about;I observed in the last post on 2 G I mentioned that the 2G will be in cold storage for some reason or another, including JPC Enquiry, a sham, till the Lok Sabha elections are announced.
Now that Elections are round the corner, the case is being dusted up.
Be assured, those who imagine some thing may come out of it,nothing will come out of this 2G scam
This will be used for Blackmail and counter Blackmail by the Parties concerned to fix alliances for Lok Sabha elections.
Now Radia has disclosed that she saw dossiers indicating that Swan was owned by Reliance.
You may visit my category Radia Tapes/Corruption for original Tapes.
Nira Radiaradia Says saw dossiers Swan owned By Reliance.
I am also providing a Link for the posts on 2G.
Bigger scams like Maharashtra Irrigation,Gadkari’s companies,CWG,ISRO, Antrix Devas, CoalGatehave surfaced,I have lost count of them.
But the credit for beginning of Mega scams must go to 2 G.
Story:
During the process of allocation of 2G spectrum, there were dossiers in circulation saying that Swan Telecom — a company promoted by Shahid Balwa – actually belonged toReliance Communications, former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia told a special CBI court on Tuesday.
Radia, who appeared before the court for the first time as a CBI witness in the 2G spectrum scam case, however, said she did not have “personal knowledge” of the fact. “At that time, there were dossiers in circulation stating that the company (STPL) belonged to Reliance Communications, though I do not have any authentic or personal knowledge,” she told special CBI judge O P Saini.
During the hearing, 53-year-old Radia, dressed in a green suit, said Tata Teleservices Ltd, which was ahead in the queue for allocation of 2G spectrum, lost the race while an “ineligible” Swan Telecom, accused in the case, was granted radio waves.
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